Dr. Stephan Engelkamp

Biography

Stephan Engelkamp is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London. He previously lectured at the University of Muenster and the University of Magdeburg in Germany, and was a visiting professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Lille. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Graduate School of Politics in Muenster, Germany. His main research interests focus on global security governance processes, normalization in global European politics, critical approaches to peace and conflict, international relations theory with an emphasis on critical norms research and post-colonial approaches, and political anthropology. Engelkamp's research has been published in journals including Alternatives, International Studies Perspectives, and the European Review of International Studies. His cumulative PhD thesis, titled 'Writing Norms: Reflexive Norms Research in Political Practice', develops a critical approach to studying norms in international relations, particularly drawing on postcolonial, feminist, and anthropological research. He is also interested in experimenting with alternative forms of academic writing, including auto-ethnographic writing and the use of fictional literature in popular culture.

Research Interests