Main Areas of Research

At the Professorship of European Studies and International Relations Prof. Dr. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet and her staff focus on the vast array of foreign, security, and developmental policies, , as well as the numerous questions related to Europe. In particular they do research in the following fields:

• European Studies: Specifically European Foreign, Security, and Defence Policy, reform processes as well as media representation of the European Union.
  
  
• International Organizations: UN, EU, and NATO as well as interorganizational cooperation. 
  
  
• International Crisis and Conflict Management
  
  
• German, French, and British Foreign and European Policies
  
  
• The rise of new powers: Especially Indian Foreign Policy
  
  
• African International Relations: Particularly Chinese, Indian, European, and US Policies towards Africa
  
  
• Theories of International Relations: Notably Constructivism and Role Theory