Dr. Gergana Noutcheva

Biography

Gergana Noutcheva is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Maastricht University. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, obtained in 2006. Since joining the Political Science Department of Maastricht University in January 2007, she has served as a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels from 2002 to 2006 and a Marie Curie Fellow at her current institution from 2008 to 2010. Noutcheva specializes in European foreign policy, particularly the European Neighbourhood Policy and its implications for democratization in the Balkans and the post-Soviet space. She coordinates the module 'The EU International Player' in the MA programme of European Studies and teaches courses on EU democracy promotion at the BA level. Gergana has published extensively on EU enlargement policy and democracy promotion, with her work featured in several high-profile journals, including the Journal of Common Market Studies and West European Politics. She is also the author of 'European Foreign Policy Challenges: Balkan Accession: Conditionality, Legitimacy, and Compliance' and has co-edited volumes on EU values and security in its foreign policy.

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