Karolina Pomorska
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. K.M. Pomorska
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5180
- k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9111-1296
Karolina Pomorska is a Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor in International Relations at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science.
Karolina Pomorska is a Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor in International Relations at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science. She is also an Affiliated Research Fellow of the European Centre at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at University of Cambridge.
Before coming to Leiden in 2017, Karolina worked at Maastricht University and University of Cambridge (2012-2014). She also held visiting or associate positions at Pembroke College and Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, at the Centre for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC and at the Centre for International Studies in Warsaw. She frequently engages with a wide range of audiences and delivers trainings to diplomats and officials.
In her current research, Karolina focuses on the European Union’s foreign policy and the dynamics of international negotiations. She studies the behavioural norms in the Council of the EU and the processes of contestation and norm erosion. She has led a project on the European External Action Service and socialization of its diplomats.
Karolina also studies the roles and attitudes of officials in the Council Secretariat General of the European Union and the role of nationally seconded diplomats. Among her research interests are also topics such as: informal aspects of policy-making and negotiations, Polish foreign policy and the role of trust in crisis. She has co-edited a book on the tensions between values and security in Europe’s neighbourhood (with Manchester University Press) and a Special Issue of the Hague Journal of Diplomacy on the emerging system of European diplomacy.
Karolina’s work was published in journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP), Journal of European Integration (JEI), Comparative European Politics, East European Politics ;or Europe-Asia Studies. She has been a regular contributor to the Annual Review of the Journal of Common Market Studies, where she has been writing about the role of the EU in the world and in its neighbourhood.
You can follow Karolina on Twitter at @Karolka55.
PhD supervision
Karolina Pomorska is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- European foreign and security policy
- Foreign and security policies of Central/Eastern European states
- European integration
See for more information on PhD positions:
Associate professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2021), The EU’s response to the Ukraine Crisis. In: Riddervold M., Trondal J. & Newsome A. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises: Palgrave. 553-568.
- Müller P., Pomorska K. & Tonra B. (2021), The domestic challenge to EU foreign policy-making: From Europeanisation to de-Europeanisation?, Journal of European Integration 43(5): 519-534.
- Müller P., Pomorska K.M. & Tonra B. (Eds.) (2021), The domestic challenge to EU foreign policy-making: from Europeanisation to de-Europeanisation. Journal of European Integration Special Issues.
- Juncos A.E. & Pomorska K.M. (2021), Contesting procedural norms: the impact of politicisation on European foreign policy cooperation, European Security 30: 367-384.
- Copsey N. & Pomorska K. (2020), Poland: An Awkward Partner Redeemed. In: Bulmer S. & Lequesne C. (Eds.), The Member States of the European Union (2nd edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Zwaart F. de & Pomorska K. (2019), EU External Action, Intention and Explanation, International Spectator 54(1): 121-129.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2019), European External Action Service. In: Laursen F. et. al. (Ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2019), The Oxford encyclopedia of European Union politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Natorski M. & Pomorska K. (2017), Trust and decision-making in times of crisis: the EU’s response to the events in Ukraine, Journal of Common Market Studies 55(1): 54-70.
- Pomorska K. (2017), Foreign Policies of Eastern EU states. In: Whitman R., Manners I. & Hadfield A. (Eds.), Foreign Policies of EU Member States. London: Routledge.
- Vanhoonacker S. & Pomorska K. (2017), The Institutional Framework. In: Hill C., Smith M. & Vanhoonacker S. (Eds.), International Relations and the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Pomorska K. & Noutcheva G. (2017), Europe as a Regional Actor: Waning Influence in an Unstable and Authoritarian Neighbourhood, Journal of Common Market Studies 55(S1): 165-176.
- Pomorska K. (2017), Trust, but Verify? Mapping out Trust in the European Diplomatic Community. Annual Conference of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies, Krakow. Annual Conference of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies 3 September 2017 - 6 September 2017.
- Pomorska K. (2017), Trust, but Verify? Mapping out Trust in the European Diplomatic Community. 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA), Barcelona. 11th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA) 13 September 2017 - 16 September 2017.
- Pomorska K. (2017), A break-down of consensus and a threat to coherence? The dynamics of Council negotiations in foreign and security policy. ANTERO Third Network Meeting, Dublin. ANTERO Third Network Meeting 31 May 2017 - 2 June 2017.
- Pomorska K. (2017), Poland and Brexit Negotiations. The expert lunch event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London. The expert lunch event at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 26 May 2017 - 26 May 2017.
- Pomorska K. (2017), Poland and Brexit negotiations. Briefing for the Staff of House of Commons' Select Committees on Brexit and Foreign Affairs, London. Briefing for the Staff of House of Commons' Select Committees on Brexit and Foreign Affairs. 18 July 2017 - 18 July 2017.
- Pomorska K. & Vanhoonacker S. (2016), Europe as a Global Actor: Searching for a New Strategic Approach, Journal of Common Market Studies 54(S1): 204-217.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2015), Attitudes, Identities and an emergence of an esprit de corps in the EEAS. In: Batora J. & Spence D. (Eds.), The European External Action Service. European Diplomacy Post-Westphalia. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 373-391.
- Pomorska K. & Vanhoonacker S. (2015), Europe as a global actor: the (un)holy trinity of economy, diplomacy and security, Journal of Common Market Studies 53(S1): 216-229.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2015), The European External Action Service. In: Jorgensen K.E. & et al. (Eds.), THE SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy. London: SAGE.
- Vanhoonacker S. & Pomorska K. (2015), EU diplomacy post-Lisbon. The legacy of Ashton era. In: Smith M., Keukeleire S. & Vanhoonacker S. (Eds.), The Diplomatic System of the European Union: Evolution, Change and Challenges.. London: Routledge.
- Pomorska K. (2015), Foreign Ministries and Limits to Organisational Learning in Central Eastern Europe, East European Politics 31(1): 56-70.
- Vanhoonacker S. & Pomorska K. (2015), Resisting the European External Action Service, European Foreign Affairs Review 20(2): 21-37.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2014), Manufacturing Esprit de Corps: The Case of the European External Action Service, Journal of Common Market Studies 52(2): 302-319.
- Copsey N. & Pomorska K. (2014), The Influence of Newer Member States in the European Union: The Case of Poland and the Eastern Partnership, Europe-Asia Studies 66(3): 421-443.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2013), "In the face of adversity': explaining the attitudes of EEAS officials vis-a-vis the new service, Journal of European Public Policy 20(9): 1332-1349.
- Vanhoonacker S. & Pomorska K. (2013), The European External Action Service and agenda-setting in European foreign policy, Journal of European Public Policy 20(9): 1316-1331.
- Pomorska K. & Noutcheva G. (2013), Conceptualising the EU's role in the neighbourhood. In: Noutcheva G., Pomorska K. & Bosse G. (Eds.), The EU and its Neighbours: Vales versus Security in European Foreign Policy. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Noutcheva G., Pomorska K. & Bosse G. (Eds.) (2013), The EU and its Neighbours. Values versus Security in European Foreign Policy. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Pomorska K. & Vanhoonacker S. (2012), Poland in the Driving Seat: A Mature Presidency in Turbulent Times, Journal of Common Market Studies 50: 76-84.
- Vanhoonacker S., Petrov P. & Pomorska K. (2012), The Emerging EU Diplomatic System: Opportunities and Challenges after Lisbon, Hague Journal of Diplomacy 7(1): 1-9.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2011), Invisible and unaccountable? National Representatives and Council Officials in EU foreign policy, Journal of European Public Policy 18(8): 1096-1114.
- Pomorska K. (2011), Poland: Learning the Brussels Game. In: Wong R. & Hill C. (Eds.), National and European foreign policies: Toward Europeanisation.. London: Palgrave.
- Copsey N. & Pomorska K. (2010), Poland's power and influence in the European Union: The case of its eastern policy, Comparative European Politics 8(3): 304-326.
- Juncos A. & Pomorska K. (2010), Secretariat, Facilitator or Policy Entrepreneur? Role Perceptions of Officials of the Council Secretariat, European Integration Online Papers 14: .
- Pomorska K. (2007), The Impact of Enlargement: Europeanisation of Policy Foreign Policy? Tracking adaptation and change in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hague Journal of Diplomacy 2(1): 25-51.
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