PhD candidate, MA in International Studies, Aarhus University. PhD project critically examines the “security-development nexus” as concept and practice in global policies. Has taught several courses in international and global history at Aarhus University and as visiting scholar at Uppsala University. Media contributions include articles and commentaries in the national press, formerly as regular contributor to the Danish daily Politiken. Also pursuing research on transnational academic networks in the interwar period and beyond. Phone: +4522449034
The years following the First World War saw an emerging collaboration among decision-makers, dipl... more The years following the First World War saw an emerging collaboration among decision-makers, diplomats and scholars on issues of international peace and cooperation. The International Studies Conference (ISC) was perhaps the central academic forum for this endeavour during the interwar years. The ISC and transatlantic funding also set the scene for Nordic efforts in cooperation within the new field of "International Studies". In turn, interwar efforts in networking and collaboration would have a lasting impact on how Nordic academic elites oriented themselves toward each other and the outside world. This is a brief sketch for a longer piece, hopefully. For a broad overview including many related themes and issues, please see The League of Nations: Perspectives from the Present, edited by Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager and just published on the 100th anniversary of the Versailles Treaty by Aarhus University Press. It includes my (more carefully edited) chapter "The Scandinavian Centre: Denmark and the Early Years of International Studies under the League of Nations."
Paper to be presented at ECPR General Conference 2015, Montréal. Panel: “The Concept of Developme... more Paper to be presented at ECPR General Conference 2015, Montréal. Panel: “The Concept of Development in Global Politics 1” (P315). Venue: Jean-Brillant B-3275, 29 August 2015, 11 A.M.
Review of Conor Gearty, Liberty and Security, Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2013, 146 p... more Review of Conor Gearty, Liberty and Security, Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2013, 146 pp. Published in Contributions to the History of Concepts vol. 9, issue 2, 2014, pp. 104-108.
This paper describes the framework and early findings of a PhD project examining and comparing th... more This paper describes the framework and early findings of a PhD project examining and comparing the relationship between security, development and related political concepts in Scandinavian foreign policies, mainly focusing on the period since the late 1990s. It does so firstly by introducing the basic problems connected with this political and conceptual ‘nexus’ (section 1) and secondly through draft excerpts from three dissertation chapters (sections 2-4). The first of these sections sketches the origins of the security-development nexus at the global level and the second makes initial observations on its introduction into Sweden’s global policies, while the third briefly examines the adaptation of the nexus within academia and civil society. Finally, the paper offers some brief concluding remarks on directions for further research.
Securitized Development/Humanized Security: Linking Security and Development in Scandinavian Global Policies, Nov 6, 2013
The growing connection between security and development has been among the most notable changes i... more The growing connection between security and development has been among the most notable changes in the global political sphere since the end of the Cold War. The perceived link between these two concepts or policy fields is now commonly ‘recognized’ by everyone from the U.N. Secretary-General to a host of national and transnational actors. How has this ‘security-development nexus’ been adapted from the global level to national spaces and policies and what has this meant for security and development as policies and concepts? This paper describes the framework and early empirical findings of a PhD dissertation examining the dynamics of the merger between security, development and related concepts in the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway and Sweden).
The years following the First World War saw an emerging collaboration among decision-makers, dipl... more The years following the First World War saw an emerging collaboration among decision-makers, diplomats and scholars on issues of international peace and cooperation. The International Studies Conference (ISC) was perhaps the central academic forum for this endeavour during the interwar years. The ISC and transatlantic funding also set the scene for Nordic efforts in cooperation within the new field of "International Studies". In turn, interwar efforts in networking and collaboration would have a lasting impact on how Nordic academic elites oriented themselves toward each other and the outside world. This is a brief sketch for a longer piece, hopefully. For a broad overview including many related themes and issues, please see The League of Nations: Perspectives from the Present, edited by Haakon A. Ikonomou and Karen Gram-Skjoldager and just published on the 100th anniversary of the Versailles Treaty by Aarhus University Press. It includes my (more carefully edited) chapter "The Scandinavian Centre: Denmark and the Early Years of International Studies under the League of Nations."
Paper to be presented at ECPR General Conference 2015, Montréal. Panel: “The Concept of Developme... more Paper to be presented at ECPR General Conference 2015, Montréal. Panel: “The Concept of Development in Global Politics 1” (P315). Venue: Jean-Brillant B-3275, 29 August 2015, 11 A.M.
Review of Conor Gearty, Liberty and Security, Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2013, 146 p... more Review of Conor Gearty, Liberty and Security, Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2013, 146 pp. Published in Contributions to the History of Concepts vol. 9, issue 2, 2014, pp. 104-108.
This paper describes the framework and early findings of a PhD project examining and comparing th... more This paper describes the framework and early findings of a PhD project examining and comparing the relationship between security, development and related political concepts in Scandinavian foreign policies, mainly focusing on the period since the late 1990s. It does so firstly by introducing the basic problems connected with this political and conceptual ‘nexus’ (section 1) and secondly through draft excerpts from three dissertation chapters (sections 2-4). The first of these sections sketches the origins of the security-development nexus at the global level and the second makes initial observations on its introduction into Sweden’s global policies, while the third briefly examines the adaptation of the nexus within academia and civil society. Finally, the paper offers some brief concluding remarks on directions for further research.
Securitized Development/Humanized Security: Linking Security and Development in Scandinavian Global Policies, Nov 6, 2013
The growing connection between security and development has been among the most notable changes i... more The growing connection between security and development has been among the most notable changes in the global political sphere since the end of the Cold War. The perceived link between these two concepts or policy fields is now commonly ‘recognized’ by everyone from the U.N. Secretary-General to a host of national and transnational actors. How has this ‘security-development nexus’ been adapted from the global level to national spaces and policies and what has this meant for security and development as policies and concepts? This paper describes the framework and early empirical findings of a PhD dissertation examining the dynamics of the merger between security, development and related concepts in the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway and Sweden).
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