Tobias Lenz

About Tobias Lenz

Tobias Lenz, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, specializes in the field of International Relations, international organizations, comparative regionalism, EU foreign policy.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset

Expanding or defending legitimacy? Why international organizations intensify self-legitimation

The origins of legitimation strategies in international organizations: agents, audiences and environments

Agents, audiences and peers: why international organizations diversify their legitimation discourse

Discovering cooperation: Endogenous change in international organizations

Globalising the study of diffusion: multiple sources and the East African Community

Global theories of regionalism

Environmental Commitments and Rhetoric over the Pandemic Crisis: Social Media and Legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU

Tobias Lenz Information

University

Position

Professor of International Relations

Citations(all)

2063

Citations(since 2020)

1479

Cited By

1067

hIndex(all)

20

hIndex(since 2020)

18

i10Index(all)

26

i10Index(since 2020)

23

Email

University Profile Page

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Tobias Lenz Skills & Research Interests

International Relations

international organizations

comparative regionalism

EU foreign policy

Top articles of Tobias Lenz

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset

International Studies Perspectives

Henning Schmidtke

Swantje Schirmer

Niklas Krösche

Tobias Lenz

2024/2

Expanding or defending legitimacy? Why international organizations intensify self-legitimation

The Review of International Organizations

Henning Schmidtke

Tobias Lenz

2023/7/24

The origins of legitimation strategies in international organizations: agents, audiences and environments

International Affairs

Tobias Lenz

Fredrik Söderbaum

2023/5/2

Agents, audiences and peers: why international organizations diversify their legitimation discourse

International Affairs

Tobias Lenz

Henning Schmidtke

2023/5/2

Discovering cooperation: Endogenous change in international organizations

The review of international organizations

Tobias Lenz

Besir Ceka

Liesbet Hooghe

Gary Marks

Alexandr Burilkov

2023/10

Globalising the study of diffusion: multiple sources and the East African Community

Journal of European Public Policy

Tobias Lenz

Mariel Reiss

2023/8/25

Global theories of regionalism

Lynda Chinenye Iroulo

Tobias Lenz

2022/11/18

Environmental Commitments and Rhetoric over the Pandemic Crisis: Social Media and Legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU

Post-Communist Economies

Stephen GF Hall

Tobias Lenz

Anastassia Obydenkova

2022/7/4

Measuring institutional overlap in global governance

The Review of International Organizations

Yoram Z Haftel

Tobias Lenz

2022/4

Diffusion and Decentralized Bargaining in International Organizations: Evidence from Mercosur's Dispute Settlement Mechanism

International Studies Review

Tobias Lenz

2021/12

Claimed Legitimacy: Appreciating the Diversity of Regional Organisations

Niklas Krösche

Swantje Schirmer

Tobias Lenz

2021

Interorganizational diffusion in international relations: Regional institutions and the role of the European Union

Tobias Lenz

2021

The Rise of International Parliaments: Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations

Frank Schimmelfennig

Thomas Winzen

Tobias Lenz

Jofre Rocabert

Loriana Crasnic

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2020/12/14

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