Gerd Junne

Gerd Junne (1947) studied political science, law and economics in Berlin and Geneva.

His publications include European Multinationals in Core Technologies (with Rob van Tulder), The Biotechnology Revolution? (with Martin Fransman and Annemieke Roobeek), Der Eurogeldmarkt (dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin, 1975), Internationale Abhängigkeiten, Kritisches Studium der Sozialwissenschaften and Spieltheorie in der internationalen Politik.

He worked as a lecturer at the universities of Berlin (FU), Bremen and Konstanz (1970-1979) and as a consultant for the U.N. Centre on Transnational Corporations, before being appointed at the University of Amsterdam (1979). He carried out research projects for the United Nations, FAO, ILO, the European Union, the VW Foundation, the Rathenau Institute, the German Parliament, German Trade Unions, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Dutch National Research Program on Air Pollution and Climate Research. He chaired the advisory commission of the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Biotechnology and Development.

Gerd Junne holds the Chair in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam. His current research interests include the dynamics of changes in the international division of labour, the impact of new technologies on international relations, the role of transnational corporations and the interaction between globalisation and privatisation.