Biography

Tim Heinkelmann-Wild is a political scientist interested in challenges to multilateral cooperation and the transformation of the global order. Before his visiting fellowship, Tim was a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI (2025/26), a lecturer and researcher at LMU Munich and held visiting positions at Cambridge and Oxford. His doctoral thesis, “After Exit: Alternative Leadership and Institutional Resilience after Hegemonic Withdrawal,” received summa cum laude honours at LMU and was awarded, inter alia, the German Thesis Award and the Dissertation Award of the UN Association of Germany. His research was published in leading journals, and he co-authored the book “European Blame Games” (OUP, 2024). At the EUI, Tim will work on his ESR-funded project, “LIDO – Loyalties in a Divided Order: Europe’s responses to the US withdrawal from multilateral institutions”, which explores how Europe navigates the tension between the need for multilateral cooperation and its dependence on the US.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

• LIDO – Loyalties in a Divided Order: Europe’s responses to the US withdrawal from multilateral institutions

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• ABOUHARB, Mohammed Rodwan; REINSBERG, Bernhard; HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp (2026), The scapegoating hypothesis revisited : unpacking blame attribution toward the International Monetary Fund, Article
• ZANGL, Bernhard; HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp; GLOVANIA, Juliane; KLEIN-BÖLTING, Louisa (2026), No place to hide : the public attribution of responsibility for policy failures of international organisations, Article
• HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp; FAUDE, Benjamin (2025), Destruction or renewal? : Trumpism and the future of global governance, Article
• HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp; SCHÜTTE, Leonard (2025), Bound to retreat? : U.S. disengagement from the liberal international order beyond Trump, Article
• HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp; HUNTER, Tom; SHIM, Sujeong (2025), Perfect scapegoats? : blaming and defending the International Monetary Fund, Article
• DASSLER, Benjamin; HEINKELMANN-WILD, Tim Philipp; HUYSMANS, Martijn (2025), Insuring the weak : the institutional power equilibrium in international organizations, Article