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Sebastian Meurer is the Managing Director of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He has held academic and coordination roles at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, University of Heidelberg, and University of Duisburg-Essen, focusing on early modern history and transcultural governance.
- PhD in early modern history (2014, University of Heidelberg)
- Certificate in Science and Research Management (2014, ZWM Speyer)
- MA in history, comparative religious studies, and auxiliary sciences of history (1999–2008, University of Heidelberg)
His research explores administrative reforms in 18th-century Britain and colonial India, heroization processes, and transcultural encounters. Key publications include monographs on efficiency discourses and co-edited volumes on heroism and global intellectual history.
Recent articles analyze:
- Epistemic shifts in Georgian Britain
- Constitutional imagination in the Enlightenment
- Heroic archetypes in political philosophy
- Transcultural methodologies in state-building
Scientific honors include summa cum laude for his PhD dissertation. He has served as academic coordinator for major research projects and co-edits the Critical Readings in Global Intellectual History series.
