1993 …2022

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Research areas

Please notice: Stefano Guzzini is currently on leave.

Stefano Guzzini’s principle areas of research has been in international theory, security studies (ontological security), approaches to foreign policy analysis (mainly applied to France, Germany and Italy), as well as with the conceptual analysis and theories of power.

Current research

More recently, Stefano Guzzini has worked on interpretivist methodologies (process tracing and notions of non-efficient causality) and critical geopolitics as applied to Europe.

Education/Academic qualification

Social and Political Science, PhD, Power Analysis as a Critique of Power Politics: Understanding Power and Governance in the Second Gulf War, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

1 Sept 19881 Dec 1994

Award Date: 1 Dec 1994

International Political Economy, MSc (Econ) Politics of the World Economy, T.S.Kuhn and International Relations. International Political Economy and the Inter-Paradigm Debate, London School of Economics

1 Sept 198721 Sept 1988

Award Date: 21 Sept 1988

International Relations, Diplôme de l'Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Section: Relations Internationales, Sciences PO

1 Sept 198510 Jul 1987

Award Date: 10 Jul 1987

Politics, Certificat d'Études Politiques, Sciences PO

1 Sept 198428 Jun 1985

Award Date: 25 Jun 1985

Roman languages, Political Science, Modern History, Zwischenprüfung, Universität des Saarlandes

1 Oct 198227 Jul 1984

Award Date: 26 Jul 1984

External positions

Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

1 Dec 2013 → …

Guest Professor (DAAD), Universität Bremen

1 Sept 200715 Jul 2008

Guest Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

1 Mar 200630 Apr 2006

Professor, Uppsala University

1 Nov 2005 → …

Associate Professor, Uppsala University

1 Aug 200230 Oct 2005

Senior Researcher

1 Sept 200031 Dec 2002

Associate Professor, Central European University

20 Jan 199831 Aug 2002

Assistant Professor, Central European University

1 Sept 199419 Jan 1998

Doctoral Student, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

1 Sept 19881 Dec 1994

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