Staff

International Relations and International Organization

IRIO has an academic staff of more than 40 members. Their disciplinary background vary and range from political science to economics, from history to sociology, from public administration to international law. With regard to teaching, there is structural cooperation with the departments of History, International and European Law, International Economics and Business, as well as with the language departments of English, Spanish, German, and French. Some of the staff members have worked in IGOs, NGOs, ministries or in international research institutes. This, in combination with a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, provides for a stimulating and lively working environment.

Name	Function	Expertise	Disciplines
drs. B.L. Aardema	Lecturer
A. Achenbach	PhD student
dr. D. Ahmadi	Assistant Professor	Donya Ahmadi is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Groningen. She teaches various courses at the department of International Relations and International Organization, including a MA Research Seminar titled 'Race, Class, and Gender Intersectionality'. Her current research project concerns the (re)-gendering of contemporary Iranian historiography, through documenting and highlighting the crucial role played by women activists in the political developments of 20th and 21th century Iran. Relatedly, her broader research addresses an intersectional feminist critique of Iranian nationalism, and its historical and contemporary manifestations through gendered processes and embodied practices of assimilation.	International Relations
S.A. Alt, Dr	Assistant Professor	International political theory, biopolitical theory, critical perspectives on development and environmental politics	International Relations
N. Altundeger, PhD		Energy, Energy Policy and Energy Security, Conflict and Cooperation, Media, News and Politics	International Relations Political Science
C.I. Andrä, PhD		Theoretical, Historical and Critical Approaches to War and Peace; Knowledge in International Politics; Peace and Conflict Studies; Interpretive and Creative Methods; Arts&Crafts in International Relations	International Relations
dr. L.M.X. Ashworth
drs. E. Aykaç	PhD student	Turkey, Turkish foreign policy, discourse analysis, EU-Turkey relations, the Kurdish issue	Political Science International Relations
A.G. Bayramov, Dr	Assistant Professor International Relations	The Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Energy Geopolitics, and Security & Cooperation in Eurasia, Climate Change, Infrastructure Politics, Transnational Corporations.	International Relations
F. Belafatti, MSc	PhD student
S.J.N. van Bockstael, Dr	Assistant Professor Globalisation Studies and Humanitarian Action	Humanitarian Interventions and Peacekeeping, Armed Conflict, International Development, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (esp. diamonds and gold), African Politics and Security	International Relations Political Science History
M.A. Campbell-Verduyn, PhD	Senior Lecturer (UD1) in International Political Economy	My research is generally concerned with the roles of emergent technologies, non-state actors and expert knowledge in contemporary global governance. In particular, I study the on-going and varying implications of big data and blockchain technologies at the intersections of global environmental, financial and security governance.	International Relations Political Science Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
H.C. Can	PhD student	Energy Diplomacy	International Relations
M.C.M. Casiraghi, PhD			International Relations Social Sciences, Quantitative Methods Political Science
T. Cetinoglu, PhD			Sociology Political Science
D. Choi
D. Ciobanu	PhD student
J. Costa López, Dr		History of International Political Thought, History of International Relations, Medieval Canon and Roman Law, Politics of History, Historical Narratives in Contemporary Populism, Early Exploration, Religion in International Relations.	International Relations
J.P. Crane-Seeber, Dr	Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies	Dr. Jesse Crane-Seeber holds a BA in “Resisting Hegemony,” a major of his own design, from Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY, USA), and a PhD in International Relations from American University (Washington, DC, USA). His research has covered the US military as a sociological worksite, as an occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a symbolic cornerstone of masculinity in US culture, and a productive site of desire. His recent work has contributed to critical security studies, particularly in theorizing embodiment and desire in militarized cultures and institutions. He is currently completing his book, Fetishizing the Tactical, which traces the history and diffusion of de-politicized tactical training from the US military into US society and around the world, with the goal of understanding the sociocultural basis of permanent unwinnable wars and their racialized and gendered effects. His work has been published in a number of journals, including International Political Sociology, Critical Military Studies, Critical Studies on Security, and The International Feminist Journal of Politics. He has also published chapters on methodology in Critical Security Studies, the politics of gender and sexuality across time, as well as intersections between popular culture and militarization. Dr. Crane-Seeber has previously served as Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies, King's College London (UK), Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the District of Columbia (Washington, DC, USA) and Teaching Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA). He also held Postdoctoral Fellowships at North Carolina State University and the Bremen International Graduate School for Social Sciences (Bremen, Germany).	International Relations
D. Dell'Isola, PhD
R.W.K. Distler, Dr	Assistant Professor	Conflict studies, international interventions, post-conflict and (post-)colonial statebuilding under trusteeship, security governance (in particular policing), knowledge in IR, archives of peace and conflict, economies of peace. Qualitative methods, archival research. For publications, please see link below.	International Relations
dr. M.R. Doortmont	Reader in International Relations and African Studies (with ius promovendi)	African studies, international relations and development studies, cultural heritage, non-western history, history of European expansion, history of Dutch foreign policy (colonial policy, development policy)	History International Relations Anthropology
A.T.S. Dorhout
L.G. Dos Santos Marques Pedro, PhD	PostDoc in the Theory and History of IR	IR Theory / Political Thought / Human Rights / History and Theory of International Law / Migration Ethics	International Relations Philosophy Law
C. Duan	PhD student		Asian Studies
P.K. Farneubun, MA
drs. E.M. Feringa	Coordinator BA & MA honours programme/ Faculty of Arts
R. De Figueiredo Summa, Dr	Assistant Professor, IRIO	International Political Sociology, Borders, boundaries, displacement	International Relations
W.A. Figueroa, Dr		Historical and Contemporary China-Middle East Relations, especially Iran-China Relations; History of Iran; History of China; Cold War History	History International Relations Asian Studies
A.A. Flamind, MA			International Relations Philosophy Sociology
G.W. Fuller, Dr	Assistant Professor of International Political Economy	International Financial Markets, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, International Economics, European Political Economy, EU Macroeconomic Governance	International Relations Political Science Macro-economics, International and Monetary Economics
N.F. Gäckle, MA	PhD student	Biopolitics, (pandemic) temporalities, critical security/border studies	International Relations Political Science
D.E. Gómez Uribe, MSc	Lecturer	Daniel Gómez Uribe is an International Relations Lecturer at RUG. He received a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on civilian agency during civil wars, and alliances between civilians and combatants, with a focus on Colombia.
M. Grasten, PhD
dr. mr. T.H.F. Halbertsma	CEASG Director International	East Asian Studies, with a focus on modern day Mongolia	Asian Studies International Relations
I. Hamati-Ataya, Prof	Professor of Global International Relations	Social, International, and Globalisation Theory; Global Politics of Science and Technology; Global History and Politics of Agriculture and Food-Systems; Deep History and Anthropology of Knowledge; Historical Epistemology; Philosophy of Science	History of Science International Relations Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
prof. dr. J. van der Harst	Professor of European Integration	History and Theory of European co-operation and integration; Dutch foreign policy; China-EU relations	International Relations History
M.C.H. Helbert, PhD
L.C.A. Hemminga, PhD
B.A. Herborth, Dr	Assistant Professor	Social and political theories of international relations, critical theory and international relations, world society studies, security studies, politics of global order	International Relations
drs. E.M. Herman-Pletiougina	Coordinator Honours Programme Arts	Study councellor Humanitarian Actions, liaison officer Humanitarian Organisations, Expertise on Eastern European and Russian Higher education area, internship supervisor, programme coordinator Honours programme Arts	International Relations
prof. dr. H.W. Hoen	Professor of International Political Economy	Political economy of European integration, Enlargement of the European Union and transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe.	International Relations Economics, General
W. Jang
S. Jeon
W. Jiang, MA
B. Johnson, PhD	Assistant Professor	Critical security studies, Arctic politics and security, technology and International Relations, artificial intelligence.	International Relations Political Science
S. Jun
dr. ir. M.R. Kamminga		ethics and world politics/global political economy; theory of international relations	International Relations Ethics Economics, General
J. Kim
S. Kim
E.J. Kirkpatrick
O.A. Koidis	PhD student
M.C. König, MA		Critical Security Studies, European Studies, EU enlargement	International Relations Political Science
L.D. Koops-Roo, MA	PhD student
T. Lanz, PhD
L.A. Linsi, PhD	Senior Lecturer (UD1) in International Political Economy	international political economy; global capitalism; international trade; corporate power; economic measurement.	International Relations Political Science Economics, General
L.E. Lobo-Guerrero, Prof	Professor of History and Theory of International Relations, Head of Department	- Early Modern Geopolitical Epistemologies (esp. the XVIC Hispanic Empire) - Historical Epistemology and International Relations - The Politics of Global Connectivities - Geopolitics and Connectivity - Mapping, critical cartography, and spatial epistemologies - The Politics of Uncertainty - Biopolitics of Security - Post-structuralism in International Relations - Insurance and liberal governance	International Relations History of Science History
R.M.U. Malau, MA	PhD student
F.L.B. Marques	PhD student
Y. Marusyk, MA	PhD student	Energy Security, Energy Transition, Critical Geopolitics, Sustainability, Global Energy Governance, International Conflict Management.	International Relations Political Science
dr. J.F. Meijer	Assistant professor / senior researcher	As a historian I am specialised in (post)colonial Dutch-Indonesian relations. As International Relations assistent professor my main subject is Asia and especially East Asia/China.	History International Relations
M.J. Meijer		- The European geopolitics of soil - Political ecology - Political philosophy	International Relations Philosophy
A.M. Muntean Ferraz de Oliveira Marques, PhD	Assistant Professor in History and Theory of International Relations	My research expertise is on the history of international thought (1800s-on), with special interest on concepts of geopolitics, territory, political spatiality, and global environment governance. In my present work I am interested in tracing how geographers and international thinkers wrote about the connections between environmental crises and world orders, from the 1890s-1960s. In tracing these histories, I want to contribute towards new critical stances about the geopolitics of the Anthropocene today. In previous work, drawing on my doctoral thesis, I analyzed nineteenth century debates about the politics of territorial order, through the unusual imaginations of three anarchists.	International Relations Political Science Geography
S. Neuman-Stanivukovic, Dr	Associate Professor	My research is positioned within the emerging field of Critical European Studies. I am interested in questions of Europeanization, citizenship, and (dis)integration and focus on South-East and East-Central Europe.	International Relations
A.A. Nøhr, PhD
A.O. Ongayo, PhD		Politics of Development, Political Philosophy and Political Thory, Governance, Sate and Civil Society, Migration and Development, Diaspora transantionalism, Public Policy; International Development Corporation, digital citizenship and governance, Qualitative Research	Political Science International Relations Development & Transition Economics
C.F. O’Doherty, Dr	Lecturer in International Relations	My research centres on the relationship between popular culture and global politics with a focus on imaginings of contemporary conflict and environmental concerns. Current projects include exploring the cinematic temporalities of war; imaginings of the future in climate fiction; and the rebel music scene in Northern Ireland. My teaching experience is broad, but I focus on security studies, cultural approaches to war, theories of IR, and research methods. Check out my article in International Relations: Assemblages of Conflict Termination.	International Relations
M.P. Permana		ASEAN Economic Integration, Politics of Trade Policy, Public Sector.	Political Science International Relations
C. Pinna, Dr		Chinese studies; International Relations; Modern and Contemporary History of Asian countries; Development Studies; International Comparative Education; International Development Cooperation; International Organizations and the UN; Policy Analysis.	Asian Studies International Relations Development & Transition Economics
drs. M.H.C. Prüst	PhD student	My research is on the visual economy of the photographic industry: how does photography acquire economic and social value through circulation.
F.R. Rodrigues Drenker Dos Reis, Dr	Assistant Professor	History and Theory of International Relations and International Law; Politics of Globality; Mapping and Critical Cartography; Imperial Germany	International Relations
C.M. Ryan, Dr	Assistant Professor	Feminist and postcolonial security studies, West Africa, Women Peace and Security Agenda, Land politics
P. Saputra, MA	Admission Officer	Internationalisation in higher education, Project management, Intercultural communication, European Studies (Euroculture)	Area Studies Political Science
M. Schwab
dr. T. Schweinberger	Assistant Professor of International Political Economy	Economic Cooperation and Conflict, trade politics, power competition, U.S.-China trade, China's international political economy, survey experiments, text analysis	International Relations Political Science Economics, General
M.A. Sezal, Dr	Lecturer	Critical Security Studies, International Relations Theories, European Security and Defence, Political Philosophy	International Relations
D.U. Shim, Dr	Senior Lecturer	Theories of International Relations, Visual Studies, Political Geography/Critical Geopolitics, Theories of Discourse, East Asian Studies	International Relations Film, Radio, Television Asian Studies
drs. H. Sportel	Lecturer International Relations and International Organisation	Conflicts in the former Soviet Union (Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine), democratic governance (in the security sector), Security Sector Reform (SSR), parliamentary oversight, international negotiations, democratisation in the former Soviet Union and Western Balkans (specifically Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina).
O.M. Stormoen, M	PhD student
S. Tanaka	Assistant Professor	International Conflict, Globalization, Redistribution, Inequality, Discrimination, Social Conflicts, Immigration, Gender Inequality	International Relations Political Science
L.J.K. Van Milders, Dr		IR theory; Critical Security Studies; Decolonial Thought; Politics of Knowledge Production	International Relations
J.E.C. Verweijen, PhD	Assistant Professor	conflict and security studies; political ecology; political geography	International Relations Political Science Geography
C.D.M. Vloedbeld, MA	PhD student	Security studies	Sociology International Relations Political Science
N.M.T. Voelkner, Dr	Associate Professor in International Relations	Global Politics of Disease and Health International Political Sociology Critical Security Studies	International Relations Political Science
mr. dr. H.H. Voogsgeerd	lecturer	European social and economic law, the four economic freedoms of the internal market, 'balancing' social and economic law; Free trade agreements between the EU and third countries, e.g. Japan	International Relations Law Industrial Relations & Labor
Y. Wang, MA		International politics in the Arctic; China-EU foreign direct investment; unintended effects of international cooperation	International Relations
K. Wezel, MA	PhD student
prof. dr. J.H. de Wilde	Professor of International Relations and Security Studies	IR Theory, Security Studies, European Studies, Global Governance, Energy & Geopolitics	International Relations History Political Science
W. Xu, MA
Y. Zabanova, MA
N.A. Zadeh-Cummings, Dr	Assistant Professor, International Relations and Humanitarian Action	humanitarianism, civil society, North Korea	International Relations Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
drs. T.J. de Zee	Lecturer European Politics and Society	Latest publication: Rensmann, L., & de Zee, T. (2022). The Pandemic Factor: The COVID-19 Crisis in the Alternative for Germany's 2021 Federal Election Campaign. German Politics and Society, 40(4), 69-103. (link)	Political Science International Relations
Y. Zeng, Dr	Assistant Professor of International Political Economy	International political economy, interstate conflict and cooperation, and Chinese foreign policy.	International Relations Political Science

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