Mariano BARBATO

Mariano BARBATO is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Passau and a DAAD long-term lecturer at Andrássy University Budapest. His academic work focuses on International and European Politics, with a strong affiliation to the Chair of Comparative Politics specializing in Central and Eastern Europe within the EU framework.

• Ph.D. from LMU Munich (2005): Governing through Argumentation: Power and Legitimacy of Political Language in the European Integration Process
• Habilitation at University of Passau (2011): Pilgrimage, Politics and International Relations: Religious Semantics for World Politics

His research spans German and European foreign policy, geopolitics, and the cultural foundations of governance, emphasizing intersections between politics, religion, and political language. His work has been supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as Principal Investigator for the project Legions of the Pope: A Case Study of Political and Social Transformation. He has taught at institutions including the EUI Florence, BBU Cluj-Napoca, and FU Berlin.

Scientific Awards

• DAAD Long-Term Lecturer
• Heisenberg Fellowship recipient

Barbato's career reflects a transnational academic trajectory with significant contributions to European political studies and governance research.