Christian Kaunert | |
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Nationality | GER |
Citizenship | UK |
Occupation | Political scientist |
Known for | Jean Monnet professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
Thesis | The European Commission: an 'engine' in the area of freedom, security and justice? (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | Michael Foley[citation needed] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Security studies |
Sub-discipline | EU counter-terrorism |
Institutions | Dublin City University University of South Wales Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Dundee University of Salford Maastricht University |
Christian Kaunert is a German-Irish-British political scientist and Jean Monnet professor specialised in European security. Kaunert is professor of international security at Dublin City University[1] and professor of policing and security at the University of South Wales,[2] where he holds a Jean Monnet chair of EU counter-terrorism and directs a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. He is also the co-ordinator of a research-focused Jean Monnet Network of EU counter-terrorism, which brings together fourteen universities and research centres across Europe and its neighbourhood.[3] Kaunert has published extensively in the field of European security,[4] and also collaborated with major international news outlets as an expert in security, migration and counter-terrorism.[5][6][7][8][9]