Stefano Guzzini
Professor (leave of absence) at Department of Government; Faculty
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- Leave of absence:
- 2023-09-01 - 2028-08-31
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Short presentation
My research focus lies within the field of International Relations, relying on social and political theory, political science, sociology and political economy. The focus of my publications has been with realism and constructivism in international theory, foreign policy analysis (mainly applied in Europe), as well as with the conceptual analysis and theories of power. More recently, I have worked on interpretivist methodologies (process tracing and notions of causality) and critical geopolitics.
Biography
Diplômé de l'IEP de Paris, MSc (Econ) LSE, PhD in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute
Present positions (besides Uppsala): Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (since 2000) and Distinguished International Professor at Instituto de Relaciones Internacionais (IRI) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Previous positions: Assistant Professor of Political Science (1994-1997) and then Associate Professor of International Relations and European Studies (and head of department) at the Central European University, Budapest (1997-2002), Associate Professor of Government, Uppsala University (2002-05), DAAD Guest Professor at the University of Bremen (2007-2008), and Guest Professor at PUC-Rio de Janeiro (2011). Former Fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (2007-2008) and at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin (2012-2013).
President of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), and former member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group of International Relations (SGIR) of the ECPR and of the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Editorial committee member of the book series of the SGIR/EISA (Palgrave Series in International Relations (since 2006) and of C&M Working Paper Series (of the IPSA Committee on Concepts and Methods, since 2013). Former editor of Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD, 2004-2008) and editorial committee member of Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (2002-2010), European Journal of International Relations (2004-2008), as well as of the book series of the IR Section of German Political Science Association (2005-2011). International Advisory Board member of Contexto Internacional, Cooperation and Conflict, International Political Sociology, International Relations, International Studies Review, Journal of Global Analysis, Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review, Relaciones Internacionales (Madrid), Review of International Political Economy. Former editorial committee member of European Journal of International Relations.

Publications
Selection of publications
Power, realism and constructivism
Routledge, 2013
The ends of International Relations Theory: Stages of reflexivity and modes of theorizing
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 521-541, 2013
Routledge, 2013
The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Cambridge University Press, 2012
The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance: International Political Economy meets Foucault
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Securitization as a causal mechanism
Part of Security Dialogue, p. 329-341, 2011
SAGE, 2011
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 301-322, 2010
From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique
Part of Multilateralism under challenge?, p. 119-138, UNU Press, Tokyo, 2006
Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis
Part of Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics, p. 73-92, Routledge, London & New York, 2006
The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Millennium, p. 495-522, 2005
Contemporary Security Studies and Copenhagen Peace Research
Routledge, London & New York, 2004
The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 533-568, 2004
Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 40-52, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 1-12, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Luhmann's conceptualisation of power
Part of Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics, p. 208-222, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Foreign policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads
Part of International Relations, p. 291-297, 2002
Réalisme et analyse de la politique étrangère
Part of Politique étrangère. Nouveaux regards, p. 33-63, Presses de Sciences-Po, Paris, 2002
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 316-338, 2001
The different worlds of realism in International Relations
Part of Millennium, p. 111-121, 2001
The significance and roles of teaching theory in international relations
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 98-117, 2001
Calling for a less 'brandish' and less 'grand' reconvention
Part of Review of International Studies, p. 495-501, 2001
A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 147-182, 2000
Strange’s oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent
Part of Strange Power: Shaping the parameters of international relations and international political economy, p. 215-228, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000
The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory
Part of Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Routledge, London, 2000
The Italian Democrats of the Left
Part of Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization, Policies, Macmillan, London, 1999
Routledge, London et al., 1998
Economic and Monetary Union and the crisis of European Social Contracts
Part of The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union, p. 133-163, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997
Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power
Part of The Future of International Theory: Masters in the Making?, Routlegde, London et al., 1997
The "Long Night of the First Republic": years of clientelistic implosion in Italy
Part of Review of International Political Economy, p. 27-61, 1995
The coincidence of peaceful changes: the political economy of Italy at the end of the Cold War
Part of Peaceful changes in world politics, p. 283-336, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
Possibilities and limits of Republican World Politics: a concluding trialogue
Part of Peaceful changes in World Politics, p. 404-430, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
La longue nuit de la Première République: L'implosion clientéliste en Italie
Part of Revue Française de Science Politique, p. 979-1013, 1994
Structural power: the limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of International Organization, p. 443-478, 1993
A New Diplomacy for the post Cold War World: Essays for Susan Strange
Macmillan, London, 1993
Recent publications
Part of International Theory, p. 117-118, 2022
Part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, 2022
Potęga strukturalna: ograniczenia neorealistycznej koncepcji potęgi
Part of Stosunki międzynarodowe: Antologia tekstów źródłowych, p. 85-107, University of Warsaw Press, 2022
Ideas and Identity from Rationalism to Theories of Recognition
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Methods, p. 21-38, Routledge, 2022
“Vision of Itself” in Foreign Policy Analysis: From the Role of Ideas to Identity and Recognition
Part of Teoria Polityki, p. 33-57, 2022
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of International Theory, p. 117-118, 2022
“Vision of Itself” in Foreign Policy Analysis: From the Role of Ideas to Identity and Recognition
Part of Teoria Polityki, p. 33-57, 2022
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Part of International Theory, p. 449-458, 2020
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Part of International Studies Review, p. 268-288, 2020
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Preservando el momento humano (en memoria de Francisco Javier Peñas)
Part of Relaciones Internacionales, p. 201-206, 2019
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Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 423-445, 2017
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The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 399-422, 2017
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 737-759, 2017
Part of Relaciones Internacionales, p. 97-115, 2015
What kind of theory – if any – is securitization?
Part of International Relations, p. 96-136, 2015
Introduction: 'What kind of theory - if any - is securitization?'
Part of International Relations, p. 97-102, 2015
Benjamin Cohen on global order: when Keynes meets realism - and beyond
Part of Contexto Internacional, p. 851-887, 2015
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 142-146, 2014
Uma reconstrução do construtivismo nas relações internacionai
Part of Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD, p. 376-429, 2014
The ends of International Relations Theory: Stages of reflexivity and modes of theorizing
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 521-541, 2013
The periphery starts in our heads
Part of Przegląd Europejski (European Review), p. 14-18, 2013
Part of International Political Sociology, p. 111-113, 2013
Securitization as a causal mechanism
Part of Security Dialogue, p. 329-341, 2011
Marxist Geopolitics: Still a Missed Rendez-Vous?
Part of Geopolitics, p. 226-229, 2011
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 301-322, 2010
The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Millennium, p. 495-522, 2005
The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 533-568, 2004
In den IB nichts Neues? Der 11. September und die Rollenverständnisse der Disziplin
Part of Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, p. 135-146, 2004
Costruttivismo e ruolo delle istituzioni nelle relazioni internazionali
Part of Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, p. 215-235, 2003
Foreign policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads
Part of International Relations, p. 291-297, 2002
Part of Desafíos, p. 52-86, 2002
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 316-338, 2001
The different worlds of realism in International Relations
Part of Millennium, p. 111-121, 2001
The significance and roles of teaching theory in international relations
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 98-117, 2001
Calling for a less 'brandish' and less 'grand' reconvention
Part of Review of International Studies, p. 495-501, 2001
A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 147-182, 2000
The "Long Night of the First Republic": years of clientelistic implosion in Italy
Part of Review of International Political Economy, p. 27-61, 1995
La longue nuit de la Première République: L'implosion clientéliste en Italie
Part of Revue Française de Science Politique, p. 979-1013, 1994
Structural power: the limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of International Organization, p. 443-478, 1993
Books
Realizm w nauce o stosunkach międzynarodowych
Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2017
Power, realism and constructivism
Routledge, 2013
Il realismo nelle Relazioni Internazionali: Storia infinita di una morte annunciata
Vita e Pensiero, 2008
Contemporary Security Studies and Copenhagen Peace Research
Routledge, London & New York, 2004
Realismus v mezináárodníích vztazíích
Principal and Barrister, 2004
Routledge, London et al., 1998
A New Diplomacy for the post Cold War World: Essays for Susan Strange
Macmillan, London, 1993
Chapters in book
Part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, 2022
Potęga strukturalna: ograniczenia neorealistycznej koncepcji potęgi
Part of Stosunki międzynarodowe: Antologia tekstów źródłowych, p. 85-107, University of Warsaw Press, 2022
Ideas and Identity from Rationalism to Theories of Recognition
Part of The Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Methods, p. 21-38, Routledge, 2022
Power in communitarian evolution
Part of Theorizing World Orders, p. 35-52, Cambridge University Press, 2021
Part of The Social Construction of State Power, p. 217-232, Bristol University Press, 2020
International political sociology, or: the social ontology and power politics of process
Part of Routledge Handbook of International Political Sociology, p. 366-375, Routledge, 2017
Part of Max Weber and International Relations, p. 97-118, Cambridge University Press, 2017
Methods and Philosophy of Science: Psychology, Historical Science and Inefficient Causation
Part of Richard Ned Lebow, p. 35-44, Springer, 2017
Foreign Policy Identity Crises and the uses of the West
Part of Uses of the West, p. 13-36, Cambridge University Press, 2017
Teorie realistyczne i praktyka. Przedmowa do wydania polskiego
Part of Realizm w nauce o stosunkach międzynarodowych, p. 13-35, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2017
Following Onuf’s rules on rule: the legal road to social constructivism
Part of The Art of World Making: Nicholas Onuf and his critics, p. 175-188, Routledge, 2017
Part of Concepts in World Politics, p. 23-40, Sage Publications, 2016
Part of Concepts in World Politics, p. 23-40, Sage Publications, 2016
A História dual da Securitização
Part of Segurança, Liberdade e Política, p. 15-32, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2015
Power: Bourdieu’s field analysis of relational capital, misrecognition and domination
Part of Bourdieu in international relations, p. 78-92, Routledge, 2013
Part of Liberal World Orders, p. 247-256, Oxford University Press, 2013
In the beginning was conceptualisation
Part of Rethinking Foreign Policy, p. 3-14, Routledge, 2013
The concept of power: A constructivist analysis
Part of Power and politics, p. 335-358, Sage Publications, 2012
The mixed revival of geopolitics in Europe
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 219-250, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Structural power: The limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of Power and Politics, p. 139-176, Sage Publications, 2012
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 18-44, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Which puzzle?: An expected return of geopolitical thought in Europe?
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 9-17, Cambridge University Press, 2012
The ambivalent 'diffusion of power' in global governance
Part of The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance, p. 1-37, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Social mechanisms as micro-dynamics in constructivist analysis
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 251-277, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Part of Política exterior, hegemonía y estados pequeños, p. 14-22, Editorial Universitaria, 2012
The framework of analysis: Geopolitics meets foreign policy identity crises
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 45-74, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Constructivist view of power in International Relations
Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 138-141, SAGE, 2011
Fungibility of Power Resources
Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 266-267, SAGE, 2011
Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 563-567, SAGE, 2011
Power and International Politics
Part of International Encyclopedia of Political Science, p. 2109-2115, SAGE, 2011
Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, Sage Publications, 2011
Part of On Rules, Politics, and Knowledge, p. 23-36, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of Approaches to international relations, Vol. II: Critical approaches to international relations, p. 275-305, Sage, 2009
The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Power in World Politics, p. 23-42, Routledge, London & New York, 2007
From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique
Part of Multilateralism under challenge?, p. 119-138, UNU Press, Tokyo, 2006
Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis
Part of Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics, p. 73-92, Routledge, London & New York, 2006
Part of Encyclopedia of international relations and global politics, p. 689-694, Routledge, London & New York, 2005
Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 40-52, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Part of Politische Theorie der Gegenwart in Einzeldarstellungen von Adorno bis Young, p. 489-492, Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2004
Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 1-12, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Luhmann's conceptualisation of power
Part of Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics, p. 208-222, Routledge, London et al., 2004
Réalisme et analyse de la politique étrangère
Part of Politique étrangère. Nouveaux regards, p. 33-63, Presses de Sciences-Po, Paris, 2002
Making sense of constructivism in International Relations
Part of The Globalization of Eastern Europe, p. 53-76, Münster, LIT Verlag, 2000
Strange’s oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent
Part of Strange Power: Shaping the parameters of international relations and international political economy, p. 215-228, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000
The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory
Part of Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Routledge, London, 2000
The Italian Democrats of the Left
Part of Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization, Policies, Macmillan, London, 1999
Economic and Monetary Union and the crisis of European Social Contracts
Part of The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union, p. 133-163, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997
Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power
Part of The Future of International Theory: Masters in the Making?, Routlegde, London et al., 1997
The coincidence of peaceful changes: the political economy of Italy at the end of the Cold War
Part of Peaceful changes in world politics, p. 283-336, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
Possibilities and limits of Republican World Politics: a concluding trialogue
Part of Peaceful changes in World Politics, p. 404-430, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
Collections (editor)
O retorno da geopolítica na Europa?: Mecanismos sociais e crises de identidade de política externa
Editora Unesp, 2020
Routledge, 2013
The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Cambridge University Press, 2012
The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance: International Political Economy meets Foucault
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
SAGE, 2011
Reports
Power in communitarian evolution
2020
Hans J. Morgenthau and the three purposes of power
2018
2017
Re-reading Weber, or: the three fields for the analysis of power in International Relations
2007
Theorising International Relations: Lessons from Europe's periphery
2007
Theorizing International Relations: Lessons from Europe's periphery
2007
Re-reading Weber, or: the three fields for the analysis of power in international relations
2007
'Self-fulfilling geopolitics'? or: the social production of foreign policy expertise in Europe
2003
Other
[Review of:] Alexander Wendt, Quantum mind and social science: unifying physical and social ontology
Part of International Theory, p. 115-116, 2022
2019
Preserving the Human Moment: in memoriam Francisco Javier Penas
2019
International political sociology, or: the social ontology and power politics of process
2016
A dual history of securitization
2015
Reconstructing the Cold War: The Early Years, 1945-1958.
Part of Journal of Cold War Studies, p. 131-134, 2013
Part of Ethics and International Affairs, p. 78-80, 2009