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Dr Evans Fanoulis

BA., MA., MA., PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer above the bar in International & Global Politics
Aras Moyola
E: evans.fanoulis@universityofgalway.ie
Twitter: @EvansFanoulis
Lecturer Above The Bar
School of Sociology & Politics
University of Galway
E: evans.fanoulis@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Dr Evans Fanoulis is lecturer above the bar in International & Global Politics at the School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway. He was previously assistant professor at Xi¿an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, postdoc researcher at Metropolitan University Prague, lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester and fellow at the Department of Government, University of Essex, where he also did his doctorate. He received training at the EU Commission and European External Action Service, and worked as research officer for the FP7 ANVIL (Analysis of Civil Security Systems in Europe) project. His main research interests lie within democracy and populism in Europe, EU foreign policy, and post-structuralist IR theory. He has published a research monograph entitled The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy: Between Practices of Governance and Practices of Freedom with Routledge and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies. Other publications of his include articles in the journals European Security, Review of International Studies, Global Society, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Politics and Governance, and Journal of Common Market Studies as well as book chapters in edited volumes.

Research Interests

Dr Fanoulis' research interests lie within democracy and populism in Europe, EU foreign policy, and post-structuralist IR theory. 

Books

  Year Publication
(2017) The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy.
Evangelos Fanoulis (2017) The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy. Abingdon: Routledge. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
(2020) The Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies.
Bigo, D., Diez, T., Fanoulis, E., Rosamond, B., and Stivachtis, I (Ed.). (2020) The Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies The Routledge Handbook of Critical European Studies. London: Routledge. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2024) 'Agonistic reflections on the legitimacy of EU referenda'
Evangelos Fanoulis (2024) 'Agonistic reflections on the legitimacy of EU referenda'. Journal Of European Integration, 46 (1):89-106 [Details]
(2023) 'The leader and the people: Shifting boundaries in Chinese populist discourse'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Alessandra Cappelletti (2023) 'The leader and the people: Shifting boundaries in Chinese populist discourse'. Journal Of Language And Politics, [Details]
(2022) 'Cooperation between EU and China: A post-liberal governmentality approach'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Weiqing Song (2022) 'Cooperation between EU and China: A post-liberal governmentality approach'. Review Of International Studies, [Details]
(2022) 'The conceptual dimensions of EU public diplomacy'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Kyriakos Revelas (2022) 'The conceptual dimensions of EU public diplomacy'. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, [Details]
(2018) 'The EU¿s democratisation discourse and questions of European identification'
Evangelos Fanoulis (2018) 'The EU¿s democratisation discourse and questions of European identification'. Jcms-Journal Of Common Market Studies, [Details]
(2017) 'Anger and protest: referenda and opposition to the EU in Greece and the UK'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Simona Guerra (2017) 'Anger and protest: referenda and opposition to the EU in Greece and the UK'. Cambridge Review Of International Affairs, [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
(2021) 'Aporias in Greece and Spain's Left-wing Inclusive Populism'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Simona Guerra (2021) 'Aporias in Greece and Spain's Left-wing Inclusive Populism' New Political Science, . [Details]
(2020) 'Veridiction and Leadership in Transnational Populism: The Case of DiEM25'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Simona Guerra (2020) 'Veridiction and Leadership in Transnational Populism: The Case of DiEM25' Politics and Governance, . [Details]
(2018) 'Knowledge of the EU and citizen participation in European governance: An agonistic democracy perspective'
Evangelos Fanoulis (2018) 'Knowledge of the EU and citizen participation in European governance: An agonistic democracy perspective' European Politics and Society, . [Details]
(2018) 'Sovereignty a-venir: Towards a normative understanding of sovereignty'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Vjosa Musliu (2018) 'Sovereignty a-venir: Towards a normative understanding of sovereignty' Global Society, . [Details]
(2015) 'Civil security in the EU: national persistence versus EU ambitions?'
Kirchner, E., Fanoulis, E., and Dorussen, H. (2015) 'Civil security in the EU: national persistence versus EU ambitions?' European Security, . [Details]
(2014) 'Understanding the social construction of the democratic deficit in CSDP: a Foucauldian approach'
Evangelos Fanoulis (2014) 'Understanding the social construction of the democratic deficit in CSDP: a Foucauldian approach' European Security, . [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2024) 'Chinese Populism: One of a Kind?'
Evangelos Fanoulis & Alessandra Cappelletti (2024) 'Chinese Populism: One of a Kind?' In: The Internationalization of Populism. Populism beyond the Nation-State?. Lanham: Lexington Books. [Details]
(2019) 'Human security in EU foreign policy: lessons from the Pacific'
Evangelos Fanoulis (2019) 'Human security in EU foreign policy: lessons from the Pacific' In: The European Union in the Asia Pacific: Rethinking Europe¿s interests, roles and policies. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
(2017) 'EU uGovernment: a solution for more citizen participation in EU policy-making'
Fanoulis, E. and Pena Rios, A. (2017) 'EU uGovernment: a solution for more citizen participation in EU policy-making' In: Communicating Europe, Contesting Europe: European Democracy, the Media and Eurosceptic and Critical Movements. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2016) 'Civil protection: identifying opportunities for collaboration'
Dorussen, H., Ling, J., and Fanoulis, E. (2016) 'Civil protection: identifying opportunities for collaboration' In: EU-China Security Cooperation: Performance and Prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
(2015) 'The EU as a regulator of civil security across Europe'
Dorussen, H., Fanoulis, E., and Kirchner, E. (2015) 'The EU as a regulator of civil security across Europe' In: European Civil Security Governance: Diversity and Cooperation in Crisis and Disaster Management. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2015) 'Non-traditional security issues'
Fanoulis, E. and Kirchner, E (2015) 'Non-traditional security issues' In: China, the European Union and International Politics of Global Governance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
(2023) Critical Theory and International Relations. Knowledge, Power and Practice, by S. Hobden [Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023]: Book Review.
Evangelos Fanoulis (2023) Critical Theory and International Relations. Knowledge, Power and Practice, by S. Hobden [Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023]: Book Review. Book Review [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2014) Country studies of the UK, Ireland and Malta.
Fanoulis, E., Kirchner, E. and Dorussen, H. (2014) Country studies of the UK, Ireland and Malta. FP7 Project Analysis of Civil Security Systems in Europe (ANVIL), Brussels. [Details]

Policy Contribution

  Year Publication
(2014) Civil Security and the European Union: A survey of European civil security systems and the role of the EU in building shared crisis management capacities.
Boin, A., Bossong, R., Brazova, V., Di Camillo, F., Coste, F., Dorussen, H., Ekengren, M., Fanoulis, E., Hegemann, H., Hellenberg, T., Kesetovic, Z., Kirchner, E., Kuipers, S., Marrone, A., Matczak, P., Nexon, E., Pettersson, Y., Rhinard, M., Samardzija, V., Szalankiewicz, D., Tessari, P. Ungaro, A. and Visuri, P. (2014) Civil Security and the European Union: A survey of European civil security systems and the role of the EU in building shared crisis management capacities. Policy Contribution [Details]

Other Item

  Year Publication
(2018) Online Module: The Lisbon Treaty.
Fanoulis, E., Puraite, A. and Trautmann, S. (2018) Online Module: The Lisbon Treaty. Other Item [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2020 Internal Research Grant Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
UK Higher Education Academy Fellow /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2007 King's College London MA International Relations
2005 University of Macedonia (Greece) BA (Honours) International & European Economics & Politics
2010 University of Essex MA Ideology & Discourse Analysis
2014 University of Essex PhD Ideology & Discourse Analysis/EU Politics

Languages

  Language
French
German
English
Greek
Chinese
Czech
Italian

Teaching Interests

Contemporary International Relations
EU Politics and European Integration
Security Studies

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2023 - to date Security & World Affairs: People, Planet, Places SP3215
2022 - to date International & Global Politics SP2117

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country Description of Collaboration
Dr Debora Malito Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University CHINA
Dr Alessandra Cappelletti Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University CHINA

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