CURRENT

Joanna Kaminska (Supervisor)

Joanna holds MA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Warsaw and Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from l’Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III (IEP). Before joining the Department she worked in the NGO sector in Poland. Her thesis focuses on the role of new member countries in the development of Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU with particular reference to the role of Poland and the Eastern dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy.

Luis Simon (Supervisor)

Luis’s research interests include: the politics of the European Union, in particular the evolution of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, Transatlantic Relations, International Relations and European Integration Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, French Foreign and Defence Policy and British Foreign and Defence Policy.
In the past, Luis has worked on Franco British co-operation in Defence and Security issues and the evolution of the European Security and Defence Policy. Luis is currently working towards a PhD dissertation on Franco-British views on EU-NATO relations.

FORMER

Monika Barthwal (Completed 2009)

Monika holds a Master's degree in International Journalism from Cardiff University and an MScEcon in Security Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has three years' work experience as a Producer for the BBC World Service Radio in London. Monika's research focuses on how to analyze the regional security dynamics in South Asia, challenging the dominant approach to understanding security in the region rooted in the traditional conceptualization of security.

Hasan Turunc (Adviser) (Completed 2008)

Hasan holds an MA in The Politics of Democracy and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from Royal Holloway, University of London. Hasan has been working in the Department as a Tutor since 2004, tutoring various courses including introduction to IR and IR Theories. He also held a Part-time Lecturer position at Richmond - The American International University in London. Hasan's article on "AKP's search for Identity in Turkish Politics" has been published by the Journal of Contemporary European Studies Vol 14 no 2. August 2006. He also has written a book review of "The Kurds in Turkey: EU accession and human rights by Kerim Yildiz, published by Pluto Press, 2006" that has been published by Chatham House, International Affairs, volume 82, Number 6, November 2006. Hasan has presented at several conferences including UACES Student forum 6th Annual Conference, Oxford University, 2005; First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul 2005. Hasan is currently working towards a PhD dissertation on "The impact of the European Union on the process of democratisation in Turkey".

Potential PhD students interested in the following topics should contact me: great power relations; narrative aspects of IR; EU security and defence policy; German foreign policy; security studies.