Staff |
| Head of the research unit: Louise Riis Andersen |
| Andersen, Louise Riis, PhD, Postdoc |
| Security-development nexus; International policies towards fragile states; Peacebuilding and statebuilding; Security Sector Reform; UN peace operations. Contact: E: lan@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8698 |
| Beukel, Erik, Dr.scient.pol., Emeritus Researcher |
| China in international relations, especially relations to other countries in Asia and the US; the significance of China’s domestic development for the country’s foreign relations; regional conflicts in Asia and the interplay between economics and security; American foreign policy and the interplay between foreign challenges and the American political system; the Cold War. Contact: E: eke@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8786 |
| Flockhart, Trine, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| European Security, Transatlantic relations and European security institutions (NATO & EU), the transfer of ideas through state socialization, especially democratization and Europeanization Contact: E: tfl@diis.dk, T: 3269 8763 |
| Forsby, Andreas Bøje, MSc, PhD Candidate |
| The debate on the rise of China, China’s self-understanding and its great power role, Chinese foreign policy and grand strategy in the post-Cold War era, BRICS, SCO and ASEAN, The relationship between the United States and China, American identity and grand strategy, Identity theory and constructivism Contact: E: afo@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8960 |
| Ghadari, Jawad, Student Assistant |
| Contakt: E: jgh@diis.dk, T: +45 32698852 |
| Jacobsen, Katja Lindskov, PhD, Project Researcher |
| The Security-Development Nexus; Critical Security Studies; Sovereignty; Biopolitics; Humanitarianism; Peace Studies; Biometric Technology; Ethics; Experimentation Contact: E: klja@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8682 |
| Kierulf, John, LLM, Visiting Senior Researcher |
| Weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons, small arms and light weapons. Project: Book (in Danish) on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation Contact: E: joki@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8702 |
| Larsen, Henrik Boesen Lindbo, MSc, PhD Candidate |
| NATO external relations: 1) enlargement under the conditionality of democratic change; 2) strategic partnerships involving some degree of democracy promotion; 3) nation/state-building as observed in Kosovo and in Afghanistan. Historical lessons of great powers and the geopolitical effects of declining economic power. Contact: E: hbl@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8768 |
| Meyn, Carina Ann, MSc, MA, PhD Candidate |
| Global security; nuclear disarmament as a political project; the theory and practice of American nuclear strategy Contact: E: came@diis.dk, T:+45 r3269 8916 |
| Moesgaard, Christa, MSc, PhD Candidate |
| Privatisation of military affairs, private security companies, missile defence, Polish politics, US politics Contact: E: cmo@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8742 |
| Møller, Karsten Jakob, Senior Analyst |
| Russian domestic, foreign and security politics. Ukraine and the post-soviet space. Danish security & foreign policy. Contact: E: kjm@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8630 |
| Munster, Rens van, PhD, Senior Researcher |
| Security and risk; catastrophic risks; critical IR-theory; EU & immigration; war on terror; EU justice and home affairs |
| Nordby, Johannes Riber, Commander, Military Analyst |
| Use of military capabilities during conflicts. Military strategy, and thinking. Studying MA in International Security af the University of Leicester Contact: E: jono@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8782 |
| Rasmussen, Janus Graves, stud.scient.pol., Student Assistant |
| Contact: E: jara@diis.dk, T: +45 2255 9075 |
| Rosén, Frederik, PhD, Postdoc |
| Civilian casualties in war, international humanitarian law, civilian capacity in military organisations. Contact: E: frro@diis.dk; T: +45 3269 8838 |
| Tjalve, Vibeke Schou, Dr., Senior Researcher, Head of the research unit on Defence and security |
| American history, identity and foreign policy; political and religious roots of Western security politics; transatlantic visions of global order and justice; the political philosophy of power and its restraint in international politics; security and the public sphere; war and the media; military organization, governance and ethics Contact: E: vitj@diis.dk, T: +45 3269 8620 |
| Vestergaard, Cindy, PhD, Postdoc |
| Cindy Vestergaard's current research focuses on the global governance of natural uranium, with a particular emphasis on international and regional regimes such as those specific to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Euratom, and the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC); as well as a focus on major uranium suppliers (Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan) and the debates surrounding potential emerging suppliers (such as Greenland) and consumers (i |

