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Janne Mende is currently a visiting professor at Northwestern University, with her home institution being the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. She leads a senior research group dedicated to studying forms of power and the legitimacy of governance authority exercised by non-state actors, with a particular focus on the United Nations and the European Union. Additionally, she heads research projects in the area of business human rights. In 2024, she was elected vice-president of the German Political Science Association. Mende has held deputy professorships in Transnational Governance at the Technical University of Darmstadt and has had visiting positions at the European University Institute in Florence and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her latest monograph develops a contextual normative approach to universalism in human rights. Her extensive publication record includes articles on liberal-democratic norms, the contestation of global governance institutions, and the role of corporate human rights responsibilities.
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