Pernille Rieker

Research Professor

Pernille 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. At NUPI Rieker is part of the Security and Defence research group (SecDef). Furthermore, she is the coordinator of the NUPI Centre for European Studies (NCE) and co-editor of the journal Internasjonal Politikk.

Publications:

Books: French foreign policy in a changing world. Practicing 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).

Articles: Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa (Politics & Governance, 2022); 'Not so unique after all? Urgency and Norms in EU foreign and security policy' (Journal of European Integration, 2021); 'Differentiated integration and Europe's Global Role: A Conceptual Framework' (European Foreign Affairs Review, Special Issue, 2021); 'Differentiated Defence Integration Under French Leadership' (European Foreign Affairs Review, Special Issue, 2021); '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.

Current Research:

Within the framework of Norway and the EU towards 2030 Rieker analyses the evolution of the EU as a security policy actor and the implications for Norway.

As part of EURODEFENCE she studies the mechanisms and motives of EU defence policy, with a particular focus on differentiated (or flexible) integration and the role of third countries.

In the PREVEX project Rieker studies the role of the EU and France in combatting violent extremism in the MENA region and the Sahel.

In JOINT, she works on how to understand the driving forces and mechanisms of the EU's foreign policy.

As part of the ADHOCISM project, she analyses the role of France's military in Mali.

Education:

2004 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

1998 Can. Polit. in Political Science, University of Oslo

Work experience:

2017- Research Professor, NUPI

2011-2017 Senior Researcher, NUPI

2009-2011 Senior adviser, NordForsk

1999-2009 PhD-candidate/Senior Researcher/Head of Departement, NUPI

Publications All publications

European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Order. European Strategic Autonomy Through Differentiated Integration
Publication | 2023
- Pernille Rieker
- Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske
This is an open access book. Over the past decade, the global geopolitical context has changed significantly, with a geopolitical power shift and a m1
EUs respons på krigen i Ukraina
Publication | 2023
Policy brief on the implementation of the EU’s policies
Publication | 2020
- Pernille Rieker
- Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske
Violent extremism is not a new phenomenon and terrorism has a long history in Europe, often linked to separatist movements, anarchism, and far-right1
Working paper on EU’s policies and instruments for PVE
Publication | 2020
- Pernille Rieker
- Magnus Langset Trøan
This working paper maps and analyses the toolbox of the EU and a handful of European countries by providing a comprehensive overview of existing meas1
Working paper on the implementation of the EU’s policies
Publication | 2020
- Pernille Rieker
- Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske
This working paper builds on earlier research in which we mapped and analysed the toolbox of the European Union (EU) and a handful of European countr1

Projects All projects

Czech and Norwegian Perspectives on New Security Threats in relation to Russian War on Ukraine (CZECHNORSEC)
Research project | 2022 - 2023 (Ongoing)
This project will examine how the war in Ukraine is about to change security perceptions in the Czech Republic and Norway....
Security policy Conflict Defence Energy Foreign policy The EU NATO Russia and Eurasia The Middle East and North Africa
Norway and Poland as actors in a changing security landscape (NORPOLFACTOR)
Research project | 2023 - 2024 (Ongoing)
The aim of the project is to develop enhanced knowledge of the security-related challenges, risks and threats Poland and Norway face in their strategic environment in the aftermath of the Russian inva...
Security policy Conflict Defence Governance Energy Foreign policy The EU NATO Russia and Eurasia Europe The Arctic The Nordic countries
The EU Navigating Multilateral Cooperation (NAVIGATOR)
Research project | 2023 - 2027 (Ongoing)
How should the EU navigate the increasingly complex - and conflict-laden - institutional spaces of global governance to advance a rules-based international order? And what factors should be emphasized...
Peace operations Security policy Governance Climate International organizations The EU NATO United Nations Russia and Eurasia Europe Asia Africa North America Cyber AU Migration Globalisation Regional integration
Norway and the EU towards 2030
Research project | 2022 - 2024 (Ongoing)
This project takes a closer look at developments on key areas in the relationship between Norway and the EU towards 2030....
Europe The EU Security policy Governance Climate Defence Diplomacy Foreign policy Regional integration The Nordic countries
A new European security and defence architecture in the making: What does it look like and what are the implications for Norway? (EURODEFENCE)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)
This project will study the implications of the new European defence initiatives for Norway particularly, as an allied and closely associated non-member of the EU. Despite the incremental nature of th...
The EU Europe Security policy Defence Regional integration The Nordic countries

Events All events

Polish elections – what’s left of the liberal order?
Event
Tue 26 Sep 2023
Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI
Poles head for the ballot boxes, amidst concerns about the health of democracy.
EU-NATO cooperation: competition or complementarity?
Event
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI
Which challenges and possibilities lie within a closer EU-NATO cooperation? This is what we will dive into in this seminar with Daniel Fiott.
The EU's response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine
Event
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
The European Union responded in a swift and united manner following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
What’s in the new EU-UK relationship?
Event
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft teams
The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement was reached on 24 December 2020, after more that four years of negotiation. Join this webinar to learn more on what the deal holds for the future, both in terms of EU-UK relations and their wider context.
What’s in the new EU-UK relationship?
Event
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft teams
Join our online NUPI-seminar on the relationship between EU and the UK.