Pernille Rieker
Research ProfessorPernille Rieker's research interests are European integration (EU) and European foreign and security policies. This includes the foreign and security policies of France and the Nordic countries. She has also worked with dialogue and conflict prevention more generally. Rieker obtained her PhD from the University of Oslo in 2004.
Her publications include the books: French Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Practising Grandeur (Palgrave 2017); External governance as security community building – the limits and potential of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Routledge 2016); Dialogue and Conflict resolution. Potential and limits (Routledge 2015); and Europeanization of National Security Identity. The EU and the changing security identities of the Nordic states (Routledge 2006).
Since 2015, her published articles include: ‘Plugging the capability-expectations gap: towards effective, comprehensive and conflict-sensitive EU crisis response?’ (European Security nr. 1, 2019); ‘EU-supported reforms in the EU neighbourhood as organized anarchies: the case of post-Maidan Ukraine’ (Journal of European Integration nr. 4, 2018); ‘Autonomy and Integration? Small-state responses to a changing European security landscape’ (Global Affairs nr. 3, 2017); ‘The EU, Russia and the potential for dialogue – Different readings of the crisis in Ukraine.’ (European Security nr. 3, 2016); and ‘The EEA Grant. A source of Soft Power?’ (Journal of European Integration nr. 4, 2015).
More information on her work is included in her CV.
Rieker is part of NUPI's research group on security and defence. She coordinates NUPI's Center for European Studies (NCE), including the forums seminar series Norway meets Europe. She now leads the RCN-funded project EUFLEX (2019-2021) and has previously been project leader for the project EUNOR (2015-2017), also funded by the RCN. Additionally, she is part of the project EPOS (2016-2020), which focuses on the use of power in foreign policy. Rieker has been and still is part of several EU-funded projects: she was WP leader in the NUPI-led H2020 project EUNPACK (2015-2019), which researched the role of the EU in external crisis response, and she is part of NUPI's project group PREVEX, a new EU-funded project, coordinated by NUPI, concerning the role of the EU in preventing violent extremism in the Balkans, the MENA region and the Sahel. She will also be part of JOINT, an EU project coordinated by IAI in Rome (2021-), which aims to focus on how to make the foreign policy of the EU more pronounced. In addition, she coordinates the NUPI participation in the European research network TEPSA and is board member of ECSA Norway.
Current research:
Through EUFLEX, Rieker researches the mechanisms and driving forces of EU's foreign, security and defence policy, with a particular focus on differentiated integration and the role of France and of third countries.
Through PREVEX, she focuses on role of the EU and France in preventing violent extremism in the Middle East and North Africa and Sahel-region.
Through the EPOS project, she researches what characterises the repertoire of French and European foreign policy.
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NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
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NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
Thu 26 Nov 2020Event
Political violence and polarization in France: the threat, the discourse and the response
Time: 09:30 Location: Microsoft TeamsSince 2015, more than 250 civilians have been killed in jihadist attacks in France. Is France particularly prone to jihadist violence, and how does terrorism affect French society and French politics?
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Wed 28 Oct 2020Event
A Europe in crisis or a Europe on the rise?
Time: 14:00 Location: WebinarEurope’s quiet and patient style of foreign policy is often interpreted as a sign of weakness, but it could also be its strength.
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Publication : Academic article
FOKUS: 25 år med EØS
Special edition of Internasjonal Politikk with focus on the 25 year anniversary of the EEA agreement. -
Fri 13 Mar 2020Event
CANCELLED: Navigating the European landscape after Brexit: new alliances and European choices for the next decades
Time: 08:00 Location: NUPIIn light of the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 virus, we have decided to cancel this event.
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Mon 24 Feb 2020Event
Brexit and the future European foreign policy coordination
Time: 10:00 Location: NUPIThe UK's withdrawal from the EU has created great uncertainty about European foreign policy cooperation. Does the E3 format have a future after Brexit?
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The PREVEX project officially launched in Brussels
07.02.2020Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? -
Thu 6 Feb 2020Event
The EU’s role in a more instable world – towards a shared Grand Strategy?
Time: 08:30 Location: NUPIThe opinions on which role the EU should play in international politics differ. How will 2020 turn out for the Union, and what role will it pursue in the future?
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Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project
19.12.2019PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate. -
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Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project
19.12.2019PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate. -
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Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments (PREVEX)
2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)The overarching objective of PREVEX is to put forward more fine-tuned and effective approaches to preventing violent extremism.
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Mon 28 Oct 2019Event
Why Populist Foreign Policies in Europe are Doomed to Fail
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIProfessor Andrew Moravcsik visits NUPI to talk about the surge of populism in Europe and its limitations for foreign policy.
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Rethinking differentiated integration
17.09.2019Several NUPI researchers contributed to the debate about differentiated integration in the area of security and defence at the annual conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria last week. -
Wed 16 Oct 2019Event
What global role for the EU after Brexit?
Time: 10:00 Location: NUPIWhen the UK eventually leaves the EU, the EU's role as an actor in the world will change. In this seminar, Professor Mike Smith from the University of Warwick will present his work on the the interplay between Brexit and the EU’s international roles.
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Top marks for NUPI’s EU project
10.09.2019Reviewers find NUPI-led research on the EU’s crisis response "exceptional"! -
Thu 29 Aug 2019Event
Breakfast seminar: The EU in the Sahel – from good intentions to Europe first?
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIResearchers from some of the world's leading institutes have in a three-year project looked into which local impacts the EU crisis response has had in the areas where they have taken place, and how the EU can improve its response mechanisms.
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Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
50 Years After the Moon Landing: Why Europe Should Lead the Next 50
201950 years since the first astronauts stepped foot on the moon, it would be easy to be complacent about human space exploration today. After all, humans have not ventured out of low-earth orbit since 1972. Achievements in space since the Apollo missions have flown under the radar for most of the regular... -
Tue 4 Jun 2019Event
What does Trump’s Space Force mean for Europe?
Time: 13:30 Location: NUPIThe American President wants his own Space Force, and this could contribute to a shift in the dynamics of space that until now has been characterized by cooperation.
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Mon 6 May 2019Event
CANCELLED: How can the EU improve its crisis response?
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIOne month ago, the NUPI-led and Horizon 2020-funded research project EUNPACK was finalised. This seminar will provide an opportunity to look back at three years of research and fieldwork to consider the policy implications of its findings.