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Dr Nicolai Gellwitzki
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Profile
Biography
Nicolai Gellwitzki is an International Relations scholar. Before joining York, he held an Early Career Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies and taught at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.
Nicolai Gellwitzki received his PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick. He also holds a degree in education from Josef-Mayr-Nussr Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik in Baiersdorf (Germany), a BA in International Relations from Libertas International University in Dubrovnik (Croatia), a MA in International Security from the University of Warwick (UK), and a MRes in Political Science from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (Spain).
Research
Overview
Nicolai's research has been published in leading international journals. Drawing on insights from existential philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and emotion research across the humanities, social and natural sciences, his work primarily focuses on the role of affectivity in Politics and International Relations, with a regional emphasis on Germany and the European Union.
His broader research interests encompass critical security studies, political psychology, international political sociology, and emotion research in Politics and International Relations.
Available PhD research projects
Dr Nicolai Gellwitzki welcomes PhD applications in the following areas:
- Ontological security
- Critical security studies
- Emotion research in Politics and International Relations
- International Relations Theory
- International Political Psychology
Publications
Selected publications
- Gellwitzki CNL and Houde A-M (2024) From Realpolitik to Gefühlspolitik: Strategically Narrating the European Union at the National Level. Journal of European Public Policy 31(2):403-427.
- Gellwitzki CNL and Houde A-M (2023) Narratives, Ontological Security, and Unconcious Phantasy: Germany and the European Myth during the Migration Crisis. Political Psychology 44(2): 435-451.
- Gellwitzki CNL (2022) Stimmung and Ontological Security: Anxiety, Euphoria, and Emerging Political Subjectivities during the 2015 “border opening” in Germany. Journal of International Relations and Development 25(4): 1101-1125.
- Gellwitzki CNL and Houde A-M (2022) Feeling the Heat: Emotions, Politicization, and the European Union. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 60(5): 1470-1487.
