FInd out more about our UC team and international researchers below.
Researchers
Pankaj Raj
PD-PCF Research Intern, Masters in European Governance (M2), Sciences Po Grenoble, France
In June-September 2023, Pankaj undertakes his research under supervision of Professor Chaban on the project听鈥淚nnovations in public diplomacy: How the EU and EU Member States diplomacy addresses security and democracy threats posed by the design of international tech companies鈥澨齣n collaboration with Professor Donald Matheson (UC Media & Communication/PD-PCF) and Associate Professor Jeremy Moses (UC Political Science and International Relations).
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Shaylee Sinclair
The UC Aho H墨n膩tore |听UC Accelerator Scholarship 2022-2023听research fellow
In 2022-2023, Shaylee undertook her research听鈥淯nderstanding TechPlomacy: 听A strategy for constructive dialogue between technology giants and states鈥, under supervision of Professor Chaban (lead supervisor) and Professor Donald Matheson (UC Media & Communication/PD-PCF) and Associate Professor Jeremy Moses (UC Political Science and International Relations).
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John Irgengioro
Researcher, The Research Foundation 鈥 Flanders (FWO), Belgium
In February-April 2023, John undertook his research fellowship at the PD-PCF to work on the project听鈥淐ompeting for hearts and minds in today鈥檚 multipolar world order: a comparative analysis of the soft power of China, Russia and the European Union in Central Asia鈥澨 with Professor Natalia Chaban (project co-PI and research co-supervisor), working on the case study 听"Soft power of China, Russia and the EU. Perceptions of students at Kazakhstani top universities".
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Sophie Hill
MA student, UC Department of Media and Communication
In December-January 2023, Sophie assisted Professor Natalia Chaban of PD-PCF UC and Associate Professor James Headley of University of Otago with research project听鈥淩esponsibility听not听to be silent: Academic knowledge production about the war against Ukraine and knowledge diplomacy鈥.
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Dr Pauline Heinrichs
Method Lead, Project听鈥淓xternal Perceptions of the EU and its policy:听 Update Study 2021鈥
In 2021, Pauline was a lead researcher within the study of EU external perceptions co-led by B&S (Belgium), PPMI (Lithuania) and PD-PCF UC (New Zealand) commissioned by the Service of the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission in collaboration with European External Actions Service (EEAS).
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Dr Iana Sabatovych
Method Lead, Project听鈥淓xternal Perceptions of the EU and its policy:听 Update Study 2021鈥
In 2021, Pauline was a lead researcher within the study of EU external perceptions co-led by B&S (Belgium), PPMI (Lithuania) and PD-PCF UC (New Zealand) commissioned by the Service of the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission in collaboration with European External Actions Service (EEAS)
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International Experts听
Professor Ole Elgstr枚m
Emeritus Professor, University of Lund, Sweden
Areas of expertise in the Forum:听 role theory in IR, international political communication, public diplomacy, images and perceptions in IR.
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Deputy听Executive Director, Regional Initiatives and Neighborhood Program Director, Foreign Policy Council 鈥淯krainian Prism鈥, Kyiv, Ukraine听
Areas of expertise in the Forum: political process and public diplomacy on the post-Soviet space, political communication with civil society, policy communication in conflict (regional security, frozen conflicts), collaboration with Student Research Hub #3
[See Interview with Sergiy Gerasimchuk for the course COMS 420 鈥淧ublic Diplomacy鈥漖.
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Dr Pauline Heinrichs
Method Lead, Project 鈥淓U External Perceptions鈥 - commissioned by the Service of the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission in collaboration with European External Actions Service (EEAS).
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Department of Communication, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), Spain
Lecturer, University of Vic, Spain
Tutor, Master of International Affairs and Diplomacy (UOC-UNITAR)
Member of the Political Communication, Media and Democracy Research Group, Pompeu Fabra University.
Areas of expertise in the Forum: images and perceptions within the IR context, EU-Russia relations, public opinion, political discourses and political communication.
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Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Jean Monnet Chair ad personam
Director, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence 鈥淓U in Global Dialogue鈥 (CEDI)
Leader, EU Foreign Policy Facing New Directions (ENTER), COST Action, European Commission
Areas of expertise in the Forum: energy diplomacy, climate diplomacy, images and perceptions in IR, political communication in foreign policy. She is a member of the research team of the transnational project 鈥淓U External Perceptions Update Study 2021鈥 commissioned by the FPI of the EC in cooperation with EEAS, co-led by PD-PCF, PPMI and B&S.
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Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
President of the Vilnius Institute for Political Analysis (VIPA), Lithuania听
Areas of expertise in the Forum: crisis diplomacy, public diplomacy in conflict, policy communication in foreign policy field, mis- and dis-information in international political communication, collaboration with Student Research Hub #1
[See Interview with Professor 艩ar奴nas Liekis for the course COMS 420 鈥淧ublic Diplomacy鈥漖.
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Marie-Curie Fellow 鈥淓uropean Diplomacy Practices post-Lisbon: Adding Value through Cooperation鈥 (EuroDipl)鈥, University of Bristol, UK
Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK
Visiting Professor in European Diplomacy, College of Europe, Brugge, Belgium
Coordinator of NORTIA (Jean Monnet Network on Research & Teaching in EU foreign Affairs)听
Areas of expertise in the Forum: foreign policy and public diplomacy (focus on the EU), collaborative diplomacy
[See Interview with Dr Heidi Maurer for the course COMS 420 鈥淧ublic Diplomacy鈥漖.
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Head of School, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen鈥檚 University Belfast, UK听
Areas of expertise in the Forum:听 strategic narrative theory, international political communication, public diplomacy, images and perceptions in IR.
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Austrian Diplomatic Academy
Vienna School for International Studies and University of Vienna, Austria
Co-Leader, EU Foreign Policy Facing New Directions (ENTER), COST Action, European Commission
Areas of expertise in the Forum: images and perceptions in IR, crisis diplomacy, public diplomacy, political communication in conflict and crisis
[See Interview with Professor Patrick M眉ller for the course COMS 420 鈥淧ublic Diplomacy鈥漖.
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New Political Communication Unit
Centre for International Security
Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy,听Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Areas of expertise in the Forum:听 strategic narrative theory, international political communication, communication and technology, images and perceptions in IR.
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Jean Monnet Chair ad personam
Senior Researcher at the Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Co-editor of Europe and the World book series by Lexington Books听
Areas of expertise in the Forum: perceptions and misperceptions in foreign policy, political communication in foreign policy, cultural diplomacy, celebrity diplomacy, 鈥榖ig data鈥 fusion and forecasting in international relations.
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Dr Iana Sabatovych
Method Lead, Project 鈥淓U External Perceptions鈥 - commissioned by the Service of the Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) of the European Commission in collaboration with European External Actions Service (EEAS).
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Dr Hila Zahavi
Director at Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Areas of expertise in the Forum: images and perceptions in IR, cultural diplomacy, education diplomacy.
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Cherkasy National University, Ukraine
Fulbright Alumnus
Areas of expertise in the Forum: neuro-, psycho, and sociolinguistics in political and media discourse analysis and political communication.
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Associate Director & Head of GPI Europe Programme at the Global Policy Institute
Vienna, Austria
Areas of expertise: international relations and issues relating to European politics, culture and identity, and the relationship between Europe and the Asian emerging giants (China and India). She initiated several research projects on non-European views of Europe 鈥 Chinese and Indian Views of Europe 鈥 jointly with Chatham House in the United Kingdom and the Robert Schuman Foundation. She is a member of the research team of the transnational project 鈥淓U External Perceptions Update Study 2021鈥 commissioned by the FPI of the EC in cooperation with EEAS, co-led by PD-PCF, PPMI and B&S.
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University of Bologna, Italy.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Forum on the Problems of Peace and War and of the Institute of International Affairs. She is responsible for Unibo of the Memorandum between the Unibo and NATO Allied Command Transformation, and the representative of Unibo in the Consortium Europaeum. Lucarelli has been Resident Member of the Bologna Institute for Advanced Studies, and Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute. Her areas of expertise include the EU foreign policy and external image, European security, NATO, European identity and Foreign Policy, Migration and Global Justice. She is a member of the research team of the transnational project 鈥淓U External Perceptions Update Study 2021鈥 commissioned by the FPI of the EC in cooperation with EEAS, co-led by PD-PCF, PPMI and B&S.
