IPS Belgium
Meet the team
Junior scholar organizers
Fer Avar
PhD Candidate
University of Antwerp
Research interests:
Drones, Private Defense-Technology Companies, Knowledge Production, STS, Critical Security Studies, Political Anthropology.
Morgane Ghys
PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant
Université libre de Bruxelles
Research interests:
Sociological approaches in IR, critical security studies, sociology of knowledge, U.S.-China relations.
Marie Kwon
PhD Candidate
Université de Liège & Ecole Normale Superieure - PSL
Research interests:
Critical geopolitics, philosophy of space, postcolonial theory, Indo-Pacific studies, EU-Asia relations.
Laura Luciani
Postdoctoral fellow
Ghent University & VUB
Research interests:
Global norms, feminist geopolitics, postcolonial approaches, South Caucasus, European Neighbourhood Policy.
Alexander Schlepper
PhD Candidate
University of Antwerp
Research interests:
Diplomacy, Historical IR, Total War and Genocide, Critical Theory, Politics of Memory.
Zeger Verleye
Lecturer
Utrecht University & University of Antwerp
Research interests:
Politics of emotion, historical IR, politics of shame, postcolonial thought, Belgian colonial history.
Senior scholar organizers
Rocco Bellanova
Research Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Denis Duez
Professor
Université Saint-Louis — Bruxelles
Christophe Wasinski
Professor of Political Science
(International Relations)
Université libre de Bruxelles
Research interests:
Military and security issues.
Founding members
Élise Rousseau
Université de Namur
F.R.S.-FNRS
Chloé Thomas
Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles F.R.S.-FNRS
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