Diplomacy and Global Affairs

The research group Diplomacy and Global Affairs focuses on international diplomacy, international organisation, global, transnational, multi-level and comparative governance. Among key research topics are the European Union and the United Nations, EU current enlargement policy, rule of law in the EU, democratic backsliding and autocratisation.

The group comprises of scholars in different stages of their career path all of whom taking active part in important and evolving academic and policy debates. At FGGA, the Diplomacy and Global Affairs seminar series has become a prominent feature of academic debates.

The Diplomacy and Global Affairs research group studies decision and policy making processes in global, regional and local governance contexts and their interactions. Ongoing research projects explore strategical action in EU enlargement, emotions in EU foreign policy, the EU’s sanction regime with a focus on citizens’ perspectives, the regulation and governance of transnational financial crime, rule of law in an international context, the role of international organisations in disaster relief and state and institution building.