Birgit Poopuu (she/her) is Associate Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (CEEShub) at Tallinn University’s School of Governance, Law, and Society. She is currently the Principal Investigator of European Horizon Twinning grant […]

Benjamin Klasche is a lecturer in politics and international relations at Tallinn University. He is also Co-Director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub and Senior Researcher at the European Horizon Twinning Project, A critical relational perspective on peace […]

Based at Tallinn University, Kevin Molloy is currently conducting his Phd research as a Junior Research Fellow at the European Horizon Twinning Project ‘A Critical Relational Perspective on Peace & Security in CEE’. He is also an English Language Lecturer […]

Maria Mälksoo is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. She is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council Consolidator Grant RITUAL DETERRENCE (https://ritualdeterrence.eu/, 2022-2027) and has led the University of Copenhagen team […]

Élise Féron is a Docent and senior research fellow at the Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University in Finland. She is an invited professor at the University of Turin (Italy), the Academic School of Yerevan (Armenia), Sciences Po Lille (France) […]

Anders Wivel (he/him) is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science University of Copenhagen. He has published widely on international, European, and Nordic security, peaceful change, and small state foreign policy. His most recent books are International […]

Marko Lehti is a Reserch Director of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and an academic director of master’s programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE). Lehti’s current research focus on peace mediation and peacebuilding, multilateralism and changing global order. […]

Nina Græger is Professor and Head of Department (Political Science) at the University of Copenhagen. She held various research and management positions at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and was Associate Professor II at the Msc programme in […]

Louise Ridden is a postdoctoral research fellow at Tampere University, Finland and holds a PhD from Aberystwyth University, UK which focused on unarmed civilian protection as a world making practice. Her research interests include nonviolence, war preparedness, everyday peace and […]

Namal Imran is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts in Social Sciences at Tallinn University and is currently a research intern at the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (CEEShub). She recently completed a long-term Erasmus+ mobility program at […]

Toni Čerkez obtained his doctorate in International Politics from Aberystwyth University. He is currently a Lecturer of International Relations at Tallinn University. His work focuses on political theory (Hannah Arendt, Yuk Hui, Bernard Stiegler, Bruno Latour, and Gilbert Simondon), political […]

Timothy Anderson is a social anthropologist specializing in European asylum and migration policy. He completed his PhD at Tallinn University, where his ethnographic fieldwork focused on asylum accommodation and detention in Estonia. His research examines how migrants navigate and contest […]

Nawal Shaharyar is a lecturer and early career researcher at Tallinn University. Her research examines how relational dynamics of citizenship practices shape national identity in diverse spatial settings. She has served in an administrative capacity for Horizon 2020 Twinning Project […]

Oleksandra Leonovych is pursuing a Bachelor degree in Liberal Arts in Social Sciences at Tallinn University and is currently a research intern at the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (CEEShub). She has completed a long-term mobility program at the […]