This group meets every two weeks during the academic year; it is for researchers and post-doctoral fellows working with Checkel and Guzzini, and is run by them.
We use it as a forum for presentations of work-in-progress (prospectuses, thesis chapters, drafts of conference papers); discussing current trends and controversies in IR theory, be they over ethics, data, meta-theory, theory or method; and critically evaluating arguments in the literature (journal articles, book chapters). The focus is on helping researchers and fellows make better arguments in their projects; skill building; and a bit of professional socialization.
Schedule of Presentations, First Term, Academic Year 2026-2027
7 October 2026
10:00–12:00 | (Seminar Room Mansarda, Villa Schifanoia)
Aksel Hvid and Jonathan Blom, Draft Article, “The Undying Corpses of Bình An Cemetery: A Genealogy of the Vietnamese ‘People’”
Discussant: Miruna Chirilă
21 October 2026
10:00–12:00 | (Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia)
Zuzanna Samson, Draft FWO Postdoctoral Project Proposal, “The Afterlives of Border Deaths – A Comparative Study of Poland, Greece and Croatia”
Discussant: Beatriz de Figueiredo
4 November 2026
10:00–13:00 | (Seminar Room 4, Badia)
Double Session
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Ediz Topcuoglu, Thesis Theory Chapter
Discussant: Khushi Singh Rathore
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Mart van der Wal, Draft Paper, “Psychopolitics and Profiling”
Discussant: Aksel Hvid
18 November 2026
10.00-12.00 (Seminar Room Mansarda, Villa Schifanoia)
Andreea Tănasie, Thesis Theory and Design Chapters, “Inter-Network Politics and Agenda Setting in Global Governance”
Discussant: Alexandra Stafford
19–20 November 2026
EUI-IHEID Workshop (Genf)
2 December 2026
14:00–16:00 | (Seminar Room 4, Badia)
Esteban Scuzarello, Thesis Empirical Chapter
Discussant: Ediz Topcuoglu
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