Dennis Niemann

International Organizations

International Education Policy

Global Governance

IR Theories

Qualitative Research Methods

Journal Articles (*peer reviewed)

Niemann, Dennis; Krogmann, David; Martens, Kerstin (2023): Torn into the Abyss? How subpopulations of international organizations in climate, education, and health policy evolve in times of a declining liberal international order, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, 29 (3), 271–294.

Seitzer, Helen; Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin (2021) Placing PISA in Perspective: The OECD’s Multi-Centric View on Education, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 198-212.*

Kater-Wettstädt, Lydia; Niemann, Dennis (2019): 'Global Competence' – der neue Fokusbereich in PISA 2018. Ein holpriger Start, ZEP: Zeitschrift für Internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik, 42(3): 29-36.*

Niemann, Dennis; Hartong, Sigrid, Martens, Kerstin (2018): Observing local dynamics of ILSA projections in federal systems: a comparison between Germany and the United States, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 16(5), 596-608.*

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin (2018): Soft Governance by Hard Fact? The OECD as a Knowledge Broker in Education Policy, Global Social Policy, 18(3), 267-283.*

Dobbins, Michael; Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin (2018): Explaining policy convergence and polity divergence in federal systems: German and Swiss higher education revisited, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 48 (4).*

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin; Teltemann, Janna (2017): PISA and its consequences: Shaping international comparisons in education, In: European Journal of Education, 52 (2), 175-183.*

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2016): Effects of International Assessments in Education – A Multidisciplinary Review, In: European Educational Research Journal, 15 (5), 516-522.

Niemann, Dennis (2015): PISA in Deutschland: Effekte auf Politikgestaltung und Organisation, In: Die Deutsche Schule, 107. Jahrgang 2015 (2), 141-157.*

Niemann, Dennis (2015): Le ‘choc PISA’ en Allemagne et les réformes de l’éducation, In: Administration et Éducation, 1/2015 (145), 39-44.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2015): L’influence de PISA sur les politiques de l’éducation, In: Administration et Éducation, 1/2015 (145), 115-120.

Bieber, Tonia; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Windzio, Michael (2014): Grenzenlose Bildungspolitik? Empirische Evidenz für PISA als weltweites Leitbild für nationale Bildungsreformen, In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 17(4), 141-166.*

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2013): When Do Numbers Count? The Differential Impact of the PISA Rating and Ranking on Education Policy in Germany and the US, In: German Politics, 22(3), 314-332.*

Niemann, Dennis; Bieber, Tonia; Martens, Kerstin (2013): Contre toutes attentes - L’influence européenne sur les politiques d’enseignement supérieur en Allemagne et en Suisse, In: Revue Éducation Comparée, 8. “L'enseignement supérieur en Europe: harmonisation ou hybridation des réformes?”, 65-99.

Knodel, Philipp; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2013): PISA as an Ideational Roadmap for Policy Change: Exploring Germany and England in a Comparative Perspective, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11(3), 421-441.*

Edited Volumes

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Kaasch, Alexandra (eds.) (2021): International Organizations in Global Social Policy. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (eds.) (2016): Effects of International Assessments in Education – A Multidisciplinary Review, In: European Educational Research Journal (Special Issue 15 (5)).

Contributions to Edited Volumes (*peer reviewed)

Besche-Truthe, Fabian; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Windzio, Michael (2024): Towards global gender equality in education? Economic incentives, global cultures, and IO policy recommendations, In: D. B. Edwards, A. Verger, K. Takayama, M. McKenzie (eds.): Researching Global Education Policy: Diverse Approaches to Policy Movement, Bristol: Policy Press,117-139.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Krogmann, David (2023): The Expansion of Education in and across International Organizations, In: P. Mattei, X. Dumay, E. Mangez (eds.): Oxford Handbook on Education and Globalization, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 481-497.

Dobbins, Michael; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Vögtle, Eva (2023): The Bologna Process as a multidimensional architecture of policy diffusion in Western Europe, In: J. Jungblut, D. Rexe, M. Maltais, E. Ness (eds.): Comparative Higher Education Politics – Policy making in North America and Western Europe, Cham: Springer, 427-453.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2022): Assessment and Evaluation. Global Discourses and National Effects, In: L. Engels, C. Maxwell, M. Yemini (eds.): Sociological Foundations of Education, London: Bloomsbury Publ., 157-180.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Krogmann, David (2022), The Expansion of Education in and across International Organizations, In: P. Mattei, X. Dumay, E. Mangez (eds.): Oxford Handbook on Education and Globalization, Oxford: Oxford University Press [forthcoming].*

Niemann, Dennis (2022): IOs and new takes on old education paradigms, In: M. Windzio, and K. Martens (eds.): The Global Development, Diffusion and Transformation of Education Systems, Cham: Palgrave MacMillan, 127-161.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2022): Introduction: International Organisations and Transnational Diffusion, In: F. Nullmeier, D. González de Reufels, H. Obinger (eds.): International Impacts on Social Policy. Short Histories in Global Perspective, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 147-155

Niemann, Dennis; Krogmann, David; Martens, Kerstin (2022): Between Economics and Education: How IOs Changed the View on Education, In: F. Nullmeier, D. González de Reufels, H. Obinger (eds.): International Impacts on Social Policy. Short Histories in Global Perspective, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 189-200.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin; Kaasch, Alexandra (2021): The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies, In: K. Martens, D. Niemann, A. Kaasch (eds.): International Organizations in Global Social Policy, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 3-28.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin (2021): Global Discourses, Regional Framings and Individual Showcasing: Analyzing the World of Education IOs In: K. Martens, D. Niemann, A. Kaasch (eds.): International Organizations in Global Social Policy, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 163-186.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Kaasch, Alexandra (2021): International Organizations and the Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance, In: K. Martens, D. Niemann, A. Kaasch (eds.): International Organizations in Global Social Policy, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 325-339.

Niemann, Dennis; Dobbins Michael; Martens, Kerstin (2017): Zentralisierung und Dezentralisierung der Hochschulpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz, In: J. Schmid, K. Amos, J. Schrader, A. Thiel (eds.): Governance und Interdependenz von Bildung. Internationale Studien und Vergleiche, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 197-225.

Nikolai, Rita; Briken, Kendra; Niemann, Dennis (2017): Teachers Unions in Germany: Fragmented Competitors, In: T. M. Moe, S. Wiborg (eds.): The Comparative Politics of Education: Teacher Unions and Education Systems around the World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 114-143.*

Niemann, Dennis; Dobbins Michael; Martens, Kerstin (2017): Zentralisierung und Dezentralisierung der Hochschulpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz, In: J. Schmid, Josef, K. Amos, J. Schrader, A. Thiel (eds.): Governance und Interdependenz von Bildung. Internationale Studien und Vergleiche, Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Niemann, Dennis (2016): Germany: The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Educational Policy Development, In: L. Volante (ed.): The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Educational Policy. Global Perspectives on Large-Scale Reform, London: Routledge, 19-36.*

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin (2015): Monitoring Standards of Education Worldwide: PISA and Its Consequences, In: M. Hayden, J. Thompson, J. Levy (eds.): The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education, London: Sage, 488-497.*

Bieber, Tonia; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2015): Towards a Global Model in Education? International Student Literacy Assessments and their Impact on Policies and Institutions, In: M. Hamilton, B. Maddox, C. Addey (eds.): Literacy as Numbers. Researching the Politics and Practices of International Literacy Assessment, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 165-186.*

Knodel, Philipp; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2015): Policy Change in Secondary Education: Germany and England Compared, In: H. Rothgang, S. Schneider (eds.): State Transformations in OECD Countries: Dimensions, Driving Forces, and Trajectories, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 207-222.*

Niemann, Dennis (2014): After the Big Bang – German Education Policy in the Wake of the PISA Study and the Bologna Process, In: K. Martens, P. Knodel, M. Windzio (eds.): Internationalization of Education Policy. A New Constellation of Statehood in Education?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 91-114.*

Bieber, Tonia; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2014): Soft Governance through PISA Benchmarking – German Reforms in Secondary Education, In: M. Lawn, R. Normand (eds.): Shaping of European Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches, London: Routledge, 50-65.

Niemann, Dennis (2010): Deutschland - Im Zentrum des PISA-Sturms, In: P. Knodel, K. Martens, D. de Olano, M. Popp (eds.): Das PISA-Echo Internationale Reaktionen auf die Bildungsstudie, Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 59-90.*

Nagel, Alexander-Kenneth; Bieber, Tonia; Jakobi, Anja P.; Knodel, Philipp; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2010): Measuring Transformation of Education Policy - A mixed-method approach, In: K. Martens, A.-K. Nagel, M. Windzio, A. Weymann (eds.): Transformation of Education Policy – The Impact of the Bologna Process and the PISA Study in Comparative Perspective, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 28-53.*

Niemann, Dennis (2010): Turn of the Tide - New Horizons in German Education Policymaking through IO Influence, In: K. Martens, A.-K. Nagel, M. Windzio, A. Weymann (eds.): Transformation of Education Policy – The Impact of the Bologna Process and the PISA Study in Comparative Perspective, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 77-104.*

Working Papers (*peer reviewed)

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis (2010): Governance by Comparison - How Ratings & Rankings Impact National Policy-Making in Education, In: TranState Working Papers, 139, Bremen: CRC 597 “Transformations of the State”.*

Niemann, Dennis (2009): Changing Patterns in German Education Policy Making – The Impact of International Organizations, In: TranState Working Papers, 99, Bremen: CRC 597 “Transformations of the State”.*

Nagel, Alexander-Kenneth; Bieber, Tonia; Jakobi, Anja P.; Knodel, Philipp; Niemann, Dennis; Teltemann, Janna (2009): Measuring Transformation: A mixed-method-approach to the internationalization of education politics, In: TranState Working Papers, 83, Bremen: CRC 597 “Transformations of the State”.*

Krogmann, David, Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

Torn into the abyss? Analyzing the population of IOs in times of a declining liberal international order

Politicologenetmaal (Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries), Nijmegen, Netherlands, 17.06.2022.

Besche-Truthe, Fabian; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis; Windzio, Michael

Towards global gender equality in education? Economic incentives, global cultures and IO policy recommendations

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) virtual Conference, 19.04.2022.

Niemann, Dennis; Krogmann, David; Martens, Kerstin

A Continuous Boom? The Expansion of Education IOs

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) virtual Conference, 28.04.2021.

Niemann, Dennis

Competitors without a Cause? Dynamic Developments within the Population of Education IOs

ECPR General (virtual) Conference, 25.08.2020.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

Education Leitmotifs of International Organizations

Comparative and International Education Society, San Francisco, United States, 01.04.2019.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

Education Leitmotifs of International Organizations

GLOBED Conference, – Which Education Policies for Sustainable Development?, Barcelona, Spain, 01.09.2019.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

International Standards in Education

The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance – Examining the Community and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies, Bremen, Germany, 01.05.2019.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

Soft Governance by Hard Fact? The OECD as a Knowledge Broker in Education Policy

ECPR General Conference 2018, Hamburg, Germany, 24.08.2018.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

Spreading Knowledge and Evidence. The OECD as a Knowledge Broker and Norm Entrepreneur in International Education Policy

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Baltimore, United States, 24.02.2017.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

The Appeal of Numbers? PISA as a global leitmotif in education

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference 2016, Vancouver, Canada, 07.03.2016.

Niemann, Dennis; Dobbins, Michael; Martens, Kerstin

Dezentralisierung oder Zentralisierung: Deutsche und Schweizer Hochschulreformen im Vergleich

Jahrestagung des Promotionskollegs „International-vergleichende Forschung zu Bildung und Bildungspolitik im Wohlfahrtsstaat, Bildung: (Un-)Intendierte Folgen der Internationalisierung für Gesellschaft, Politik und Arbeitsmarkt, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 08.04.2016.

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

When do numbers count? The perception of R&R in education

Workshop des Forum Internationale Wissenschaft “Rankings – A Sociological Perspective”, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 18.02.2016.

Niemann, Dennis

OECD’s PISA and the Transformation of the State. Internationalization and Accountability in the Field of Education

Accountability and governance in education and elsewhere, SciencesPo, Paris, France, 12.05.2015.

Fulge, Timm; Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin

Understanding the Demography of IOs

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, New Orleans, United States, 16.02.2015.

Niemann, Dennis

Same Process, Different Consequences? – International influence on higher education polity in federalist countries

Bildungspolitik im Wandel: Zwischen historischen Wurzeln und (trans-)nationalem Reformdruck, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 12.06.2015.

Niemann, Dennis; Bieber, Tonia

Framing Interests in Education Policy - How the OECD Exerts Impact on National Policies

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, 29.03.2014.

Niemann, Dennis; Bieber, Tonia

Internationalization of Education Policy - Drawing Conclusions

Abschlusskonferenz des SFB 597 „Staatlichkeit im Wandel“, Panel „Global Social and Education Policy - Norm Diffusion and Soft Governance“, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 03.04.2014.

Niemann, Dennis

Deutschland und der Bologna Prozess. Ausdruck einer fortschreitenden Europäisierung?

Europäischer Integration und Bildungspolitik, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 21.11.2013.

Niemann, Dennis

The Differential Impact of Ratings and Rankings on National Education Policy in Germany and the US

Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS), Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, 23.05.2013.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

When Do Numbers Count? The Differential Impact of Ratings and Rankings on National Education Policy

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Diego, United States, 03.04.2012.

Niemann, Dennis

Soft, Softer, Super-Soft? The Influence of International Organizations on National Policy Making,

International Political Science Association, IPSA's 22nd World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, Spain, 11.07.2012.

Niemann, Dennis

The Soft, the Hard, and the Complementary? The Impact of International Organizations on National Policy Making

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Diego, United States, 03.04.2012.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

Governance by Comparison - How Ratings & Rankings Influence National Policy Making in Education

Werkstatt des Sfb 597, Sonderforschungsbereich 579 „Staatlichkeit im Wandel“, Bremen, Germany, 15.02.2011.

Knodel, Philipp; Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

Explaining Policy Change in Secondary Education - Germany and England in a Comparative Perspective

Welfare State Traditions, Education and Higher Education Policy, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 07.05.2010.

Martens, Kerstin; Niemann, Dennis

Governance by Comparison - How Ratings & Rankings Influence National Policy Making in Education

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, New York, United States, 17.02.2009.

Niemann, Dennis

Internationalisierung von Bildungspolitik?

Workshop des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und der Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 12.11.2009.

WS23/24:

Comparative and European Social Policy (Seminar)
M.A. Sozialpolitik

Einführung in die Politikfeldanalyse (Vorlesung)
Introduction to Policy Analysis (Lecture)
B.A. Politikwissenschaft

SoSe 23:

Advanced Research Methods (Seminar)
M.A. GLOBED

Seminar (WiSe 2021/2022)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (SoSe 2021)
Method of Expert Interviews 
B.A. & M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (SoSe 2021)
Transformations of the State
M.A. International Relations

Seminar (SoSe 2021)
Advanced Research Methods 
GLOBED M.A.

Seminar (WiSe 2020/2021)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (SoSe 2020)
Internationale Organisationen in der Sozialpolitik
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2019/2020)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2018/2019)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2017/2018)
Einf. in das politikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten
B.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2017/2018)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2016/2017)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (SoSe 2016)
Transformations of the State
M.A. International Relations

Seminar (WiSe 2015/2016)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar WiSe (2015/2016)
International Law and Legalization
M.A. International Relations

Seminar (WiSe 2014/2015)
Qualitative Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2014/2015)
International and European Social Policy
M.A. Sozialpolitik

Seminar (SoSe 2014)
Transformations of the State
M.A. International Relations

Seminar (SoSe 2012)
Internationalisierung von Sozialpolitik
M.A. Politikwissenschaft

Seminar (WiSe 2009/2010)
Internationalisierung von Bildungspolitik
M.A. Politikwissenschaft