PD Dr. Simon Koschut

I am currently a DFG Heisenberg fellow at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. I am also a Principle Investigator (PI) in the interdisciplinary joint research project Social Cohesion and Civil Society: Interaction Dynamics in Times of Disruption funded by the Berlin University Alliance.

My research interest lies at the intersection of International Relations, Security Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies, in particular regional security governance, norms, and emotions in world politics.

I am currently working on a book project that combines ritual theory with intergroup emotions theory to explain how interstate peace is made possible among NATO members.

My most recent book Normative Change and Security Community Disintegration (Palgrave Macmillan 2016) received the Ernst Otto Czempiel Award for the best postdoctoral monograph published in the field of peace research. In 2015, I was awarded with the Best Paper Award of the DVPW International Relations Section. Other work has appeared in peer reviewed journals such as Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, Millennium, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of International Political Theory and Cooperation and Conflict.

Previously, I held visiting positions at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, San Francisco State University, and Freie Universität Berlin. I completed both my PhD and my Habilitation in Political Science at the University of Potsdam.

You can find many of my papers and books to read on academia.edu

You can also find me on twitter (#SimonKoschut).

PD Dr. Simon Koschut

News

On 15 April, I talked about my new book "The Power of Emotions in World Politics" at the Security and Anxiety Colloquium at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.

OUT NOW: two edited volumes on emotions in international relations.

At the virtual ISA Convention 2021 , I organized and chaired the panel WD42: Emotions and Peace (7 April).

On 5 February 2021, I presented my research at the workshop "Visuality and Emotions in International Politics", organozed by the University of Duisburg-Essen.

On 13 January 2021, I presented my current book project at the UK Political Psychology Conference. The presentation can be viewed on youtube.

I contributed to the latest issue of the German policy journal Internationale Politik on how emotions underpin and challenge the liberal international order.

I now serve as Principle Investigator (PI) in the joint research project Social Cohesion and Civil Society: Interaction Dynamics in Times of Disruption. The project is funded by the Berlin University Alliance. The interdisciplinary project is a collaboration between 12 PIs (HU Berlin, TU, Berlin, FU Berlin) in cooperation with the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).

My interview with Der Tagesspiegel on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

In December 2020, I participated in an online panel on "Emotions and Peace" at the Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) as well as a workshop at the Australian National University in Canberra.

From October 7-9, 2020 I chaired an online panel on "Emotions in international politics" at the Conference of the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) in Freiburg, Germany.

On September 21, I participated in a virtual roundtable for the Emotion in Politics and International Relations Book Prize 2020 of the British International Studies Association (BISA).

On the current crisis in NATO, the Tagesspiegel has reported on my research on the disintegration of international security organizations: click here for more.