Sonja Grimm

587 total citations
26 papers, 321 citations indexed

About

Sonja Grimm is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Grimm has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 321 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Sonja Grimm's work include International Development and Aid (13 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (12 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (10 papers). Sonja Grimm is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (13 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (12 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (10 papers). Sonja Grimm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Russia. Sonja Grimm's co-authors include Julia Leininger, Nicolas Lemay‐Hébert, Olivier Nay, Janina Steinert, Tanja A. Börzel, Brigitte Weiffen, Matthew McDonald, Wolfgang Merkel and Wei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Third World Quarterly and JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Grimm

21 papers receiving 288 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonja Grimm Germany	11	231	175	131	16	12	26	321
Maxi Schoeman South Africa	8	123 0.5×	155 0.9×	138 1.1×	11 0.7×	12 1.0×	23	236
André Bank Germany	10	248 1.1×	175 1.0×	46 0.4×	19 1.2×	9 0.8×	28	311
Amelia Hadfield United Kingdom	7	136 0.6×	201 1.1×	73 0.6×	14 0.9×	27 2.3×	32	290
Inken Von Borzyskowski United States	9	135 0.6×	150 0.9×	111 0.8×	20 1.3×	25 2.1×	16	246
Nicole Jenne Chile	10	146 0.6×	183 1.0×	74 0.6×	14 0.9×	20 1.7×	35	247
Eduard Jordaan South Africa	7	171 0.7×	229 1.3×	138 1.1×	5 0.3×	21 1.8×	28	319
Hanno Scholtz Switzerland	6	106 0.5×	178 1.0×	44 0.3×	34 2.1×	19 1.6×	19	241
Santiago Anria United States	10	169 0.7×	229 1.3×	40 0.3×	12 0.8×	10 0.8×	16	270
Bassel F. Salloukh Lebanon	11	328 1.4×	129 0.7×	29 0.2×	13 0.8×	16 1.3×	24	371
Julia Bader Netherlands	8	248 1.1×	202 1.2×	167 1.3×	21 1.3×	22 1.8×	14	352

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Seeking to embed democracy: tracing the substantial evolution of the European Union’s democracy promotion, 2004–2020. Comparative European Politics. 23(6). 987–1007. 1 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Democracy promotion in times of autocratization: a conceptual note. Democratization. 32(7). 1617–1639.

Grimm, Sonja. (2019). Democracy promotion in EU enlargement negotiations: more interaction, less hierarchy. Democratization. 26(5). 851–868. 8 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja & Brigitte Weiffen. (2018). Domestic elites and external actors in post-conflict democratisation: mapping interactions and their impact. Conflict Security and Development. 18(4). 257–282. 12 indexed citations

Börzel, Tanja A. & Sonja Grimm. (2018). Building Good (Enough) Governance in Postconflict Societies & Areas of Limited Statehood: The European Union & the Western Balkans. Daedalus. 147(1). 116–127. 11 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2017). Democratization via aid? The European Union’s democracy promotion in the Western Balkans 1994–2010. European Union Politics. 19(1). 163–184. 13 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2016). Conflicts of preferences and domestic constraints: understanding reform failure in liberal state-building and democracy promotion. Contemporary Politics. 22(2). 125–143. 6 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2015). Stability First, Development Second, Democracy Third: The European Union's Policy towards the Post-Conflict Western Balkans, 1991–2010. Europe Asia Studies. 67(6). 916–947. 14 indexed citations

Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2014). BUILDING AN EU MEMBER STATE THROUGH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: THE CASE OF CROATIA'S PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja. (2014). The European Union’s ambiguous concept of ‘state fragility’. Third World Quarterly. 35(2). 252–267. 14 indexed citations

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Steinert, Janina & Sonja Grimm. (2014). Too good to be true? United Nations peacebuilding and the democratization of war-torn states. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 32(5). 513–535. 27 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja, Nicolas Lemay‐Hébert, & Olivier Nay. (2014). ‘Fragile States’: introducing a political concept. Third World Quarterly. 35(2). 197–209. 61 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2013). Greening Chinese-African Relations. SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University). 1 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2013). The external-domestic interplay in democracy promotion: a case study on public administration reform in Croatia. Democratization. 21(5). 912–936. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, et al.. (2013). China-Africa Cooperation: Joint Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change. SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University).

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Grimm, Sonja. (2010). Erzwungene Demokratie. Nomos eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja. (2010). Germany's Post-1945 and Post-1989 Education Systems. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja. (2008). Intervention für Demokratie und Menschenrechte. 2(1). 45–63.

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Grimm, Sonja. (2008). External Democratization after War: Success and Failure. Democratization. 15(3). 525–549. 24 indexed citations

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Grimm, Sonja, et al.. (2007). Verarbeitung von Geodaten in agroXML. 119(2). 199–202. 1 indexed citations

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