Paul Beaumont

Senior Research Fellow

Paul Beaumont holds a Ph.D. in International Relations/International Environmental Studies and Development from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), working in the Global Order and Diplomacy research group. Paul is currently researching public private partnerships in development as part of the DEVINT project, and transnational ecosystem politics with the LORAX project.

More broadly, Paul's research interests include IR theory, the (dis)functioning of international institutions, global environmental politics, nuclear weapons, hierarchies in world politics, and interpretivist research-methods.

Paul has published a monograph with Palgrave Studies in International Relations, titled "Performing Nuclear Weapons: How Britain Made its Bomb Make Sense", and has published multiple articles in leading IR journals: European Journal of International Relations, Third World Quarterly and International Studies Review, among others. A keen contributor to policy and public debate, Paul has published multiple op-eds in Klassekampen, Aftenposten, among other Norwegian national newspapers. He is currently an associate editor of New Perspectives Journal of International Relations, and a regular guest lecturer on IR theory at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Paul is Editor of the journal Cooperation and Conflict, 2023-2027.

Education

2020 Doctorate, International Relations/International Development and Environment Studies. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

2014 Master of Science, International Relations. (NMBU)

2006 Bachelor, Economic History. The London School of Economics (LSE)

Work Experience

2020- Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

2019 Visiting Scholar. The Department of Politics and International Studies. Cambridge University

2015-2020 PhD Candidate, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

2015 Junior Research Fellow. NUPI

2013-2015 Academic Writing Advisor, NMBU

2006-2012 English Teacher - Prague, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, London, Gliwice

Publications All publications

Everyday migration hierarchies: negotiating the EU’s visa regime
Publication | 2023
- Paul Beaumont
- Katharina Glaab
Critical security studies have shed invaluable light on the diffuse governmental technologies and pernicious effects of the EU’s bordering practices.1
Reflex to turn: the rise of turn-talk in International Relations
Publication | 2023
- Paul Beaumont
The field of International Relations (IR) is being spun around by a seemingly endless number of ‘turns’. Existing analyses of turning are few in numb1
Introduction: Is the time nigh for ecological security?
Publication | 2023
- Paul Beaumont
Climate change and the ongoing destruction of the earth's ecosystems have increasingly been depicted as a security issue with the noble but not1
Whose Revisionism, Which International Order? Social Structure and Its Discontents
Publication | 2023
- Benjamin de Carvalho
- Paul Beaumont
- Jorg Kustermans
While the distinction between status quo and revisionist states is well established in International Relations, only more recently have scholars begu1
Space, nature and hierarchy: the ecosystemic politics of the Caspian Sea
Publication | 2022
- Paul Beaumont
- Elana Wilson Rowe
The Anthropocene has given rise to growing efforts to govern the world’s ecosystems. There is a hitch, however, ecosystems do not respect sovereign b1

Projects All projects

Public–Private Development Interfaces in Ethiopia (DEVINT)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)
Private actors are increasingly operating in the name of development and in partnership with international development actors. This project (DEVINT) will explore the nexus of private actors and public...
Economic growth Human rights Governance Development policy Foreign policy International organizations United Nations Africa Globalisation
When every act is war: Post-Crimea conflict dynamics and Russian foreign policy (WARU)
Research project | 2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)
Tension between great powers in world politics is escalating rapidly. What are the driving forces behind deteriorating relations? Can we explain them solely by the ‘aggressiveness’ of the other (be th...
Russia and Eurasia Conflict Diplomacy Foreign policy Europe The Nordic countries NATO North America Security policy
The Lorax Project: Understanding Ecosystemic Politics (LORAX)
Research project | 2018 - 2023 (Ongoing)
Do regional politics around border-crossing ecosystems share important resemblances and differ in significant ways from global politics?...
Governance Oceans Diplomacy The Arctic Russia and Eurasia Climate South and Central America International organizations

Events All events

Theory Seminar: Lea Ypi on Solidarity, immigration and social class
Event
Thu 19 May 2022
Time: 16:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams
Join us online on 19 May when Professor Lea Ypi will talk about class-based solidarity.