PhD Students

Note for PhD Applicants: In addition to projects which align with my current and past research interests, I am open to supervising projects

with a historical approach to IR and which focus on (some aspect of) the evolution of the international system and the modern state, especially if the focus is on non-Western regions;
focused on the relationship between foreign policy, social status, stigmatisation, ontological security, historical trauma, collective memory etc.;
dealing with empires and imperialism from any time period;
that aim to develop non-Eurocentric genealogies and/or histories of modern concepts such as sovereignty, state, nationalism, terrorism etc;
that deal with the history of political thought outside of the West;
broadly related to countries I have written on, such as Turkey, Russia, Japan and Thailand, as long they are also theoretically ambitious.

Due to the high volume of inquiries I receive (and also for reasons of fairness), I am unable to give specific feedback on pre-submission application materials (including research proposals). If you think your research interests match mine, feel free to name me as a potential supervisor in your application. Prior contact with me has no bearing on the chances of success of your application. I interview all applicants I am considering for PhD supervision, but only after they pass the initial admissions committee screening.