Pernille Rieker

Research Professor

Email: pernille.rieker@nupi.no Mobile: (+47) 917 29 804 Post address: Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo Visit address: C.J. Hambros plass 2 D

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Expertise

Security policy Norwegian foreign policy The EU NATO Conflict resolution Europe Norden

Education

2004 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 1998 Can. Polit. in Political Science, University of Oslo

Work Experience

2017- Research Professor 2011-2017 Senior Researcher, NUPI 2009-2011 Senior adviser, NordForsk 1999-2009 PhD-candidate/Senior Researcher/Head of Departement, NUPI

Activity

2018-05-08 Introduction at the seminar: "Can new Pro-European parties change the political landscape?" organised by Eropabevegelsen 2018-04-07-02 Participated and presented papers at the annual International Studies Association's annual convention in San Francisco. Title of papers:'The EU’s power repertoire in crisis response' (with Kristian L. Gjerde) and 'Plugging the capability-expectations gap: Towards a conflict sensitive EU crisis response' (with Steven Blockmans). 2018-02-07 Inaugural lecture (for the position as Research Professor at NUPI): Do European powers still count? 2018-01-30 Presentation at the seminar "Hvordan forstå Frankrike – og franskmennene?" organsed by Europabevegelsen in Follo 2017-30-31-10 Final conference of the EUNOR project 2017-09-27 Book launch: French Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Practising Grandeur 2017-06-09 Presentation at the IRSEM conference 'La France et l'Otan' i Paris 2017-05-12 Presentation at the NUPI seminar 'Fighting international terrorism the French way' 2017-09-05 Talk at the conference 'European Security and Cooperation in Turbulent Times' organised by the Norwegian Atlantic Commettee, Europabeveglesen and Folk og Forsvar 2017-03-05 Talk at Civita breakfast meeting about the French Presidential election 2017-28-04 Presentation given in the Norwegian Parliament's department for constitutional affairs about the French Presidential election 2017-22-25-02 Presentation of papers at the ISA Annual Concention in Baltimore. Title of papers: 'Outsidership and the Neighbourhood Policy. The case of Norway.' and 'France and its complicated relationship with Africa' 2017-01-11 Participated and presented at a meeting with the EEA/EFTA delegation in the Storting about the role of France in the EU after Brexit 2016-04-11 Participated and presented at the annual meeting in RCN’s Europa in Transition Program. The title of the conference: ‘Another Europe is emerging – winners and losers’. Title of presentation: ‘EUNOR – Project developments’. 2016-26-09 Presentation at a Crisis Response Policy forum at CEPS i Brussel. Title of the presentation: «EU crisis response – often too little, always too late?» 2016-08-09-09 Participated and was responsible for the EUNOR workshopen « Small states and Europe in an Age of Global Shifts” at NUPI NUPI. Presented the paper: Autonomy or Adaptation? Norwegian approach to the ENP partner countries in the east 2016-06-02-03 Participated in TEPSA Pre-presidency conferenc, Bratislava 2016-05-21-22 Presentation at Al Akhawayn University (Ifrane, Morocco) annual conference Inégalités et Marginalités : Entre le Local et le Global Title of presentation: ‘Inequality and marginality in EU-Morocco relations: The Neighborhood policy’ 2016-04-18-20 Kick off for EUNPACK (H2020 project) in Brussels April 2016 2014-03-26-29 Presentation held at at a Polish-Norwegian Expert Roundtable on Security and Defence Governance in PISM, Warsaw. Title of the presentation: "Regional Security and Defence Cooperation – NORDEFCO and potential lessons learnt for the V4’s Experience". 2014-03-26-29 Presentation of papers at ISA Annual convention in Toronto. Title of the papers: “The European Neighbourhood Policy: An instrument for security community building” and “The ENP as an instrument for building a security community: The case of Morocco”. 2013-11-27-28 Workshop at NUPI: “Dialogue and Conflicts. The potential and limits of dialogue as a foreign policy tool”. Papers: “Introduction” and “The Libya conflict(s) and the role of dialogue” 2013-10-31-01-11 Workshop at NUPI: “The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) – How does it work in a time of crisis”. Papers: “Security Community building through integration and attraction” and “ENP in a time of crisis – the case of Morocco” 2013-10-07-09 Participating in a workshop and a conference launching the GoodGov project in Warsaw. Talk: “Choosing our geography: what regional security regime for Norway?” http://goodgov.pism.pl/about

Pernille Rieker's research interests are European integration (EU) and European foreign and security policy, including French and the Nordic countries' foreign and security policies. She has also done research on dialogue and conflict resolution more generally. She has a doctoral degree from 2004 (University of Oslo).

Among her most recent publications are 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) and Dialogue and Conflict resolution. Potential and limits (Routledge 2015) and the articles Autonomy or integration? Small-state responses to a changing European security landscape (Global Affairs, 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 about her publications can be found at her profiles at Academia and Research Gate

Rieker is part of NUPI's research group on security and defence and is responsible for NUPI's European Studies Forum (NEF), including the forums seminar series Norway meets Europe. She is involved in a number of research projects. Until recently she was project leader for the RCN-funded project EUNOR (2015-2017) and currently she is WP leader in the NUPI-led H2020 project EUNPACK (2015-). In addition, she coordinates the NUPI participation in the European research network TEPSA and is board member of ECSA Norway.

Ongoing research:

EPOS project: The EU's and its member states power political repertoires

EUNPACK project: EU's capacity for crisis response

News
PODCAST: What will Europe look like after Brexit?
07.05.2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
This was the key question for EU expert Caroline de Gruyter’s NUPI talk.
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Event
Europe after Brexit

Time: 14:00 Location: NUPI

What will the power balance in Europe look like after the UK leaves the EU next year?
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Event
The future of European integration: A new government for Germany – and Europe

Time: 10:00 Location: NUPI

Michael Kaeding is visiting to NUPI to give a talk on Germany’s current role in the European integration project and the role of the new government.
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Event
Italian elections and the European prospective

Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

Do national policies and political parties still play a role in the shaping of European and international policies in a globalized world?
Publication : OVERSIKTSART
EU-Supported Reforms in the EU Neighbourhood as Organized Anarchies: The Case of Post-Maidan Ukraine
2018
- - Pernille Rieker
How does the EU and its member states organize their support for reforms in the countries of the EU Neighbourhood? Building on organization theory research on reforms as sets of loosely coupled ‘garbage can’ processes, we conceptualize the ENP induced reform processes as an organized framework connecting...
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Outsidership and the European Neighbourhood Policy. The case of Norway
2017
- - Pernille Rieker
This paper examines how and to what extent Norway adapts to and is affected by the European Union’s policy towards its neighbours in the East. In line with the overall topic of the special issue of Global Affairs, it investigates how Norway handles its ‘outsidership’ when formulating its policies towards...
News
PODCAST: Brexit and implications for the EU, EEA and Norway
31.10.2017
- - Marie Furhovden
30 October marked the end of the three yearlong EUNOR project. Podcasts are now available on all the topics that were discussed during the conference.
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Autonomy or integration? Small-state responses to a changing European security landscape
2017
- - Kristin Haugevik
- - Pernille Rieker
Is there a pattern in how small European states, inside and outside of the EU, adapt and adjust to EU foreign and security policy? This article introduces a Forum in Global Affairs, discussing how small states are responding to a changing European security landscape. We assess selected European small...
Wed 18 Oct 2017
Event
EU Central Asia Strategy: Partnership for sustainable development

Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

How can the EU contribute to a continued development in the right direction for Central Asia?
News

NEW BOOK: What does France want with its foreign policy?

28.09.2017
Hear the podcast from the book launch of Senior Research Fellow Pernille Rieker's new book.
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Event
EU's Global Strategy: A stronger Europe in a fragile world

Time: 13:00 Location: NUPI

Dr. Nathalie Tocci visits NUPI to talk about her book that gives an unique insight to EU's internal processes.
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Event
BOOK LAUNCH: French Foreign Policy in a Changing World

Time: 14:00 Location: NUPI

NUPI researcher Pernille Rieker launches her new book on French foreign policy, and how its development affects the country’s relationships to Russia, USA, NATO and the fight against terrorism.
Publication : MONOGRAFI
French Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Practising Grandeur
2017
- - Pernille Rieker
This book investigates how modern French foreign policy is practiced. France finds its traditional power status challenged by internal as well as external developments. Internally, it faces societal challenges related to unemployment, integration, social exclusion, Islamist terrorism and the rise of...
News
New era for French exceptionalism?
16.06.2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
France still has a deep desire to play a major international role. Will President Macron succeed? In her new book, Senior Research Fellow Pernille Rieker takes a closer look at French foreign policy.
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Event
The future of the EU as seen from Greece

Time: 10:30 Location: NUPI

With a changing world, the EU will also change. As one of the Unions member states, Greece has sometimes had a strained relationship with Brussels. How does Greece see the future of the EU?
Tue 6 Jun 2017
Event
EU's new external migration policy: just old wine in new bottles?

Time: 10:00 Location: Kjelleren, Litteraturhuset

NUPI has the pleasure of inviting you to Kjelleren at Litteraturhuset to discuss EUs new framework that is meant to cope with the migration crisis better than before.
Mon 15 May 2017
Event
The EU and a changing world: The Global Strategy and its implementation

Time: 10:00 Location: NUPI

Both Europe and the rest of the world has witnessed great changes the past year. How does this effect the EU?
News
Your weekly NUPI recap – week 18
05.05.2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
A week dedicated to American foreign and security policy has come to an end.
Fri 12 May 2017
Event
Fighting international terrorism the French way

Time: 10:00 Location: NUPI

In this seminar Pernille Rieker will present a chapter in her forthcoming book “French Foreign Policy in a Changing world. Practicing the Grandeur”.
Tue 9 May 2017
Event
Election afterparty: What will French politics look like?

Time: 13:00 Location: NUPI

Emmanuel Macron will govern France for the coming years. Christian Lequesne visits NUPI to talk about the outcome of the election.