International Relations

Global governance: Transnational rules and institutions governing global issues
European Studies: Lessons and effects of the recent European enlargement and future scenarios; politics and theories of European integration; European neighborhood policies; the transatlantic dimension of the EU; governance in the new EU member states
International Affairs: Analysis of the political, economic, military and ideational factors of continuity and change in the international political system; theories of International Relations; transnationalization and globalization of world politics
Security Studies: Security and defence policies, particularly in Europe. Linkages between conventional, environmental and energy security

Nick Sitter

Position: 
Professor
Position: 
Research Affiliate
School of Public Policy (SPP)
Center for Policy Studies (CPS)
Center for European Union Research (CEUR)

Professor Nick Sitter's research interests include public policy, party systems, and political violence. His books and journal special issues incldue Europe’s Nascent State: Public Policy in the EU (co-edited with Johan From, Gyldendal 2006), Understanding Public Management (with Kjell A. Eliassen, Sage 2008), an edition of Nations and Nationalism on Constitutionalism in Europe (co-edited with Bill Kissane, 2010), A Liberal Actor in A Realist World: The EU Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy (with A. Goldthau, Oxford University Press, 2015) and A History of Terrorism (Dreyer 2015 - in Norwegian). He has a PhD from the LSE.

Political Economy of Energy in Europe and Russia (PEEER)

Project status: 
Completed
PEEER is a recently established ESRC funded energy network which brings together an inter-disciplinary group of academics from across Europe and Russia to research energy with an emphasis on energy, policy, relations and issues associated with transition. The network aims to produce research which is both policy relevant and theoretically informed. It is managed and led by Caroline Kuzemko, University of Warwick.

Common Goals, Different Approaches Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation on Global Energy Issues

Project status: 
Completed
"Common Goals – Different Approaches?" is a two-year research and dialogue program jointly implemented by the  Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin and the Brookings Institution. The project will focus on the role of markets and institutions in fostering global energy security. Rather than adopting a traditional security lens to studying energy security, this project will assess ways in which global energy governance can be strengthened by creating and deepening markets, and adapting the "rules of the game". The project combines policy research with constructive and forward-looking transatlantic dialogue among researchers, industry experts and policymakers.

Global Energy Assessment

Project status: 
Completed
Duration: 
Jan, 2008 - May, 2012
The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) is a major initiative established by IIASA in late 2005 to help decision makers address the challenges of providing energy services for sustainable development, whilst ameliorating existing and emerging threats associated with: security of supply; access to modern forms of energy for development and poverty alleviation; local, regional and global environmental impacts; and securing sufficient investment.

Alexios Antypas

Academic rank: 
Associate Professor
Position: 
Director, Center for Environment and Security
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

Dr. Antypas joined CEU in 2000. His research interest includeGlobal environmental governance, Environmental policy change and transformation, Human rights and the environment and Science-policy studies. Prior to joining CEU, he worked for Civic Education Project as a visiting professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Rezekne in Latvia and served as a consultant to UNDP, UNEP, the US Forest Service, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.

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