Dr Ralf Emmers joins the Politics Department
The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to welcome Dr Ralf Emmers into the post of Senior Lecturer in International Politics of East Asia. Dr Emmers joined the Department on 1 January 2023 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he was Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and Professor in International Relations.
Dr Emmers’ expertise in the security structure of East Asia greatly enriches the Department’s research and teaching profile. His authored books include Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF (Routledge, 2003), Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia (Routledge, 2010), Resource Management and Contested Territories in East Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific co-written with Sarah Teo (Melbourne University Press, 2018). He is also the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook on Peaceful Change in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2022). Ralf has contributed numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in edited volumes. His research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Sasakawa Foundation, and the European Union. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Griffith University and Warwick University.
Starting his appointment at SOAS, Dr Emmers said:
"I am delighted to be joining SOAS and I look forward to working closely with colleagues and students from the Department of Politics and International Studies and across the entire School. SOAS is world famous for its expertise on Africa, Asia and the Middle East and I am keen to make my own contribution to its research and teaching activities."
