Philipp Bien

Since April 2022, Philipp Bien is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and Public Administration as well as the Graduate School of Behavioral Sciences (GSBS) at the University of Konstanz. Furthermore, he is part of the research project “Legislators in International Politics”. His dissertation focuses on multilateral international parliamentary institutions (IPIs). Specifically, he is interested in how IPIs and parliamentary participation in international and global governance more broadly affect the outcomes of international policy-making and their legitimacy.

Previously, Philipp was working as a post-graduate research assistant at the Global Summitry Project and the University of Toronto where he supported research projects on global governance, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the consequences of civil war on domestic violence.

Philipp obtained his Bachelor’s degree in political science and public administration from the University of Konstanz in 2018. Subsequently, he graduated with a Master’s degree in Global Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto in 2021.