Larissa Versloot forsvarer sin ph.d.-afhandling ved Institut for Statskundskab

Ph.d.-forsvar

Kandidat

Larissa Muriel Versloot

Titel

"Maintaining Trust in International Relations-Trust reproduction and protection in everyday diplomatic practice at the European Union".

Afhandlingen

Afhandlingen kan lånes via Det Kongelige bibliotek.

Tid og sted

Mandag den 17. oktober 2022 kl. 14:00 på Københavns Universitet, Center for Sundhed og Samfund, lokale 1.1.02. Af hensyn til kandidaten lukkes dørene præcis kl. 14:00.

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Bedømmelsesudvalg

  • Professor Anders Wivel, Institut for Statskundskab, Københavns Universitet (forperson)
     
  • Professor Stephanie Hofmann, European University Institute
     
  • Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler, University of Birmingham

Resumé

This dissertation is concerned with studying trust maintenance in multilateral diplomacy. It focuses on a segment of international relations where it is commonly presumed trust has manifested itself: the diplomatic community of the Council of the European Union (EU). Theoretically, the dissertation argues for understanding trust as a social process of trusting which is constituted via practical enactments. Empirically, this dissertation gives a unique insight into the workings of trust in EU diplomacy. From an in-depth engagement with the field, it distills prominent practices for the reproduction and protection of trust.

Taken together, this dissertation is a call for taking trust maintenance seriously as an independent process next to the emergence of trust, or the transformation of distrust to trust in international relations. Against the background of what is often seen as a changing world order, this dissertation opens space to understand why trust may weaken or wear out in some places and retain its strength in others.