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Prof, BA University of Hull; MscEcon University of Wales, Aberystwyth; PhD University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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I'm interested in how we think about the world and the differences in how we see and 'read' what is going on around us. I've explored questions around how we analyse 'causes' (of wars, development) in international politics and also the contested nature of democracy and how this affects the attempts to promote democracy.
Since 2015 I've worked on a cross-disciplinary project on cosmological imagination in the study and practice of international relations. This has involved exploration of questions around scientific cosmology, post-humanism and decolonisation of knowledge.
I'm a co-editor of the journal International Relations and Director of the Planetary Challenges and Politics Centre at Aberystwyth University's Department of International Politics. Between 2008 and 2012 I acted as the Principal Investigator of a major research project 'Political Economies of Democratisation' funded by the European Research Council.
My research is focused on theoretical and conceptual study of international politics but I'm is also interested in exploration of the policy implications of conceptual issues. My PhD was focused on the analysis of the meaning of causality in IR scholarship. I then led a European Research Council project on the conceptual foundations of democracy promotion practices between 2008 and 2012, a project which involved extensive policy engagement.
Currently, I'm working on an open-ended research agenda on planetary and multispecies politics, a project with important implications for how we tackle climate change politics and environmental harms. I'm also interested in the ways in which our cosmological assumptions structure how we approach international relations and what would happen to ways in which we can do politics if we rethink cosmological framings.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Person: Doctor of Professional Studies
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Supervisor: Bain, W. W. (Supervisor) & Joseph, J. M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
01 Jun 2022 → 31 Jul 2022
Project: Externally funded research
01 Mar 2020 → 28 Jun 2022
Project: Externally funded research
01 Sept 2017 → 31 Aug 2019
Project: Externally funded research
Milja Kurki (Researcher) & Jeff Bridoux (Researcher)
Impact: Other Impacts, Professional practice, training and standards
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara & Milja Kurki
12 Sept 2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
Milja Kurki (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Milja Kurki (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Milja Kurki (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity