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Prof. Jeffrey T. Checkel
Simon Fraser University
School for International Studies
Professor and Simons Chair
E-Mail: jtcheckel@sfu.ca
Homepage: http://www.sfu.ca/internationalstudies/checkel.html
Short CV
Jeffrey T. Checkel is Professor of International Studies and Simons Chair in International Law and Human Security at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. He is the author of Ideas and International Political Change: Soviet/Russian Behavior and the End of the Cold War (Yale University Press, 1997), editor of International Institutions and Socialization in Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and co-editor (with Peter J. Katzenstein) of European Identity (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
After finishing his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, Program in Defense and Arms Control Studies in 1991, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and afterwards as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Konstanz. He worked at the Arena Centre for European Studies, Oslo from 1998-2001 and at the University of Oslo until 2008 .
In addition to his position at Simon Fraser University, Jeffery T. Checkel is also Research Professor, Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), where he leads a working group on 'Transnational and International Facets of Civil War.'
During his short term visits in May 2009 and May 2010, Jeffrey T. Checkel enriched the work of the KFG.
Main fields of interest
- International relations theory (international institutions, constructivism, transnational politics, civil war)
- European integration (socialization dynamics, identity)
- Human rights
- Qualitative methods
Recent publications
Monographs and Edited Volumes
Ed. (2013). Transnational Dynamics of Civil War. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
with P. J. Katzenstein, Eds. (2009). European Identity. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
(forthcoming). Identity, Europe and the World beyond Public Spheres. In: European Public Spheres: Bringing Politics Back In. Eds. Thomas Risse and Marianne van de Steeg. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
(2012). Theoretical Pluralism in IR: Possibilities and Limits. In: Handbook of International Relations, Second Edition. Ed. W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse and B. Simmons. London, Sage.
with P. J. Katzenstein (2009). The Politicization of European Identities. In: European Identity. Ed. J. Checkel and P. J. Katzenstein. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1-28.
with P. J. Katzenstein (2009). Conclusion – European Identity in Context. In: European Identity. Eds. J. Checkel, Jeffrey and P. J. Katzenstein. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 213-227.
(2012). Theoretical Synthesis in IR: Possibilities and Limits. In Handbook of International Relations, 2nd Edition. Eds. W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse and B. Simmons. London: Sage Publications.
(2008). Process Tracing. In: Qualitative Methods in International Relations: A Pluralist Guide. Ed. A. Klotz. Palgrave Macmillan.
(2007). Constructivism and Foreign Policy. In: Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases. Eds. T. Dunne, A. Hadfield and S. Smith. Oxford University Press.
(2007). Social Mechanisms and Regional Cooperation. Are Europe and the EU Really All That Different? In: Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective. Eds. A. Acharya and A. I. Johnston. Cambridge University Press.
(2007). Constructivism and EU Politics. In: Handbook on European Union Politics. Eds. K. E. Joergensen, M. Pollack and B. Rosamond. Sage Publications.
(2006). "Tracing Causal Mechanisms (ISR Forum)." International Studies Review 8(2): 362-370.
Other Articles, Book Chapters and Working Papers
(2008). "Bridging the Gap? Connecting Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in the Study of Civil War (Symposium)." Qualitative Methods: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 6(1).
(2007). "Paradigm Wars or Scientific Pluralism? A Modest Proposal for EU Studies." European Union Studies Association EUSA Review 20(2): 9-11.
