Postgraduate Researchers
Nikola Tomic
| Email N.Tomic@lboro.ac.uk Department of Politics, History and International Relations Loughborough University Loughborough, Leicestershire. LE11 3TU UK |
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Biography
Research interests
My research interests revolve around the role of discourse and language in international relations and diplomacy, as well as developments in EU’s CFSP/ESDP and Enlargement policy. My research follows the trend of recent additions to new institutionalist theory, which take into account discourse as an explanatory factor for policy changes (discursive institutionalism, constructivist institutionalism).
PhD Dissertation
Working Title: Discourse formation in the EU CFSP/ESDP: The role of non-elected actors in the policymaking process before and after Lisbon
I joined the Department as a PhD student in December 2010 as one of the two Early Stage Researchers taking part in the INCOOP research network on inter-and intra-institutional cooperation in the EU (www.in-coop.eu). I am working on intra-institutional cooperation within the Council of the EU and its surrounding institutions (working groups, agencies, committees). More particularly, I analyze the lower levels of the CFSP/ESDP policy making process and the role of non-elected actors on setting the overall EU foreign policy discourse.
Previous education
(2008-2009) - MA European Studies, track international relations at the Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht, The Netherlands
(2004-2008) - BA degree (majors: Political Science and International Relations, European Studies; minors: History, Fine Arts) at the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Publications
‘When the carrot is not sweet enough: Conditionality versus norms as modes of EU influence on Serbia’s foreign policy’ Albanian Journal of Politics, Vol. VI, Issue 1 - forthcoming
‘‘The role of women in EU’s foreign policy’ (in Serbian), in Book no. 3- EU and gender equality, Institute for Gender Equality, Novi Sad, Serbia - (2011)
‘Europe and its languages: Multilingualism as politics, idea and practice’ in the magazine Europa, Novi Sad, Serbia, fall 2009, translated into Romanian.
‘Does the EU deserve the Ode to Joy?’ in the magazine Europa, Novi Sad, Serbia, summer 2008, translated into Romanian.
Awards and scholarships:
- Marie Curie Fellowship (European Commission, FP7 People programme, Initial Training Network INCOOP), 2010-2013
- MTEC Scholarship (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 2008-2009
- New Opportunity Grant (Open Society Institute), 2004-2008
- Scholarship for Gifted Students (National foundation for development of scientific and artistic youth, Republic of Serbia), 2001-2004