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Daniel Thomas

Professor of International Relations

Name
Prof.dr. D.C. Thomas
Telephone
+31 71 527 1263
E-mail
d.c.thomas@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5556-037X

Daniel Thomas is Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science.

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Short CV

Daniel Thomas is Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. He served as head (‘scientific director’) of the Institute in 2017-2020.

He was trained in Political Science at Brandeis University (BA) and Cornell University (MA, PhD). Before coming to Leiden, he held research and teaching positions at the European University Institute, Harvard University, Stanford University, University College Dublin, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Pittsburgh, and Williams College.

He has also worked on international human rights and criminal justice issues at the European Commission’s Directorate General for External Relations (precursor to the European External Action Service).

Research

His research focuses on the sources, evolution and effects of international norms and institutions, especially as they relate to the politics of human rights and regional integration. He is currently completing a major research project on how evolving normative definitions of the limits of Europe shaped EU decision-making on enlargement from the late 1950s to the present. His book The Limits of Europe: Membership Norms and the Contestation of Regional Integration will be published by Oxford University Press in late 2021.

In addition, he continues to work on decision-making in EU foreign policy, including a theoretical exploration of how de-Europeanisation affects policy outcomes and a new study of how EU institutions limit the community’s ability to respond to global change.

In the past, he published The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights and the Demise of Communism (Princeton), Making EU Foreign Policy: National Preferences, European Norms and Common Policies (Palgrave), Negotiation Theory and the EU: The State of the Art (Routledge), World Security (St. Martin’s), and Peace and World Order Studies (Westview), plus book chapters and journal articles.

Teaching

He teaches courses on theories of international relations, international cooperation and institutions, and the transnational politics of human rights, and supervises research students in these and related fields.

PhD supervision

Daniel Thomas is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:

  • international relations
  • European integration
  • the politics of human rights

See for more information on PhD positions:

Institute of Political Science: PhD

Professor of International Relations

  • Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
  • Instituut Politieke Wetenschap

Work address

Wijnhaven
Turfmarkt 99
2511 DP The Hague
Room number 6.23

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