Global governance today takes place within a dense network of overlapping international institutions. Since the end of the Cold War, new international institutions have been established in many policy areas, competing with the functions of existing institutions. The result is increasing regime complexity. This project examines how states and international institutions deal with this complexity: When do newly created institutions cooperate with established competitors, and when do they enter into direct competition with them? Our research demonstrates how policy domain characteristics, institutional features, as well as external shocks, are decisive in shaping how institutional cooperation develops within these complexes.
Publications
- Bandemer, S., Daßler, B., Rittberger, B., Weiss, M., & Will, K. (2026). Rule-takers or rule-makers? How regional hubs design digital governance frameworks. Globalizations, 1-23.
- Daßler, B., Gerber-Helm, A., & Heinzel, M. (2026). Partners and rivals? The AIIB’s cooperation with preexisting multilateral development banks. Review of International Political Economy, 33(2), 731-759.
- Daßler, B., Bandemer, S., Rittberger, B., & Weiß, M. (2025). Navigating regime complexes in turbulent times—the EU’s interaction with other international organizations in crises. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 66(3), 599-621.
- Daßler, B. (2023). The institutional topology of international regime complexes: Mapping inter-institutional structures in global governance. Oxford University Press.
- Daßler, B. (2022). Good (s) for everyone? Policy area competition and institutional topologies in the regime complexes of tax avoidance and intellectual property. Journal of International Relations and Development, 25(4), 993-1019.