Dr. Marianne Beisheim
Global Issues Senior Associate
Thematic working group international cooperation in the context of systemic rivalry Co-Chair
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental policy
- Non-governmental organizations
- Sustainability governance
- United Nations
Global governance for sustainable development, both negotiations and institutions at the United Nations and voluntary initiatives by civil society, business or multi-stakeholder partnerships
ProjectsShort Curriculum vitae
Since 2010 Researcher at SWP
Project Director »HLPF Review: Processes, Positions, Politics & Practicable Reform Options«
Since 2014 Member of Executive Committee and Advisory Board, Development and Peace Foundation (sef:)
Since 2014 Member of the UN-Political Advisory Board of the Federal Foreign Office
Since 2014 Member of Research Council of the United Nations Association (UNA) of Germany
2017 - 2021 Member of the Steering Committee of "Science Platform Sustainability 2030"
SWP Publications
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Country-level Politics around the SDGs
Analysing political will as a critical element of the Mid-Term Review of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 07, 10.07.2023, 75 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023RP07
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Germany and Namibia as Co‑leads for the United Nations
Chances and challenges on the road to the 2024 UN Summit of the Future
SWP Comment 2023/C 03, 12.01.2023, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2023C03
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Speedboat and ocean liner How can the G7 and the UN make multilateralism sustainable?
How could the German G7 Presidency and the UN Secretary-General leverage their objectives to each other’s benefit? Marianne Beisheim and Silke Weinlich put forward two proposals in this regard.
Point of View, 14.02.2022 -
Foreign Sustainability Policy
in: German Foreign Policy in TransitionContribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 58–60
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Conflicts in UN Reform Negotiations
Insights into and from the Review of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
SWP Research Paper 2021/RP 09, 09.12.2021, 31 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021RP09
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UN-General Assembly of “Hope”
A More Collaborative Debate, an Innovative Report, and an SDG Moment
SWP Comment 2021/C 53, 20.10.2021, 4 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C53
External publications
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Politics matters!
Political will as a critical condition for implementing the sustainable development goals
in: Earth System Governance, Volume 24, 2025, 100244, ISSN 2589-8116doi:10.1016/j.esg.2025.100244
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Trump 2.0 and the United Nations
Implications for multilateral funding and leadership
in: Division for International Cooperation - Global and European Policy Department, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Bonn, January 2025, 8 pages (online) -
Judy Asks: Is the United Nations Still Fit for Purpose?
in: Judy Dempsey's Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe, 21.09.2023 (online) -
Four governance reforms to strengthen the SDGs
A demanding policy vision can accelerate global sustainable development efforts
in: Science; 381, 2023 (1159-1160) (Paywall). -
Accelerating the SDGs Through the 2024 Summit of the Future
in: SDG Knowledge Hub, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 01.02.2023 (online) -
Global Governance
in: Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Carole-Anne Sénit (Eds.), The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 22-58doi:10.1017/9781009082945.003
News
Linking Science and Policy for SDG Implementation, UN Reform
IISD’s Stefan Jungcurt has interviewed Marianne Beisheim, Senior Associate, Global Affairs, at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Beisheim shares her perspectives on connecting science and policy for SDG implementation, UN reform, and keeping the momentum in an increasingly fragmented world.
Interview by Stefan Jungcurt, in: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), SDG Knowledge Hub, 06.08.2025