Morten Valbjørn
Associate Professor
PhD (Political Science)
MSc (Political Science)
Supplementary Degree in Middle East Studies
Contact information
Department of Political Science
Aarhus University
Bartholins Allé 7
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
E-mail: mortenV@ps.au.dk
Web: http://ps.au.dk/valbjorn
On the research project SWAR: Sectarianism in the Wake of the Arab Revolts see www.ps.au.dk/swar
On the research project TOI: Bringing in the Other Islamists, see www.ps.au.dk/toi
Scientific focus areas
- Sectarian Politics before, during and after the Arab Revolts
- Muslim politics
- Middle Eastern (Shia and Sunni) Islamism(s) before and after the Arab Revolts
- The study of politics in an (un)exceptional Middle East
- Identity politics in (the study of) the modern Middle East
- Authoritarian resilience and democratization in a 'new Middle East'
- The role of cultural diversity and otherness in international relations and the implications for the IR discipline.
- Global IR/Middle East Studies
- Sociology of Knowledge
- The International Relations Theory/Area Studies-nexus in different Cultural-Institutional Contexts
- The transformation of Arab nationalism(s)
- Regional Cold Wars and Proxy Warfare
- (New) English School Theory at the regional level and post-positivist IR Theory.