About

I am a DFG Heisenberg fellow at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

My research interests include International Relations, Security Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies, in particular regional security governance, norm research in International Relations, 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. Other work has appeared in journals such as Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, Millennium, and Cooperation and Conflict. In 2015, I was awarded with the Best Paper Award of the DVPW International Relations Section. I am the editor of two book series: "Critical Emotion Studies" (Brill) and "Emotionen in Politik und Gesellschaft" (Nomos). Since 2017, I am serving as a spokesperson of the DVPW theme group "Norm Research in IR".

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.

I am a liaison lecturer (Vertrauensdozent) of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a member of of the selection committee of the Fulbright Commission, and a member of the academic advisory board of the Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy.

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

PD Dr. Simon Koschut

News

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

From June 29 to July 3, I will participate in a panel on "Emotions and Peace" at the Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) as well as a workshop at Australian National University in Canberra.

On April 28, I will give a seminar on "Global Strategic Partnerships" at the German Federal Academy of Security Policy (BAKS) in Berlin, Germany.

On March 24, I will participate in an ISA workshop on "Norm Research in Theory and Practice" at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in Honolulu, USA.

On February 29, I will give a presentation on emotions in foreign and security policy to doctoral students of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in a Research Seminar on International Security in Berlin, Germany.

On January 20, I spoke on emotions in foreign and security policy during the European Cyber Diplomacy Dialogue at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.

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

On December 2/3, Halima Akhrif and I presented a paper on the emotional resonance of liberal norms at a workshop at the University of Gießen, Germany.

On September 26/27, I took part in a workshop on methods in foreign policy analysis at the University of Erfurt, organized by the DVPW theme group "Foreign and Security Policy".

On September 12, I presented two papers on emotions, history, and IR as well as ritual interaction in the transatlantic security community, at the Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria.

On June 4, I presented my work on "Emotional Communities in International Relations" at the Research Colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany.

On April 25/26, I participated in the second Gerda Henkel Forum at MGIMO University in Moscow, Russia.

On April 8/9, I gave the keynote lecture on "Passions From The Past: Emotions, History, and International Relations" at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

On March 27, I presented my paper "Emotions, History, and International Relations" at the ISA Annual Convention in Toronto.

Two new journal articles are out in the Journal of International Political Theory on the political contestation of emotional meanings and Politics and Governance (open access) on emotion and method, respectively.

My book Normative Change and Security Community Disintegration (Palgrave Macmillan 2016) received the Ernst Otto Czempiel Award for the best postdoctorate monograph in the field of peace research. It is now out in paperback.