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Civil War, Legitimacy, Governance, Political Violence, Insurgency

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Austria, Germany

Biography

Wolfgang Minatti (he/him) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and affiliated with the Berlin Social Science Centre. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

His research focuses on the legitimation of governance in international politics with a particular focus on violent non-state actors in civil wars. Furthermore, he works on fieldwork methodology and the ethics of conducting qualitative research. He conducted extensive fieldwork in Colombia where he worked with rebel ex-combatants and rural peasants.

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Employment (2)

University of Potsdam: Potsdam, DE

2024-06 to present | Postdoctoral Researcher (Chair of International Relations)
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WZB Berlin Social Science Center: Berlin, DE

2023-09 to 2024-03 | Re:Constitution Fellow (Global Governance)
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Education and qualifications (4)

European University Institute: Fiesole, Toscana, IT

2019-09 to 2024-02 | PhD (Department of Political and Social Sciences)
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European University Institute: Fiesole, Toscana, IT

2019-09 to 2020-06 | Master of Research (Department for Social and Political Sciences)
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Universiteit Leiden: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL

2018-09 to 2019-07 | Master of Arts (Institute for History)
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Universität Innsbruck: Innsbruck, Tirol, AT

2015-10 to 2018-02 | Bachelor of Arts (Institut für Politikwissenschaft)
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Professional activities (5)

WZB Berlin Social Science Center: Berlin, DE

2024-04 to 2025-01 | Visiting Scholar (Global Governance)
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Qualifie - Qualitative and Fieldwork Working Group: Florence, IT

2021-01 to 2024-01 | Co-Founder and Host (Department of Political and Social Sciences)
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European University Institute: Florence, IT

2021-01 to 2024-01 | Junior Researcher in EUI Research Council Project (Department of Political and Social Sciences)
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Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, DE

2022-10 to 2023-03 | Visiting Doctoral Fellow (SCRIPTS)
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Universidad de Los Andes: Bogotá, CO

2021-09 to 2021-12 | Visiting Scholar (Department of Political Sciences)
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Funding (5)

Rebel Governance as Self-Legitimation: The FARC's Justifications of Governance Provision

2023-09 to 2023-09 | Grant
Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft (Wien, AT)
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From Stability to Uncertainty: “Zeitenwende” and the Delegitimation of European Security

2023 to 2024 | Grant
Forum Transregionale Studien (Berlin, DE)
URL: https://www.reconstitution.eu
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Legitimation in Civil War: Processes of Legitimacy and Governance in Colombia

2021-09 to 2021-12 | Grant
CMHF Infinitus (Vienna, AT)
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Legitimation during Civil Wars: Identifying the Conditions and Interrelations of Legitimacy

2019-09 to 2022-08 | Grant
OeAD (Vienna, AT)
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A Theory of Legitimation in Civil War: The Justification of Power and Governance in the Colombian Conflict

2024 | Award
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (Vienna, AT)
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Works (7)

‘Being affected’: The epistemic value of vulnerability in fieldwork

Qualitative Research
2025-02-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/14687941241308712
Contributors: Wolfgang Minatti; Frédéric Guillaume Gass-Quintero
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A theory of legitimation in civil war : the justification of power and governance in the Colombian conflict

2024 | Dissertation or Thesis
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76559
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Whither Willkommenskultur ? National identity discourses and the arrival of refugees in Germany in 2015/16

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2024-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2300632
Contributors: Selma Kropp; Wolfgang Minatti
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On assistants and researchers: Power, positionality and vulnerability during fieldwork on the Colombian conflict

Qualitative Research
2024-09-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/14687941241277744
Contributors: Laura Ramírez Rodríguez; Wolfgang Minatti
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Legitimate governance in international politics: Towards a relational theory of legitimation

Review of International Studies
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210524000111
Contributors: Wolfgang Minatti
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A Key Success Factor: Elucidating the Meaning of Legitimacy for UN Peacekeepers

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
2023-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2023.2256110
Contributors: Wolfgang Minatti
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Concepts of Legitimacy: Congruence and Divergence in the Afghan Conflict

Civil Wars
2019-11-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2020.1686876
Part of ISSN: 1369-8249
Part of ISSN: 1743-968X
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