Mark Rhinard

Contact

Name and title: Mark Rhinard

Mail: mark.rhinard@su.se

ORCID0000-0002-1903-4257 Länk till annan webbplats.

Workplace: Department of Economic History and International Relations Länk till annan webbplats.

Visiting address Room A 952Universitetsvägen 10 A, plan 9

Postal address Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer106 91 Stockholm

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About me

Mark Rhinard is Professor of International Relations at Stockholm University. He earned his MPhil and PhD degrees from Cambridge University and taught at Oxford University before being awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Leiden University. His research focuses on the institutional contexts of international cooperation, with particular attention to governance resilience in the face of transboundary security threats such as terrorism, pandemics, and climate-related disasters. He serves as Research Director at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and is an external advisor to the European Policy Centre in Brussels.

He is the author, co-author, or editor of European Union: Crisis and Challenges (Bloomsbury, 2023), Understanding the Creeping Crisis (Palgrave, 2021), Nordic Societal Security: Convergence and Divergence (Routledge, 2020), Theorising Internal Security Cooperation in the European Union (Oxford University Press, 2016), The European Commission (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), The European Union as Crisis Manager (Cambridge University Press, 2013), and Framing Europe: The Policy Shaping Strategies of the European Commission (Nijhoff, 2010). He also manages or participates in several internationally funded projects related to international crises, early warning, and societal resilience.

Teaching

My teaching involves leading or participating in the following courses:

PhD Teaching

‘Introduction to International Studies’
‘Theorising International Relations’
‘European Integration Theories’
Thesis supervision

Masters Teaching

‘Introduction to International Studies'
‘Theories of International Relations’
Thesis supervision

Undergraduate Teaching

‘Introduction to International Relations'
'Introduction to International Security'
‘International Cooperation and Global Governance Challenges’, Stockholm University

Research

My research examines how international institutions adapt to the governance challenges posed by transboundary security threats, with a particular focus on the European Union. I study how crises such as terrorism, pandemics, climate-related disasters, and geopolitical conflicts reshape the capacity, authority, and legitimacy of regional and international institutions. Drawing on international relations, crisis management, and state-building theory, I explore how governance resilience develops under pressure.

Current projects address:

The long-term polity-building effects of crises in the EU.
The role of early warning systems and expert networks in managing emerging threats.
The interaction between climate change, security politics, and institutional adaptation.
The evolution of Nordic and European approaches to societal resilience.

Overall, my work investigates how crises serve as catalysts of institutional change and what this implies for international cooperation in an era of uncertainty.

Publications

Olczak, Nicholas, and Mark Rhinard (2026) ‘Explaining varied responses to creeping crises: Government action on antimicrobial resistance in Europe’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 34(1): e70115. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.70115.

Moloney, David, and Mark Rhinard (2025) ‘Crisis-Induced Institutionalization: How the Commission’s Response to the Eurozone Crisis Shaped Its Influence During the Covid-19 Pandemic’, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 16(3): e70027. doi:10.1002/rhc3.70027.

Morsut, Claudia, and Mark Rhinard (2025) ‘The collective securitisation of climate change: Implications for climate adaptation policy in the United Nations and European Union’, Review of International Studies, First View. doi:10.1017/S0260210525100867.

Rhinard, Mark (2025) ‘Permanent Crisis Governance in the European Union’, in Sonia Lucarelli and James Sperling (eds), Handbook of European Union Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 199–215. doi:10.4337/9781803925189.00025.

Barquet, Karina, Mathilda Englund, and Mark Rhinard (2024) ‘Climate adaptation in multi-level governance systems: Security, risk, or normal politics?’, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 15(4): 441–467. doi:10.1002/rhc3.12321.

Barquet, Karina, Claudia Morsut, Mark Rhinard, et al. (2024) ‘Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities’, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 15(4): 1–27. doi:10.1002/rhc3.12322.

Rhinard, Mark, Claudia Morsut, et al. (2024) ‘Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: securitization in focus’, Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 42(4): 676–696. doi:10.1177/23996544231212730.

Torpan, Sten, et al. (2024) ‘Mitigating vulnerabilities with social media: a cross-national comparative study of European disaster managers’ practices’, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 15(2): 162–179. doi:10.1002/rhc3.12286.

Torpan, Sten, et al. (2024) ‘European emergency managers on social media: institutional arrangements and guidelines’, International Journal of Emergency Services, 13(1): 5–16. doi:10.1108/IJES-08-2022-0041.

Rhinard, Mark, Neill Nugent, and William E. Paterson (eds) (2023) Crises and Challenges for the European Union. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Boin, Arjen, and Mark Rhinard (2023) ‘Crisis management performance and the European Union: Covid-19 as case study’, Journal of European Public Policy, 30(4): 655–675. doi:10.1080/13501763.2022.2141304.

Rhinard, Mark (2023) ‘Crisification and the Future of the European Union Polity’, in Mark Rhinard, Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson (eds), Crises and Challenges for the European Union. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Nugent, Neill, William E. Paterson, and Mark Rhinard (2023) ‘Introduction: Moving Crises to the Centre of the Agenda’, in Mark Rhinard, Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson (eds), Crises and Challenges for the European Union. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Olsson Gardell, Eva-Karin, and Mark Rhinard (2023) ‘A Crisis Management Perspective on the European Union’, in Mark Rhinard, Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson (eds), Crises and Challenges for the European Union. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Nugent, Neill, William E. Paterson, and Mark Rhinard (2023) ‘Conclusion: The Future of the EU in a World of Crises’, in Mark Rhinard, Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson (eds), Crises and Challenges for the European Union. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Nahkur, Oliver, Kati Orru, et al. (2022) ‘The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe: Experiences from Covid-19 and beyond’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 83: 103413. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103413.

Andersson Formgren, Linnea, Magnus Ekengren, Mark Rhinard, et al. (2022) ‘Orsakerna till EU-ländernas skilda hantering av Covid-19-krisen: En forskningsagenda för jämförande studier’, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 124(1): 275–280.

Orru, Kati, Sten Hansson, Friedrich Gabel, et al. (2022) ‘Approaches to “vulnerability” in eight European disaster management systems’, Disasters, 46(3): 742–767. doi:10.1111/disa.12481.

Boin, Arjen, Magnus Ekengren, and Mark Rhinard (eds) (2021) Understanding the Creeping Crisis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70692-0.

Torpan, Sten, Sten Hansson, Mark Rhinard, et al. (2021) ‘Handling false information in emergency management: A cross-national comparative study of European practices’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 57: 102151. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102151.

Ekengren, Magnus, Alina Engström, and Mark Rhinard (2021) ‘Coronapandemin – en smygande kris vintern 2020’, Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 123(5): 33–66.

Bossong, Raphael, and Mark Rhinard (2021) ‘The Internal and External Security Nexus in Europe: Exploring and Problematising Its Emergence’, in Roberta Haar, Thomas Christiansen, Sabina Lange and Sophie Vanhoonacker (eds), The Making of European Security Policy: Between Institutional Dynamics and Global Challenges. London: Routledge, pp. 104–123. doi:10.4324/9781003032335-7-9.

Vashishtha, Swapnil, and Mark Rhinard (2021) ‘Big Data as a Creeping Crisis’, in Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren and Mark Rhinard (eds), Understanding the Creeping Crisis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 69–86. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70692-0_5.

Boin, Arjen, Magnus Ekengren, and Mark Rhinard (2021) ‘Understanding Creeping Crises: Revisiting the Puzzle’, in Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren and Mark Rhinard (eds), Understanding the Creeping Crisis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 165–177. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70692-0_10.

Boin, Arjen, Magnus Ekengren, and Mark Rhinard (2021) ‘Understanding and Acting Upon a Creeping Crisis’, in Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren and Mark Rhinard (eds), Understanding the Creeping Crisis. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1–17. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70692-0_1.