Boris Vormann

Professor of Politics, Director Politics Concentration
Boris Vormann is Professor of Politics and Director of the Politics Section at Bard College Berlin. He is also a principal investigator at the John-F.-Kennedy Institute's Graduate School of North American Studies (Freie Universität Berlin) and an associated researcher at the Chaire de Recherche du Canada en Études Québécoises et Canadiennes at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He serves on the editorial board of American Studies/Amerikastudien, A Quarterly, and has held visiting positions at the CUNY Graduate Center, Harvard University, Sciences Po Paris and New York University. 

Vormann's research and teaching lie at the intersection of comparative political economy and economic geography and focus on the role of the state in globalization and urbanization processes; nations and nationalism; and the crisis of democracy. Vormann is a regular commentator on public policy debates for different media outlets (including The Economist, Deutsche Welle, Tagesschau, and Deutschlandfunk). His current research project examines the role of the state in building the urban logistical infrastructures of expanding global trade networks.

Books
Vormann, Boris, and Christian Lammert. 2023. Legitimizing Authority: American Government and the Promise of Equality. Translated by Susan H. Gillespie. Routledge: London and New York, NY.

–––, Christian Lammert, and Markus Siewert (eds.). 2023. Handbuch Politik USA. Vollständig überarbeitete 3. Auflage. Springer VS: Wiesbaden.

–––, and Heike Paul (eds.). 2023. USA: Eine Demokratie und ihre Anachronismen. Special Issue, Zeitschrift für Politik.

–––, and Christian Lammert. 2022. Das Versprechen der Gleichheit. Legitimation und die Grenzen der Demokratie. Campus: Frankfurt am Main. 

–––, and Michael Weinman (eds.). 2021. The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenon. Routledge: New York, NY.

–––, Heike Paul and Cedric Essi (eds.). 2021. Common Grounds? American Democracy after Trump. Amerikastudien/American Studies: A Quarterly, Special Issue. Winter: Heidelberg.

–––, Christian Lammert, and Markus Siewert (eds.). 2020. Handbuch Politik USA. Vollständig überarbeitete Neuauflage. Springer VS: Wiesbaden. 

–––, and Christian Lammert. 2019. Democracy in Crisis: The Neoliberal Roots of Popular Unrest. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, PA. 

–––, and Christian Lammert. (eds.). 2019. Contours of the Illiberal State: Governing Circulation in the Smart Economy. Campus/The University of Chicago Press.

–––, and Christian Lammert. 2017. Die Krise der Demokratie und wie wir sie überwinden. Aufbau Verlag: Berlin.

–––, Lammert, Christian, and Markus Siewert (eds.). 2016. Handbuch Politik USA. Springer VS: Wiesbaden.

–––. 2015. Global Port Cities in North America: Urbanization Processes and Global Production Networks. Routledge: London and New York, NY. 

–––. 2012. Zwischen Alter und Neuer Welt. Nationenbildung im transatlantischen Raum. Synchron Publishers: Heidelberg.

 –––, Kolboom, Ingo and Alain-G. Gagnon (eds.). 2011. Québec. Staat und Gesellschaft. Synchron Publishers: Heidelberg.

Photo by Milena Schlösser

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Boris Vormann
Professor of Politics
Director Politics Concentration