Speaker

Dr. Hendrik W. Ohnesorge is Privatdozent (Senior Lecturer) at the Institute for Political Science and Managing Director of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on International Relations theory, global power shifts and soft power, security and security policy, transatlantic relations and U.S. foreign policy, and charismatic leadership and individual agency in international affairs. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Münster and a Master’s degree from the University of Bonn. He completed his PhD (Dr. phil.) in political science summa cum laude as valedictorian of the Faculty of Arts Class 2018/19. In January 2025, he completed his habilitation and was granted the Venia Legendi as Privatdozent. He has held guest lectureships at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Universiteit Leiden, and the University of St Andrews. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and an associate at Harvard University, and he currently serves as Non-Resident Visiting Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. Author of eleven books and more than thirty journal articles and book chapters, his latest books include The Anthem Handbook of Soft Power and Public Diplomacy in the Age of AI (2026), Soft Power and Charismatic Leadership in German-American Relations (2025) and Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen: Einführung (2025).