Kurt Hübner
Professor and Director, Institute for European Studies, Department of Political Science, The university of British Columbia
PhD
- Website
www.ies.ubc.ca; www.khuebner.ca
Research Topics
European Integration; currency regimes; comparative political economy; sustainability and innovation
Education and Academic Employment
| 1978 | Diploma in Economics and Political Science, University Mannheim |
| 1988 | Doctorate, Free University Berlin |
| 1985-1996 | Assistant and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, free University Berlin |
| 1996 | Professor for Macroeconomics, Berlin School of Economics |
| 1998-2006 | Visiting Professor York University, Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 | Professor and Director, Institute for European Studies, Department of Political Science, The university of British Columbia |
Research Fields of Interest
- Euro Crisis
- Power and hegemony in the European context
- Strategies towards low carbon emission economies
Selected Publications
- Kurt Hübner (ed): The New Economy in Transatlantic Perspective. Spaces of Innovation, London 2006 (paperback edition)
- Kurt Hübner (ed): Europe, Canada and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, London 2011
- Kurt Hübner: Theorie der Regulation. Eine kritische Rekonstruktion eines neuen Ansatzes der Politischen Ökonomie, Berlin 1989 < Theory of Regulation. Critical Reconstruction of a New Approach in Political Economy >.
- Kurt Hübner (2013): Eurozone: Creeping Decay, Sudden Death or Magical Solution?, in: Finn Laursen (ed): The EU and the Eurozone Crisis. Policy Challenges and Strategic Choices, Ashgate, Farnham
- Kurt Hübner (2014): Europeanisation and Globalisation as Drivers of the German Growth Model, in: S. Colvin (ed): The Routledge Handbook of German Politics & Culture, pp. 391-408
- Kurt Hübner (2015): Eurozone Crises. Leopard Politics in Action, in: H.Brunkhorst/C.Gaitanides/G.Grözinger (eds): Europe at a Crossroad. From Currency Union to Political and Economic Governance?, Nomos, Wiesbaden, 177-208
Honors
Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and Global Political Economy
Professional Affiliations
- Visiting Professor, Departments of Economics and Political Science, Schulich School of Business, York University (1998-2003)
- Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Economics, Vienna (1995)
- Visiting Associate Professor, European Studies, University of Bath (International Course Program 1994)
- Visiting Professorships at Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Science Po, Grenoble; LUISS University, Rome; EU Centre of Excellence National University Singapore; Ben Gurion University of the Nagev; University of Birmingham; Copenhagen Business School
