Marie Curie

APSAC Project (Project No: 20635)

The Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Early Stage Research Training (EST) in Security and Citizenship: European and Global Dimensions

The Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University established in 2006 a new Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Early Stage Research Training (EST) in Security and Citizenship: European and Global Dimensions. The EST programme was designed to focus on three principal interrelated themes of training and research: contemporary theories of European Security and Citizenship; the EU policy responses to contemporary security and citizenship challenges; and East and West European perspectives on security, citizenship and enlargement. The EST was envisaged to have three main training structures in the form of four new PhDs (recruited in the first year – 36 months), eight new Research Training Masters degrees (12 months) and an internship scheme in the areas of European Security, EU enlargement and citizenship at relevant European institutions, intergovernmental bodies, civil society groups, and security organisations.

The European Commission generously funded the proposal and the Department of International Politics has managed to successfully complete all aspects of the project.

Project Outcomes

Four Early Stage Research Training Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Marjanna Jauhola. Doctoral Project entitled, ‘Becoming Better 'Men' and 'Women'- Negotiating Normativity through Gender Mainstreaming in Post-Tsunami Reconstruction Initiatives in Aceh, Indonesia’.
Dr. Claudia Hillebrand. Doctoral Project entitled, ‘The Democratic Legitimacy of EU Counter-terrorism Policing: Challenges for Parliamentary and Judicial Scrutiny’.
Jan Ruzicka. Doctoral Project Entitled, ‘Securitization Theory and Revolutions’ (Viva Pending).
Joao Reis Nunes.  Doctoral Project Entitled, ‘Rethinking Emancipation in Critical Security Studies’ (Viva Pending).

Eight Early Stage Research Training Masters Fellows

Academic Year 2006-2007

Alexandru-Ion Coita MSc (ECON)
Oliver Bisazza MSc (ECON)
Zeynap Yanasmayan MSc (ECON)
David Casale  MSc (ECON)

Academic Year 2007-2008

Adam Sandor MSc (ECON)
Katya Ivanova MSc (ECON)

Academic Year 2008-2009

Ioana Lung MSc (ECON)
Katarzyna Karpowicz MSc (ECON)