School of Social and Political Science

Background

Nicola Nymalm joined the University of Edinburgh in May 2024. Previously, she was an Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University. Her research interests include relations between ‘established’ and ‘emerging’ powers drawing from critical approaches to IR, IPE, security, and military studies. She is the author of From ‘Japan Problem’ to ‘China Threat’? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific (Routledge, 2023) and her previous work has appeared in journals such as International Political Sociology, International Studies Review, Review of International Studies and Journal of International Relations and Development. 

Nicola received her PhD in Political Science/International Relations from Kiel University in Germany in July 2015. Her dissertation project was funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR) in Helsinki. Nicola holds an M.A. in Contemporary history, Chinese studies and European law from the Humboldt University and Free University in Berlin, and a Master of Peace and Security Studies (M.P.S.) from the University of Hamburg.

Roles and responsibilities

Programme Co-Director, MSc International Relations

Current PhD students supervised:

Mariana Vieira 

Zhehao Du

Kazuto Matsuda