Mark Rhinard
Contact
Name and title: Mark Rhinard
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
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.
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
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.