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.