Niklas Heijl BrembergSenior lecturer

I currently teach: International Security Politics (MA level); Analytical Perspectives on Politics (MA level); European Politics (MA level). I have taught the MA course in International Relations at the Dept. of Government, Uppsala University as well as International Politics and European Politics at the BA level at the Dept. of Political Science, Stockholm University. I have held guest lectures and seminars on European politics and EU foreign and security policy at Edinburgh University, University of Exeter, University of Antwerpen, Université de Montréal, Queen’s University, Swedish National Defence University, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Liverpool and Södertörn University College.

My research interests include theories of International Relations and European integration (especially constructivist theories and methodologies), practice approaches, security communities and communities of practice, EU foreign and security policy, international cooperation on climate-related security risks, Euro-Mediterranean relations (especially EU-North Africa) and Spanish politics (especially Catalan independence). I currently research international cooperation on climate security (see “research projects” below).

Recent publications

Niklas Bremberg, Joseph Earsom & Franziska Petri (2025) “The geopolitics of the Anthropocene and EU climate diplomacy” European Politics and Society, published online.

Niklas Bremberg & Jouni Reinikainen (2024) “Voluntary association, not state consent: why the EU’s stance on secession rests on the wrong concept of legitimacy” Regional & Federal Studies, 34:5, pp.713-732.

Niklas Bremberg & Anna Michalski (2024) “The European Union climate diplomacy: evolving practices in a changing geopolitical context?” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 19:3, pp.506-535.

Emanuel Adler, Niklas Bremberg & Maïka Sondarjee (2024) “Communities of practice in world politics: advancing a research agenda” Global Studies Quarterly, 4:1, ksad070.

Niklas Bremberg & Elsa Hedling (2024) “Crisis and transformative learning in communities of practice: lessons learning in CSDP during Covid-19” Global Studies Quarterly, 4:1, ksad078.

Niklas Bremberg (2024) ”Internationellt samarbete om klimat och säkerhet: hur kan Sverige bidra?” [International cooperation on climate change and security: how can Sweden contribute?] in: Orostider: Förr och nu Marinmuseets årsbok 2024. Karlskrona: Marinmuseum.

Niklas Bremberg (2024) “Sverige, Nato och den transatlantiska säkerhetsgemenskapen” [Sweden, NATO and the Transatlantic Security Community]” in: Hagström, Linus (ed.) Är Sverige säkert nu? Perspektiv på Nato och svensk säkerhetspolitik Stockholm: Carlsson Förlag

Niklas Bremberg (2023) “The OSCE and climate security: diplomatic practice in a changing geopolitical context” International Affairs, 99:3, pp.1149–1165.

Niklas Bremberg & Ludvig Norman (eds.) (2023) Dilemmas of European Democracy, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Niklas Bremberg, Malin Mobjörk & Florian Krampe (2022) “Global Responses to Climate Security: Discourses, Institutions and Actions” Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 17:3, pp.341-356.

Linus Hagström & Niklas Bremberg (2022) “Aikido and World Politics: Towards a Practice Theory for Transcending the Security Dilemma” European Journal of International Relations, 28:2, pp.263-286.

Niklas Bremberg & Richard Gillespie (2022) Scotland, Catalonia and the EU: visions of independence and integration, London: Routledge.

Anna Michalski, August Danielsson, Elsa Hedling & Niklas Bremberg (2022) The everyday making of EU foreign and security policy: practices, socialization and the management of dissent, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers

Niklas Bremberg (2022) “Climate Security in the Mediterranean: What Prospects for Regional Cooperation?” in: Dessì, A. (ed.) Climate Change and Security in the Mediterranean: Understanding the Nexus, Unpacking International Policy Responses, Rome: Istituto Affari Internazionali

Elsa Hedling & Niklas Bremberg (2021) “Practice Approaches to the Digital Transformations of Diplomacy: Towards a New Research Agenda” International Studies Review, 23:4, pp.1595-1618.

Niklas Bremberg & Stefan Borg (2021) “Ambiguous Power? A relational approach to how the EU exercises power in Morocco and Tunisia” Journal of International Relations and Development, 24:1, pp.128-148.

Niklas Bremberg & Anniek Barnhoorn (2021) “Advancing the role of the OSCE in the field of climate security” SIPRI Policy Brief, Sep. 2021, Stockholm: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Niklas Bremberg (2020) “From ‘partnership’ to ‘principled pragmatism’: tracing the discursive practices of the High Representatives in the EU’s relations with the Southern Mediterranean” European Security, 29:3, pp. 359-375. 

Niklas Bremberg (2020) “The dream of the nation-state: is regional secessionism a threat to European integration?” in: Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, A., et al. (eds.) The European Union and the Return of the Nation-State, Basingstoke: Palgrave  

Niklas Bremberg, Veronica Brodén Gyberg, Karolina Eklöw, Malin Mobjörk, Rickard Söder (2020) ”Säkerhet i klimatkrisen spår” Världspolitikens Dagsfrågor, no.7-8/2020

Niklas Bremberg, Hannes Sonnsjö & Malin Mobjörk (2019) “EU and climate security: a community of practice in the making?” Journal of European Integration, 41:5, pp.623-639.

Niklas Bremberg (2019) “EU foreign and security policy and climate-related security risks” SIPRI Policy Brief, Nov. 2019, Stockholm: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Niklas Bremberg (2019) “The EU and Climate-related Security Risks: the Case of the Sahel” in: Bassou, Abdelhak et al. (eds.) Climate Security in the Sahel and the Mediterranean: Local and Regional Responses, EuroMeSCo Joint Policy Study, 2019:13, Barcelona: IEMed

Lisa Dellmuth, Maria-Therese Gustafsson, Niklas Bremberg & Malin Mobjörk (2018) “International governmental organizations and climate security: advancing the research agenda” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 9:1, pp.1-13

Federica Bicchi & Niklas Bremberg (eds.) (2018) European diplomacy in practice: interrogating power, agency and change, London: Routledge

Niklas Bremberg (2018) ”Spanien: demokrati i kris” Världspolitikens dagsfrågor, no.2/2018

Niklas Bremberg (2018) “The European Security Community: history and current challenges” in: Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, A, et al. (eds.) Security Issues in the European Union: Threats and Opportunities Edward Elgar Publishers

Niklas Bremberg (2018) “European regional organizations and climate-related security risks: EU, OSCE and NATO”, SIPRI Insight on Peace and Security, no.1/2018, Stockholm: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Niklas Bremberg & Malena Britz (2017) “From region-building to crisis management: EU security strategies towards the Southern Mediterranean” in: Sperling, J. & Economides, S. (eds.) The EU’s security strategies London: Routledge

Niklas Bremberg (2017) “Do regional organizations contribute to security? Perspectives on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation” in: Gillespie, R & Volpi, F. (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Mediterranean Politics London: Routledge

Niklas Bremberg (2016) Diplomacy and Security Community-Building: EU and crisis management in the Western Mediterranean, London: Routledge

Federica Bicchi & Niklas Bremberg (2016) “European diplomatic practices: contemporary challenges and innovative approaches” European Security, 25:4, pp.391-406

Niklas Bremberg (2016) “Making sense of the EU’s response to the Arab spring: Foreign policy practice at times of crisis”, European Security, 25:4, pp.423-441

Niklas Bremberg & Pernille Rieker (2016) “Security Community-Building in Times of Crisis: Morocco, the ENP, and Practices of Mutual Responsiveness” in: Rieker, Pernille (ed.) Security Communities and External Governance Houndmills: Palgrave