Publications

The Challenges of Reunification: Why South Korea Cannot Follow Germany’s Strategy”, 2016. in: “Handbook to Contemporary Korean Society”, edited by Eungi Kim, forthcoming. Substantially revised version of the article published by Korea Observer 2013.

Honest Broker Korea? The G20 meeting in Seoul and the international perception of South Korea as a global actor”, Asian International Studies Review, Institute for International Trade and Cooperation, Ewha Womans University, 2014, Vol. 15, No. 2, 49-70. https://iitc.ewha.ac.kr:6021/board_skin/board_list.asp?bbs_code=24&etc=&issue=1&subject=&writer=Niederhafner&issue_start_date=&issue_end_date=&keyword=&volume=&start_year=&start_month=&start_day=&end_year=&end_month=&end_day=#

“The Korean Energy and GHG Target Management System: An Alternative to Kyoto-Protocol Emissions Trading Systems?”, Seoul National University, Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program, TEMEP Discussion Paper No. 2014:118. Free online publication available at https://ideas.repec.org/p/snv/dp2009/2014118.html

Comparing Functions of Transnational City Networks in Europe and Asia”, Asia Europe Journal, Springer Science, 2013, Vol. 11, No. 4,p. 377 – 396. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10308-013-0365-3

Governance Modes of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Emissions Trading System”, Hitotsubashi University, Invited Fellow Discussion Paper Series No. 26, 2013, December. https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/rs/handle/10086/26005

The Challenges of Reunification: Why South Korea Cannot Follow Germany’s Strategy” in Korea Observer, 2013, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 249-287. Free online publication available at http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=15&ved=0CJABEBYwDg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iks.or.kr%2Frenew%2Faddition%2Fdownload.asp%3Fftype%3Dissue%26ftb%3Dhm_issue_tb%26idx%3D1289&ei=oLlOUr7RFcWN7QaQ4IHABA&usg=AFQjCNFht9-J6llxh8dP-6QRnWDOEBa0Eg&sig2=O4tmz2WTWDA6avgd49cDWw

Different Paths Towards the same Goal? Comparing the Implementation and Performance of CO2 Emissions Reduction Regulations in the EU and South Korea” (with Chan Song Lee), in ,EU-Korea Relations in a Changing World’, Centre for Global Governance Working Paper, 2013, Leuven University, p. 195-220. Free online publication available at http://ghum.kuleuven.be/ggs/projects/eu_korea/publications_eu_korea.html

Germany’s unification strategy and Korea’s unification perspectives” (in Korean) in: Yoon Young-Kwan (ed.) 2013 “International Politics and the Korean Unification”, forthcoming. An English version is available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2193877_code1946027.pdf?abstractid=2193877&mirid=4.

Functions of Transnational City Networks in Europe and Asia”, Seoul National University EU Center Working Paper Series No. 2012-05. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2188761

Städte im EU Mehrebenensystem 2030. Anmerkungen zum Potenzial einer besser integrierten lokalen Ebene“ in Gabriele Abels, Annegret Eppler and Michèle Knodt (ed.) 2010: „Die Reflexionsgruppe Horizont 2020-2030“. Herausforderungen und Reformoptionen fuer das Mehrebenensystem, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 169-186.

Städte als politische Akteure im Mehrebenensystem der EU. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung der pan-europäischen Interessenorganisationen Eurocities und RGRE unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Länder Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien“, Dissertation, 2008, ULB Darmstadt, http://ebookbrowse.com/stefan-niederhafner-staedte-in-der-eu-pdf-d69752120.

Cities and Organized Interest Intermediation in the EU Multi-Level System“ (with Hubert Heinelt) in ‚Journal for European Urban and Regional Studies’, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 2, 173-187. http://eur.sagepub.com/content/15/2/173.short

Städte und organisierte Interessenvertretung im EU-Mehrebenensystem“ (with Hubert Heinelt) in Hubert Heinelt and Angelika Vetter (2008): ‚Lokale Politikforschung heute’,VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 103-126.

Ratgeber Sozialrecht. Die Situation von Stipendiaten und Stipendiatinnen im sozialrechtlichen Bereich: Stipendium, BAföG, Hartz IV und Sozialversicherungen“ (with Michael Bolte), Hans Böckler Stiftung, 2006, Düsseldorf. https://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~toste/pi/materialien/Sozialrechtsratgeber.pdf

Kommunaler Klimaschutz in Deutschland – Handlungsmöglichkeiten, Entwicklung und Perspektiven“ (with Kristine Kern, Sandra Rechlin and Jost Wagner), Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, 2005, Discussion Paper Nr. SP IV 2005-101. https://bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2005/iv05-101.pdf

Cities and Organized Interest Intermediation in the EU Multi-Level System” (with Hubert Heinelt) in Wolfgang van den Daele (ed.) 2005: ‚Diskurs und Governance. Abschlußbericht der Forschungsabteilung ‚Zivilgesellschaft und transnationale Netzwerke’’, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. Discussion Paper Nr. SP IV 2005-103, S. 76-88.

Local Power – Mehr Bürgerengagment durch Governance?“ (with Ansgar Klein, Ludger Klein, Jan Rohwerder, Lilian Schwalb and Heike Walk), Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 2005, Jg. 18, Heft 3/2005, S. 2-6.

Schrittweise Annäherung an Local Governance. Eine Sammelrezension“, Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 2005, Jg. 18, Nr. 3, S. 123-127.

Die Ministerialbürokratie in Deutschland – Vom Kellner zum Koch?” (with Rudolf Speth), Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, 2004, Jg. 17, Nr. 3, S. 23-35. http://sowiport.gesis.org/search/id/iz-solis-90330052