Dr. Felix Röesch

I am presently Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Coventry University. Previously, I was a centre associate at the Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence at the Newcastle University as well as a visiting scholar at the Kansai University in Osaka and the Centre for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University in Washington. I gained a PhD in Politics from Newcastle University with a study on Hans J. Morgenthau's world-view. In addition, I hold a MA in International Studies from Newcastle University, a M.A. in Politics, Economics, and Intercultural Business Communication from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, and a Diplome du Programme International from Sciences-Po Paris. My research focuses on International Political Theory and in particular I am working on the connections between classical realism and critical theory. I am also interested in intellectual history, knowledge transfer, and Japanese political thought. More specifically, I have looked in my research into conceptualising the public spehere, power, and aspects of social criticism. I also contributed to the elaboration of the world politics and popular culture nexus. Currently, I am working on projects exploring the concept of unlearning in International Relations and a theorisation of community beyond postcolonialism. 

• Rösch, F. (2015) Power, Knowledge, and Dissent in Morgenthau’s Worldview. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Rösch, F. (ed.) (2014) Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations. A European Discipline in America?Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Rösch, F. (2013) '"Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed!" Politics of Peace in The Adventures of Tintin?'. Politics.  
• Rösch, F. (2013) 'Pouvoir, Puissance, and Politics: Hans Morgenthau’s Dualistic Concept of Power?'. Review of International Studies (in press).    
• Rösch, F. (2013) 'Realism as Social Criticism: The Thinking Partnership of Hannah Arendt and Hans Morgenthau'. International Politics 50, 815-829. 
• Behr, H., and Rösch, F. (2013) 'Ethics of Anti-Hubris in Morgenthau'. In Religion and the Realist Tradition. From Political Theology to International Relations Theory and Back. Ed. by Troy, J. London: Routledge, 111-128. 
• Rösch, F. (2013) 'The Human Condition of Politics: considering the Legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau for International Relations'. Journal of International Political Theory 9 (1-2), 1-21. 
• Morgenthau, H.J. (au), Behr, H., and Rösch, F. (eds.) (2012) The Concept of the Political. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 
• Rösch, F., and Behr, H. (2010) 'Comparing ‘Systems’ and ‘Cultures’: Between Universalities, Imperialism, and Indigenousity'. In Vergleichende Regierungslehre [Comparative Government]. Ed. by Lauth, H-J. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 73-91. 
• Rösch, F. (2008) Hans J. Morgenthau and the Weimar Republic. On the epistemological origins of Hans J. Morgenthau’s Weltanschauung. Saarbrücken: VDM. 
• Rösch, F. (2008) Die Europäische Union und der deutsche Sozialstaat. Grenzen der Europäisierung nationaler Sozialpolitiken. Saarbrücken: VDM. 
• Rösch, F., and Behr, H. (2012) 'Introduction'. In The Concept of the Political. Ed. by Morgenthau, H.J., Behr, H., and Rösch, F. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-80.

• Classical Realism meets Critical Theory: This network engages major social sciences movements: realism and critical theory. It provides new thinking for social sciences and policy-making. 

• Maruyama, Morgenthau, and Modernity: This project emphasises the importance of Non-Western thought for finding answers to the most pressing questions in international politics. 

• Global Political Thinkers: Global Political Thinkers is a new Palgrave Macmillan Pivot book series, of which I am one of the editors.