Researcher
Pernille Rieker
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Summary
Pernille Rieker's research interests are European integration and European foreign and security policy, including French and Nordic foreign and security policies. She holds a PhD (Dr.polit) from the University of Oslo, earned in 2004. At NUPI, Rieker is part of the Research Group on Security and Defence (SecDef).
Recent publications:
Books:
- Franske tilstander: Forstå det moderne Frankrike? (Universitetsforlaget 2024)
- European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Order. European Strategic Autonomy Through Differentiated Integration (Palgrave 2024)
- French Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Practising Grandeur (Palgrave 2017)
Articles:
- Krig i Europa og franske bidrag til europeisk sikkerhet, Internasjonal Politikk (2024)
- Finally coming of age? EU foreign and security policy after Ukraine, European Security (2024)
- Ad hoc coalitions in European Security and Defence: Symptoms of short-term pragmatism, Journal of European Integration, 2024
- 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)
More information about her other work can be found in her complete CV or on the project sites.
Current research:
Pernille Rieker leads the RE-ENGAGE project, which aims to analyze the EU's promotion of democracy and stability in its neighboring regions in a time of increased egopolitical tensions.
Education
2004 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
1998 Can. Polit. in Political Science, University of Oslo
Work Experience
2025- Director and Research Professor - ARENA Centre for European Studies
2017- Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and Head of NUPI Centre for European Studies (NCE) (40% as from 2025)
2011-2017 Senior Researcher, NUPI
2009-2011 Senior Adviser, NordForsk
1999-2009 PhD-candidate/Senior Researcher/Head of Departement, NUPI
Aktivitet
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Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner
The EU as a Security Actor: The development of political and administrative capabilities
[Abstract] With its special character in relation to both institutional design and policy content, the EU is often classified as a ‘post-modern’ security actor. What does this actually mean? What kind of capabilities does a post-modern actor have? This article focuses on the development of political and administrative capabilities in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. If it is true that the EU is becoming an increasingly important security actor, we should expect an increase in these kinds of capabilities as well. According to March & Olsen (1995) little can be accomplished without capabilities such as rights and authorities, resources, competencies and organizational skills. This should also be true of a presumably ‘post-modern’ actor like the EU. This paper examines the extent to which the EU has established these kinds of capabilities in relation to its security policy, how they can be characterized and whether they have increased over time.
Europeanisation of National Security Identity. The EU and the Changing Security Identities of the Nordic states
From Common Defence to Comprehensive Security: Towards the Europeanization of French Foreign and Security Policy?
Norway and the ESDP: Explaining Norwegian Participation in the EU’s Security Policy