PD Dr. Moritz Weiss

IMPORTANT for students who would like to write their BA thesis with me in winter semester 25/26:

I am on vacation until 10.9.2025.
If you would like to write your BA thesis with me, you must discuss your exposé with me before 19.8.2025!

Curriculum Vitae

Moritz Weiss is a senior lecturer in International Relations at the LMU University of Munich. His research focuses on theorizing (informal) institutions, European integration as well as the governance of international security and technological innovation. He has been awarded with a Ph.D. in political science from Jacobs University Bremen (with special distinction) in 2010 and with a Vena legendi (i.e. Habilitation) from LMU Munich in 2018. He has completed a comparative research project on “Diversity or convergence? Explaining the development of defense-industrial policies" in 2019, which was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (WE 3653/4-1). Moritz Weiss was a visiting professor of global governance and public policy at LMU Munich (2018/2019) and a Jean-Monnet-Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (2019/2020). Among others, he has published in Governance, European Political Science Review, Review of International Political Economy, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of European Integration, Journal of Global Security Studies, European Journal of International Security, and Security Studies.

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Recent Publications

• "The Rise of Cybersecurity Warriors?", Small Wars & Insurgencies, DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2021.1976574
• "Networked Politics and the Supply of European Defence Integration" (with Felix Biermann), Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1916057,
• "Cyberspace and the Protection of Critical National Infrastructure" (with Felix Biermann), Journal of Economic Policy Reform, DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2021.1905530
• "Power Without a Cause? Germany’s Conflict Avoidance and the Integration of European Defence Procurement" (with Felix Biermann), Journal of European Integration

Completed Research Projects

• "Diversity or Convergence? Explaining the Development of Defense-Industrial Policies"
• "Explaining Military Innovation Across Time and Space"