Dr. Merran Hulse

Function: Associate Researcher

Specialization: Political Science

The information corresponds to the stand of information at the time of departure

1/2018-12/2018	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace"
4/2016-12/2017	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Department „Governance, Statehood, Security"
10/2015 – 3/2016	KFG „The Transformative Power of Europe“, Freie Universität Berlin Post-doctoral Fellow
10/2014 – 3/2015	KFG „The Transformative Power of Europe“, Freie Universität Berlin PhD Fellow
9/2010 – 10/2014	Radboud University Nijmegen PhD Researcher
9/2008 – 9/2009	University College Dublin MSc International Relations

Hulse, Merran(2017)
Actorness and trade negotiating outcomes: West Africa and the SADC Group in negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements
published on International Relations August 17, 2017
Hulse, Merran / Anna van der Vleuten(2015)
Agent run amuck: the SADC tribunal and governance transfer rollback
in: Tanja A. Börzel / Vera van Hüllen (eds.), Governance transfer by regional organizations: patching together a global script, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 84-103
Hulse, Merran / Anna van der Vleuten(2014)
Gender mainstreaming in SADC and SADC-EU trade relations
in: Anna van der Vleuten / Anouka van Eerdewijk / Conny Roggeban (eds.), Gender equality norms in regional governance: transnational dynamics in Europe, South America and Southern Africa, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 165-192
Debusscher, Petra / Merran Hulse(2014)
Including women’s voices? Gender mainstreaming in EU and SADC development strategies for southern Africa
in: Journal of Southern African Studies 40 (3), 559-573
Hulse, Merran(2014)
Actorness beyond the European Union: comparing the international trade actorness of SADC and ECOWAS
in: Journal of Common Market Studies 52 (3), 547–565

Hulse, Merran / Lisa Gürth / Helena Kavsek / Verena Stauber / Daniel Wegner / Jan Weinreich(2018)
Civil society engagement in regional governance: a network analysis in Southern Africa
(Discussion Paper 30/2018)
Hulse, Merran(2018)
Cultural values, popular attitudes and democracy promotion: how values mediate the effectiveness of donor support for term limits and LGBT+ rights in Uganda
(Discussion Paper 26/2018)
Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer(2017)
What next for the Economic Partnership Agreements? Thoughts on deepening the EU-Africa trade partnership
(Briefing Paper 9/2017)
Brandi, Clara / Merran Hulse / Niels Keijzer(2017)
Wie weiter mit den Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen? Gedanken zu einer vertieften EU-Afrika-Handelspartnerschaft
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 9/2017)
Hulse, Merran(2016)
Regional powers and leadership in regional institutions: Nigeria in ECOWAS and South Africa in SADC
Freie Universität Berlin: Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG Working Paper Series 76)
Hulse, Merran(2016)
Economic Partnership Agreements: implications for regional governance and EU-ACP development cooperation
(Briefing Paper 12/2016)
van der Vleuten, Anna / Merran Hulse(2014)
Governance transfer by the Southern African development community
Berlin: Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 700 (SFB-Governance Working Paper Series 48)

Hulse, Merran(2016)
Economic Partnership Agreements: Why have they taken so long?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 24 October 2016)

Current Publications