Dr. Timor Landherr

timor.landherr@uni-erfurt.de

Research associate at the “Center for Political Practices and Orders (C2PO) (Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences)

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

Dr. Timor Landherr

Dr Timor Landherr is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Erfurt, where he coordinates the Centre for Political Practices and Orders (C2PO). His research combines historical-materialist International Political Sociology with questions of the political economy of border and migration politics, 'depopulation', and racism and anti-racism in world politics. 

 

Previously, he was a Research Fellow and member of the steering group of the Centre for the Study of Migration at Queen Mary University of London. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, an MSc in International Relations Research from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of Groningen. The Leverhulme Trust and the Zeit-Bucerius Foundation have supported his research.

Key Research Areas

  • Political economy of border externalisation and migration governance
  • Deportation, labour mobility, and racial capitalism
  • Climate adaptation, population politics, and 'depopulation'
  • Racism and anti-racism in world politics
  • Historical-materialist International Political Sociology
  • Qualitative and comparative methods in IR

CV

Since 03/2026 —  Postdoctoral Fellow and Coordinator, Center for Political Practices and Orders (C2PO), Universität Erfurt

2024–2026 —  Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Migration, Queen Mary University of London

2025–2026 — Teaching Fellow, School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London 

2021–2025 —  Teaching Associate, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Landherr, T. (2024). “The Transit Fix: Border Externalisation and the Interplay of Capital and Race in the Transit State.” International Studies Quarterly, 68(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae068

 

Book Manuscript

States of Passage: Border Externalisation and the International Political Economy of Transit. 

 

Selected Public Writing

“Valuing Care Work – A Conversation with Alyssa Battistoni.” revsoc21.uk

“Migrant Caravans are Challenging an Oppressive Border Regime.” Jacobin (January 2024). jacobin.com

“Wahlkampf in der Türkei: Ausbeuten und Abschieben.” Der Freitag (April 2023). freitag.de