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Joachim K. Rennstich : Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Director of Studies, Christlich-Pädagogisches Institut, CJD Arnold-Dannenmann-Akademie

Ottilienberg, 75031 Eppingen (Germany)

joachim.rennstich [at] cjd.de

Areas of Specialization

  • international political economy (technology, long-term processes)
  • digital world
  • geopolitics
  • world system development, globalization
  • evolutionary theory and complex adaptive systems

Appointments Held

2004–2011   Assistant Professor, Fordham University, Department of Politial Science, New York, NY

2002–2004   Dean's Appointment (Visiting Professor), Temple University, Department of Politial Science, Philadelphia, PA

1999–2002   Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Department of Politial Science, Bloomington, IN

Non-academic Positions

2012–heute    Studienleiter, Christlich-Pädagogisches Institut, CJD Arnold-Dannenmann-Akademie (Eppingen)

2011–2012    Assoc. Partner, Head of Research, Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner (Berlin)

1991–1998    CEO und Gründer, Rennstich & Oest, Werbeagentur (Hamburg/Berlin)

Education

2003    Ph.D. (Political Science) Indiana University

2002    A.B.D. (Political Science) Indiana University

2000    M.A. (Political Science) Indiana University

1998    Dipl. in Sozialwissenschaft Georg-August Universität Göttingen

Publications

Colaresi, Michael P., and Joachim K. Rennstich. 2003. “All Politics Are Orbital: Two-Level Rivalry Dynamics and the US-Soviet Space Race.” In Paper presented at the Annual American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 27--31.
Köber, Christin, Joachim K. Rennstich, and Ruth Weihofen. 2016. “Echoes of the Past: The Relation of Redemption and Contamination in Congolese Narratives to Social Distant Attitudes towards Europeans.” Abu Dhabi. Draft for publication in Special Edition.
Rennstich, Joachim K. 1998. “Die Republikaner: eine Medienkommunikationspartei? Organisationsstrukturen und Modernisierungsprozesse innerhalb der amerikanischen House Republican Party, 1988-1994.” Diplom Thesis. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
———. 2000. “From Commercial to Strategic Rivalry? Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper read at the Anglo-American Historians’ Conference, London University, London, July, 5--7.
———. 2001a. “Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper presented to 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacksburg, VA, April, 19--22.
———. 2001b. “The New Economy, the Leadership Long Cycle, and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper presented to the 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacksburg, VA, April 19--22.
———. 2002a. “A New, Globalized E-Conomy? Trends and Performance among the World’s Largest Corporations.” In Paper presented at the 44th Annual International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, March 24–-27.
———. 2002b. “The Fortune Global 50: The Role of Multinational Corporations in the International Political Economy.” In Paper presented at the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, IL, November 15--18.
———. 2002c. “The New Economy, the Leadership Long Cycle, and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” Review of International Political Economy 9(1): 150–82.
———. 2002d. “The Phoenix-Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long-Wave Perspective.” In Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Riverside, CA, May 3--4.
———. 2003a. “Globalization and the Evolution of the Informational Network Economy: Past, Present, and Future Technological Change.” Dissertation. Indiana University.
———. 2003b. “Naval Ports and Virtual Nodes: The Historical Evolution of World-City Networks in the Global World System.” In Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, February 26--March 1.
———. 2003c. “The Future of Great Power Rivalries.” In Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-System: New Theoretical Directions for the 21st Century World-System, ed. Wilma A. Dunaway. Westport, CT: Praeger, 143–61.
———. 2003d. “War in the Digital Age: Informational Power, Geopolitics, and the Fifth Dimension.” In Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, OR, February 26--March 1.
———. 2004a. “The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership.” In The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership, Paper presented to The Future of World Society, Symposium held at the University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, June 23--24.
———. 2004b. “The New New Thing: Technological Styles as Creators of Globalization.” In Paper presented at the Annual American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2--5.
———. 2004c. “The Phoenix-Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long-Wave Perspective.” In Hegemony, Globalization and Antisystemic Movements, ed. Thomas E. Reifer. Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 35–53.
———. 2005a. “A Thousand Years of Networked Firms: The Evolution of Markets and Firms in the Global System.” In Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1--5.
———. 2005b. “Chaos or ReOrder? The Future of Hegemony in a World-System in Upheaval.” Journal of World-Systems Research 11(2): 209–38. http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol11/number2/pdf/jwsr-v11n2-rennstich.pdf.
———. 2005c. “Podcasting.” In Handbuch E-Learning. Expertenwissen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Strategien - Instrumente - Fallstudien, eds. Andreas Hohenstein and Karl Wilbers. Köln: Fachverlag Deutscher Wirtschaftsdienst, 2002ff (wird laufend ergänzt).
———. 2005d. “The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership.” In The Future of World Society, eds. Mark Herkenrath, Claudia König, Hanno Scholtz, and Thomas Volken. Zurich: Intelligent, 53–79.
———. 2005e. “The Making of a Global System: Towards a General Theory of International Relations.” In Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1--5.
———. 2005f. “Three Steps in the Globalization of the International System: Global Networks from 1000 BCE to 2053 CE.” In Globalization and Global History, eds. Barry K. Gills and William R. Thompson. London: Routledge, 203–31.
———. 2006a. “Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices into Local Classrooms.” In Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, February 18--20.
———. 2006b. “Is Globalization Self-Organization? Global System Formation as a Long-Term Complex Process.” In Paper presented at Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Global Change, invited meeting at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, April 6--8.
———. 2006c. “The Buddenbrook Cycle: Generational Cohorts and Their Impact on Global System Development.” In Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22--25.
———. 2007a. “A Future Foretold? Multinational Firms and Leading Sector Development—Past, Present, and Future.” In Paper presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago, IL, February 28--March 3.
———. 2007b. “Book Review of ‘Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages.’” Perspectives on Politics 5(2): 416–17.
———. 2007c. “Future’s Future: A Test of Models of Systemic Transition.” In Paper presented at Systemic Transitions Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 11--13.
———. 2007d. “Is Globalization Self-Organizing?” In Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Global Change, eds. George Modelski, Tessalino Devezas, and William R. Thompson. London: Routledge, 88–108.
———. 2007e. “Sapientia et Doctrina—‘Globalization: A Future Foretold?’” Inside Fordham: 5.
———. 2008a. “The Complexity of History: Systems That Make a World.” In Paper presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 26--29.
———. 2008b. The Making of a Digital World: The Evolution of Technological Change and How It Shaped Our World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
———. 2009. “From Sea to Space: The Evolution of Major and Great Power Rivalries.” In Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15--18.
———. 2010a. “Agent-Based Models of World System Formation.” In Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February 17--20.
———. 2010b. “Change on Top: Trends and Performance among the World’s Largest Corporations.”
———. 2010c. “Evolutionary Systems Theory.” In The International Studies Encyclopedia, ed. Robert A. Denemark. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. http://www.isacompendium.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781444336597_yr2014_chunk_g97814443365977_ss1-41.
———. 2010d. “From Sea to Space: The Evolution of Major and Great Power Rivalries.” Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15-18.
———. 2010e. “The Digital Revolution? Postindustrialism and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” New York. Unpublished manuscript.
———. 2010f. “The Evolution of the Modern Enterprise System.” . Manuscript under review at Review of International Political Economy.
———. 2010g. “War in the Digital Age: Informational Power, Geopolitics, and the Fifth Dimension.” New York. Unpublished manuscript.
———. 2010h. “World System in the Information Age.” In The International Studies Encyclopedia, ed. Robert A. Denemark. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. http://www.isacompendium.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781444336597_yr2014_chunk_g978144433659721_ss1-16.
———. 2011a. “Virtual States: The Modern World System in the Digital Age.” . Unpublished manuscript.
———. 2011b. “World System Evolution.” In Paper presented at 52nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, March 16--19.
———. 2014. “A Global Online Program? Learnings from the Establishment and Implementation of an Online-Based Blended Learning Bachelor Program.” Presented at the 18th World Council, World YMCA, Estes Park, CO, June 29--July 5.
———. 2016a. “Bridges over Interdisciplinary Waters: Facilitating Creative Online Collaboration.” Kassel. Draft for publication in EIT Special Issue “Creative Online Collaboration.”
———. 2016b. “Creative Online Collaboration: Bridges over Interdisciplinary Waters.” In Proceedings of the Think CROSS - Change MEDIA 2016 Conference, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, 19-20 Feb,.
———. 2016c. “Islamismus als politisch-soziologisches Phänomen.” In Handbuch Islamismus und Schule, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
———. 2017. “Multilevel Governance as a Global Governance Challenge: Assumptions, Methods, Shortcomings and Future Directions.” In Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory, ed. William R Thompson. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Rennstich, Joachim K., and Karl W. Rennstich. 2015. “Korruption im Spiegel der Weltreligionen: Entwicklungspolitische Bedeutung eines moralisch-theologischen Urproblems.” In Antikorruption und Leadership, Management --- Ethik --- Organisation, eds. Stefan Jung and André Armbruster. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 000.
Rennstich, Joachim K., and Emilija Stojmenova, eds. 2017. “Special Issue: Creative Online Collaboration in Higher-Education Co-Creation.” Education and Information Technologies.
Rennstich, Joachim K., and Julian Westerhout. 2006. “Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices Into Local Classrooms.” In Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22--25.
Rennstich, Karl W. 2005. Korruption und Religion. München: Hampp.

Conference Presentations

Colaresi, Michael P., and Joachim K. Rennstich. 2003. “All Politics Are Orbital: Two-Level Rivalry Dynamics and the US-Soviet Space Race.” In Paper presented at the Annual American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 27--31.
Rennstich, Joachim K. 2000. “From Commercial to Strategic Rivalry? Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper read at the Anglo-American Historians’ Conference, London University, London, July, 5--7.
———. 2001a. “Rivalry Environments and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper presented to 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacksburg, VA, April, 19--22.
———. 2001b. “The New Economy, the Leadership Long Cycle, and the Nineteenth K-Wave.” In Paper presented to the 25th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Blacksburg, VA, April 19--22.
———. 2002a. “A New, Globalized E-Conomy? Trends and Performance among the World’s Largest Corporations.” In Paper presented at the 44th Annual International Studies Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, March 24–-27.
———. 2002b. “The Fortune Global 50: The Role of Multinational Corporations in the International Political Economy.” In Paper presented at the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, IL, November 15--18.
———. 2002c. “The Phoenix-Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long-Wave Perspective.” In Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association (PEWS), Riverside, CA, May 3--4.
———. 2003a. “Naval Ports and Virtual Nodes: The Historical Evolution of World-City Networks in the Global World System.” In Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Portland, OR, February 26--March 1.
———. 2003b. “War in the Digital Age: Informational Power, Geopolitics, and the Fifth Dimension.” In Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Portland, OR, February 26--March 1.
———. 2004a. “The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership.” In The Future of Hegemony and Global System Leadership, Paper presented to The Future of World Society, Symposium held at the University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, June 23--24.
———. 2004b. “The New New Thing: Technological Styles as Creators of Globalization.” In Paper presented at the Annual American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2--5.
———. 2005a. “A Thousand Years of Networked Firms: The Evolution of Markets and Firms in the Global System.” In Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1--5.
———. 2005b. “The Making of a Global System: Towards a General Theory of International Relations.” In Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1--5.
———. 2006a. “Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices into Local Classrooms.” In Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference on Teaching and Learning, Washington, DC, February 18--20.
———. 2006b. “Is Globalization Self-Organization? Global System Formation as a Long-Term Complex Process.” In Paper presented at Globalization as Evolutionary Process: Modeling, Simulating, and Forecasting Global Change, invited meeting at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, April 6--8.
———. 2006c. “The Buddenbrook Cycle: Generational Cohorts and Their Impact on Global System Development.” In Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22--25.
———. 2007a. “A Future Foretold? Multinational Firms and Leading Sector Development—Past, Present, and Future.” In Paper presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago, IL, February 28--March 3.
———. 2007b. “Future’s Future: A Test of Models of Systemic Transition.” In Paper presented at Systemic Transitions Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 11--13.
———. 2008. “The Complexity of History: Systems That Make a World.” In Paper presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 26--29.
———. 2009. “From Sea to Space: The Evolution of Major and Great Power Rivalries.” In Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, February 15--18.
———. 2010. “Agent-Based Models of World System Formation.” In Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February 17--20.
———. 2011. “World System Evolution.” In Paper presented at 52nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Montréal, Québec, Canada, March 16--19.
———. 2014. “A Global Online Program? Learnings from the Establishment and Implementation of an Online-Based Blended Learning Bachelor Program.” Presented at the 18th World Council, World YMCA, Estes Park, CO, June 29--July 5.
———. 2016a. “Creative Online Collaboration: Bridges over Interdisciplinary Waters.” In Proceedings of the Think CROSS - Change MEDIA 2016 Conference, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, 19-20 Feb,.
———. 2016b. “Creative Online Collaboration: Caveats and Learnings.”
———. 2017a. “Multilevel Global Governance: Assumptions, Methods, Shortcomings and Future Directions.”
———. 2017b. “Nomads of the Land and Sea: Stateless Challengers and the Evolution of Global Governance.”
Rennstich, Joachim K., and Julian Westerhout. 2006. “Global Encounters: Incorporating Global Voices Into Local Classrooms.” In Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention, San Diego, CA, March 22--25.

Awards

2007    Fordham Faculty Fellowship (Research Semester Fall 2007)

2007    Deans' Initiative for Development of Service Learning Courses, Fordham University

2006    Fordham Faculty Research Grant

2006    Fordham Faculty Challenge Grant (for multimedia teaching tool development)

2005    Nomination for Helen Dwight Reid Award, awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics

2004    Katherine C. Greenough Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the Political Science Department, Indiana University, in the 2003 calendar year

2004    Nomination for the Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award, granted by the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in science, technology and environmental politics completed

in 2002 or 2003

2002    John P. Lovell Award (Outstanding Graduate Student in International Relations), Indiana U. Full-year dissertation fellowship, Indiana University\item [{2001}] \noindent Indiana University Department of Political Science, Associate Instructor of the Year Award for 2000, for recognition of teaching excellence and commitment to students

2000    Travel grant, for Anglo-American Historians' Conference, July 5-7, London

2000-2002    Travel grants for various conference participations granted (e.g., Institute for Humane Studies (IHS); American Sociological Association (ASA); International Studies Association (ISA); Indiana University)

Teaching

Service Learning

2007-2011    Service-learning courses (including development of new courses)

2004-2011    Service-learning supervision of students (add-on to courses)



Innovative Teaching Methods

2009-2011    Development of new course presentation system, based on interactive tools (smart boards, mind-mapping, screencasts, podcasting), based on CADE (Competency Assessment in Distributed Education (CADE) principles

2008-2011    Interdisciplinary integration of courses (political science, theology), including outside presentations, case development, and academic student conference

2006-2008    iStudyCases: Production of multimedia segments with focus on specific issues for use in IR courses; conduct of video interviews during summer of 2006 (this project is ongoing)

2006-2011    Redevelopment of courses based on CADE (Competency Assessment in Distributed Education (CADE) principles

2003-2011    Blackboard: Development of learning modules based on Blackboard platform, extensive use of wide range of available tools in Blackboard in all courses

2005    Film series--War and Peace (screening and discussions)

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships

1999-    American Political Science Association (APSA), member of International History and Politics section

2000-    International Studies Association (ISA), member of IPE section

Professional Activity

2001-2008    Co-director (with William R. Thompson), Center for the Study of Long-term Change in World History, and editor of longtermchange.org

2004-2008    Editor of Fordham Department of Political Science homepage

2005-2011    Chair, World Historical Systems (WHS) ISA IPE-subsection

2003-2005    Vice-Chair, World Historical Systems (WHS) ISA IPE-subsection

2008-    ISA IPE-section newsletter-editor, member of IPE-section board

2006-2007    ISA IPE-section project coordinator "Digital

Speakers"

Presentations

2009    AJCU CITM 2009 Conference}. Keynote Speaker. May 18.

2007    Fordham University Technology Conference, Social Networking in Higher Education. Presentation and Workshop, May 22

2006    UNA Model UN Summit \& Leadership Conference. Development in the New Millennium: The MDGs and the International Political Economy. Briefing-presentation. June 26

2006    Fordham University Technology Conference, Podcasting

in Higher Education. Presentation and Workshop, May 19

2005    Fordham University Technology Conference, Keynote Speaker, May 20



Blog

digprof A blog about how to use digital tools effectively in academia (Twitter-feed).



Community

2005-2011    President, German-Ev. Lutheran Church of St. Paul, New York, NY

2001-    Participation in university and community group organized panels and round-table discussions