Hagmann, Jonas, Dr.

 

Jonas Hagmann is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) and lecturer at the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zürich. Jonas studied International Relations and (Critical) Security Studies. He holds a Doctorate and an MA in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, as well as an MA in Law and Diplomacy and a Human Security Certificate from The Fletcher School in Boston. In the past, he was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Advanced Security Theory, University of Copenhagen, as well as a visiting fellow at The New School for Public Engagement in New York.

 

Jonas Hagmann specializes in sociological approaches to security and risk politics, analyzing the political production, enactment and reformulation of representations of danger. His current research focuses on the construction of transnational danger imageries, the securitization of public space, and the rearrangement of political responsibility through risk. Starting in fall 2013, he is working on a two-year SNF research project on the political sociology of Swiss national security and foreign affairs.

 

Jonas Hagmann is founding member and co-chair of the Swiss Political Science Association’s International Political Sociology working group, a national platform dedicated to promoting reflexive IR. He teaches or taught MA and BA courses in International Relations Theory and Contemporary Security Studies at IHEID Geneva, ETH Zurich and University of Lucerne, and he is actively engaged in national and international policy consulting. Among other distinctions, his research has been awarded the Donald R. MacJannet Fellowship and the IHEID Geneva Best PhD Thesis Award.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Hagmann, Jonas; Biersteker, Thomas (2013 (forthcoming)) 'Beyond the Published Discipline: Towards a Critical Pedagogy of International Studies', European Journal of International Relations.
• Prior, Tim; Hagmann, Jonas (2013 (forthcoming)) 'Resilience: Methodological and Political Challenges of a Trend Security Concept', Journal of Risk Research.
• Hagmann, Jonas; Szvircsev Tresch, Tibor (2013) 'Der Staat weiss es am besten? Die Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik als verwaltungszentriertes Politikfeld', Zeitschrift für Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2012) 'Fukushima: Probing the Analytical and Epistemological Limits of Risk Analysis', Journal of Risk Research 15, 7: 801–815.
• Hagmann, Jonas; Dunn Cavelty, Myriam (2012) 'National Risk Registers: Security Scientism and the Propagation of Permanent Insecurity', Security Dialogue 43, 1: 80-97.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2010) 'Räume der Unsicherheit: Konstruktion, Emanzipation und Exklusion durch Sicherheitspolitik', Geographica Helvetica 65, 3: 172–180.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2010) 'Beyond Exceptionalism? New Security Conceptions in Contemporary Switzerland', Contemporary Security Policy 31, 2: 249–272.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2008) 'Re-Examining Security Dynamics: Proliferating New Threats as Catalysts for Interstate Cooperation in Europe', Journal of Human Security 4, 1: 18–36.

Book Chapters

• Hagmann, Jonas; Szvircsev Tresch, Tibor (2012) 'Die Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik zwischen Politik und Expertise', in: Wenger, Andreas; Trachsler, Daniel (eds.) Bulletin 2012 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich.
• Hagmann, Jonas; Dunn Cavelty, Myriam; Wenger, Andreas (2011) 'Versorgungspolitik und -sicherheit im Kontext globaler Risiken und Interessen', in: Wenger, Andreas; Trachsler, Daniel (eds.) Bulletin 2011 zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik, Zürich: Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich, pp. 9–35.

Media Contributions: Articles

• Hagmann, Jonas (2012) 'Der Horizont reicht bis zur Grenze', Tages-Anzeiger, 2012/09/05.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2011) 'Der Westen legt sich die Welt zurecht', Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2011/11/09.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2009) 'Die Aufdatierung des Sicherheitsberichts ist gut angelaufen', Basler Zeitung, 2009/06/27.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2008) 'Eine umfassende Sicherheitsdebatte ist unerlässlich', Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2008/10/22.

Other Publications

• Hagmann, Jonas (2012) 'Book review: Corporate Risk and National Security Redefined, Karen Lund Petersen', Cambridge Review of International Affairs 25, 3: 480–482.
• Hagmann, Jonas (2012) 'Book review: Justifying Ballistic Missile Defence: Technology, Security and Culture, Columba Peoples', Peace Review 24, 2: 242–245.