David Teiner, M.A.

Research assistant at Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy

Research Foci 

United Nations Peace Operations | Individuals in International Organizations | Organizational Dynamics of Violent NonState Actors

Profile

David Teiner is a research assistant at the Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy. In his doctoral thesis, he investigates variation in Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-Generals’ (SRSGs) scope of action as leaders of UN stabilization missions. Between 2022 and 2023, David Teiner has also been an Associated Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Research (INTERACT) at Freie Universität Berlin. From 2020 to 2023, he served as Assistant Editor for Information Resources of the journal Perspectives on Terrorism, where he regularly published bibliographies in the field of terrorism and conflict studies. From 2020 to 2022, David Teiner was a teaching assistant and research assistant in the Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy. In 2021, he completed his master's degree in Political Science and Sociology with a thesis on the Islamic State's governance in Iraq and Syria.

Recent publications

Publications

Articles in Journals 

Teiner, David (2024): Persistent Practices? Understanding Continuity and Change in SRSGs’ Leadership of UN Peace Operations. In: International Peacekeeping, online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2024.2383584

Teiner, David (2022): Rebel Governance: A Vibrant Field of Research. In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 32(3), 747-766. 

Teiner, David (2020): Cartel-Related Violence in Mexico as Narco-Terrorism or Criminal Insurgency: A Literature Review. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 14(4), 83-98.

Contributions to Edited Volumes

Teiner, David; Panne, Laura (2023): „Frauen und Kinder “: Eine Paarformel und ihre Funktionen in politischen Reden und Bundestagsdebatten zu bewaffneten Konflikten. In: Manuel Fröhlich (Hrsg.): Sprache und Politik: Perspektiven und Fallstudien zum konstitutiven Medium des Politischen. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag, 143-168.

Book Reviews 

Teiner, David (2025): Gyllensporre, Dennis and Edström, Hakan. 2024. Military Diplomacy: Reflections by Former United Nations Force Commanders. Stockholm: Santérus Academic Press. 257 pp. In: International Peacekeeping, online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2025.2486258.

Teiner, David (2025):Boutellis, Arthur. 2024. The UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA): Peacekeeping Caught in the Geopolitical Crossfire. Cham: Springer Nature. 252 pp. In: International Peacekeeping, online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2025.2486272.

Teiner, David (2024): Persistent Practices? Understanding Continuity and Change in SRSGs’ Leadership of UN Peace Operations. In: International Peacekeeping, online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2024.2383584

Teiner, David (2022): Rebel Governance: A Vibrant Field of Research. In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 32(3), 747-766. 

Teiner, David (2022): Fisher, Jonathan and Wilén, Nina. 2022. African Peacekeeping. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 242 pp. In: Modern Africa: Politics, History, and Society, 10(2), 125-129.

Other publications

Teiner, David (2024): Das deutsche Engagement in der internationalen Krisenbewältigung vor vielfältigen Herausforderungen. In: Drewes, Oliver und Minas, Marius (Hg.): Politikwissenschaftlicher Jahresrückblick 2023 des Trierer Institut für Demokratie- und Parteienforschung. Trier: Universität Trier, S. 22-24.

Tinnes, Judith; Teiner, David; Engel, Darius (2022): Bibliography: Accelerationism. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(2), 123-156.

Teiner, David (2022): Bibliography: The Conflict in Yemen. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(3), 117-142.

Teiner, David (2022): Bibliography: The Conflict in Libya. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(1), 105-144.

Teiner, David; Furlan, Marta; Lokmanoglu, Ayse D.; McDonald, Brody (2021): Bibliography: Rebel Governance. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 15(5), 145-165.

Teiner, David (2021): Bibliography: Hamas. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 15(4), 240-257.

Teiner, David (2021): Bibliography: Al-Shabaab. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 15(2), 240-273.

Teiner, David (2021): Bibliography: Civilian Casualties of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 15(1), 202-227.

Teiner, David (2020): Bibliography: Terrorism and Organized Crime in Latin America. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 14(4), 118-154.

Teiner, David (2019): Bibliography: Terrorism by Country – Mali. In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 13(6), 167-192.

Lectures

  • "Persistent Practices? Understanding Continuity and Change in Multi-Mission SRSGs’ Leadership of UN Peace Operations", European International Studies Association (EISA) Pan-European Conference 2024: Searching for International Relations: Spaces, Styles, Struggles. Lille, Frankreich, 27-31. August 2024.
  • "Handlungsspielräume von UN-Sondergesandten in der Führung von UN-Friedensmissionen", General-/Admiralstabslehrgang (LGAN). Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, Hamburg, 21. August 2024.
  • "Die Rolle von UN-Sondergesandten in Demokratisierungs- und Entwicklungsprozessen", AKKON-Hochschule für Humanwissenschaften, Berlin, 16. July 2024.
  • "The Role of SRSGs in UN Stabilization Missions", Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Annual Meeting 2023: Making, Keeping, and Sustaining Peace. United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C., 21.-22. June 2023.
  • "Das globale Netzwerk des Islamischen Staates: Transnationalität, lokale Konfliktdynamiken und Resilienz", Workshop des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Gewaltordnungen: Transnationale Dimensionen von Gewaltordnungen. Universität Bayreuth, 03.-04. March 2022.
  • "The Islamic State’s Rebel Governance", Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK), 20. January 2022.

Memberships

  • Since 05/2023: Member oft the Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (DGVN)
  • Since 02/2023: Member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)