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With my former PhD students, November 23, 2018

PhD, Postdoc and Visiting Scholar Supervision

​When I have availability, I am generally open to supervising projects
  • with a historical approach to IR and which focus on (some aspect of) the evolution of international order(s) and the modern state, especially if the focus is on non-Western regions; 
  • that aim to develop non-Eurocentric genealogies and/or histories of modern concepts such as sovereignty, state, nationalism, terrorism etc;
  • focused on the relationship between foreign policy, social status, stigmatisation, ontological security, historical trauma, collective memory etc.; 
  • conceptualising some aspect of hierarchies in world politics.​​
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.

I am also open to supporting postdoc projects and visiting scholars at POLIS if there is a match between our research interests, but I need to be given notice well in advance of the application deadline. Due to time constraints I am unable to give detailed feedback on such applications beyond reviewing them for fit; the candidate should inquire with the understanding that they will be responsible for putting together their own materials. I can only provide a reference for complete applications and I cannot take any co-PI roles.

Current PhD students (As primary)

  1. Anni Hjermann (expected finish 2024/5)
  2. Martin Hirsch (expected finish 2024/5)

Graduated PhD Students (As primary)

  1. Peera Charoenvattanakul (2014-2018) --> Thammasat University, Thailand (p)
  2. Dylan Ming Loh (2015 - 2019) --> NTU, Singapore (p)
  3. Jaakko Heiskanen (2016 - 2020) --> Leverhulme (Cambridge), Queen Mary London (p)
  4. Lucas de Oliveira Paes (2017 - 2020) --> NUPI, Norway (p)
  5. Hakan Sandal - Wilson (2016 - 2020 [Gender Studies]) --> LSE Sociology Fellow
  6. Liang Anya Ce (2017 - 2022) --> Consultancy
  7. Marie Prum (2017 - 2022) --> Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
  8. Jane Darby Menton (2018 - 2023) --> UC - Berkeley postdoc
  9. Col. Will Strickland (2020 - 2023) --> Back to the British Army

​(p) = Permanent academic position

Visiting PhD Students

  1. Paul Beaumont (2019) - Norway
  2. Zeger Verleye (2023) - Belgium

Postdoc/Visiting Scholars

  1. Dr Joseph Leigh (2021-2) - UK
  2. Dr Pal Roren (2022-4) - Denmark
  3. Dr Elise Rousseau (2022-4)​ - Belgium
  4. Dr Kubilay Atık (2023-4) - Turkey