Position 
Research Intern
Nationality 
Germany
At UNU-CRIS 
31/01/2011 to 25/04/2011
Biographical Statement 

Max Lesch graduated from the University of Bonn in Political Science and Sociology. His Bachelor’s Thesis concerned itself with competing approaches to US foreign policy in a changing global order.

During his internship, Max Lesch was pursuing a Master’s in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research at Goethe-University Frankfurt. In January 2011 he finished his exchange term to the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales. His final thesis examined the role of regional integration in global politics and their relations to each other as well as to global organisations.

Max Lesch’s research interests include regional conflict management and the relation of regional organisations to the United Nations, the global dimension of regional integration, international law, and international political theory.

Max Lesch was an intern until 25 April 2011 and worked under the supervision of Dr. Ademola Abass.