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Nele Kortendiek is a post-doctoral researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her main research interests include policy-making by international organizations, contestation and change in international politics, and global migration governance. She obtained her PhD from Darmstadt University and holds an M.Sc. in International Relations Theory from LSE. During her PhD, she completed visiting stays at Oxford University and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
'In this fantastic book, Nele Kortendiek breaks new ground in the study of international organizations (IOs) and their role in global governance. Through detailed case studies, she shows how IOs operate and evolve by engaging in problem-solving in concrete situations, highlighting the role of “situated learning” of professionals… she offers fresh theoretical perspectives on the sources of authority of IOs and the dynamics by which they change.' * Ole Sending, Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) * 'In this refreshing new study, Nele Kortendiek offers us a different perspective: how learning and adaptation is rooted in the actions of professionals responding to new - and often crisis - situations on the ground. Using the fascinating case of the European mixed-migration crisis, Kortendiek offers a dynamic, bottom-up theory of “governance from practice” that rightly redirects our attention to the frontlines of global governance.' * Catherine Weaver, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin * 'Nele Kortendiek takes knowledge about global governance to important new ground. Moving beyond formal authority, this book demonstrates how international organizations engage in critical frontline governance through informal practices and situated knowledge.' * Jonas Tallberg, Professor of Political Science at Stockholm University *
