Dr Farsan Ghassim is the Junior Research Fellow in Politics at The Queen’s College, holding a John Fell Fund grant at DPIR. His research concentrates on global governance and survey methods. Through his work, he aims to find out how people want the world to be governed, and to help other scholars conduct better public opinion research. Before joining The Queen’s, he held postdoctoral fellowships at the universities of Lund and Maastricht. A former management consultant at Bain & Company, he also worked at the German Foreign Ministry, for the President of the European Parliament, and at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He holds a DPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, an MA in Global Affairs from Yale University, and a BSc in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Publications
Published research (peer-reviewed)
- 2024: Who on earth wants a world government, what kind, and why? An international survey experiment (with Markus Pauli). International Studies Quarterly. Volume 68. Issue 3.
- 2024: Perceptions of a global democratic deficit: An international survey experiment. Perspectives on Politics.
- 2024: Are more authoritative international organizations challenged more? A recurrent event analysis of member state criticisms and withdrawals (with Hylke Dijkstra). The Review of International Organizations.
- 2024: Effects of self-legitimation and delegitimation on public attitudes toward international organizations: A worldwide survey experiment. International Studies Quarterly. Volume 68. Issue 2.
- 2022: Public opinion on institutional designs for the United Nations: An international survey experiment (with Mathias Koenig-Archibugi and Luis Cabrera). International Studies Quarterly. Volume 66. Issue 3. September 2022.
- 2022: The politics of (de)legitimation in global governance: A theoretical framework (with Magdalena Bexell, Karin Bäckstrand, Catia Gregoratti, Kristina Jönsson, Fredrik Söderbaum, Nora Stappert, and Anders Uhlin). In The politics of (de)legitimation in global governance: Practices, justifications, and audiences. Edited by Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson, and Anders Uhlin. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- 2022: Audiences of (de)legitimation in global governance: A comparative overview (with Magdalena Bexell and Soetkin Verhaegen). In The politics of (de)legitimation in global governance: Practices, justifications, and audiences. Edited by Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson, and Anders Uhlin. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- 2022: The effects of (de)legitimation on citizens’ belief in global governance: A worldwide survey experiment. In The politics of (de)legitimation in global governance: Practices, justifications, and audiences. Edited by Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson, and Anders Uhlin. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- 2021: Who on earth wants global democracy – and why (not)? A theoretical and experimental study of international public opinion. Doctoral thesis. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford.
Selected popular science, magazine, and blog articles
- 2024: New Oxford/Dublin research: Public majorities worldwide support a democratic world government focused on global issues (with Markus Pauli). EJIL:Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law. October 4.
- 2024: Citizens worldwide (including Australia) support a democratic world government focused on global issues (with Markus Pauli). Australian Outlook. October 2.
- 2024: Is it time for a democratic world government to address global challenges? (with Markus Pauli). South China Morning Post. September 28.
- 2024: Our research has found vast public support for a democratic global government (with Markus Pauli). The Journal. September 27.
- 2024: New research: Citizens worldwide support democratic global government (with Markus Pauli). Democracy Without Borders, September 9.
- 2024: Global citizens’ assemblies: Expanding the global democracy agenda (with Andreas Bummel). Democracy Without Borders, February 21.
- 2022: Global citizens want a stronger and more democratic United Nations (with Mathias Koenig-Archibugi and Luis Cabrera). The Washington Post, Monkey Cage. November 4.
- 2022: International survey: Citizens want a stronger and more democratic UN. Citizens for Global Solutions. September 27.
- 2022: Calls by Zelensky and Biden for UN reform are supported by people around the world – new survey. The Conversation. September 22.
- 2022: International survey: Citizens want a stronger and more democratic UN. Democracy Without Borders. September 22.
- 2022: Citizens worldwide want a stronger and more democratic UN: Findings from an international survey by Oxford, LSE, and Griffith researchers. OxPol: The blog of the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations. September 21.
- 2021: Mehr (globale) Demokratie wagen [Daring more (global) democracy]. Frankfurter Rundschau. September 17.
- 2021: Study: Majorities support global democracy, political parties can benefit. Democracy Without Borders. September 2.
- 2017: Eine Welt, ein Parlament? [One world, one parliament?], Internationale Politik, Sonderbeilage Mercator Kolleg 2016, pp. 16-17, January/February
- 2015: The proposal of a UN parliament: The idea, its supporters, and possible ways of implementation, Diplomatisches Magazin, pp. 42-43, December.
