The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) is delighted to announce the new editorial team of the Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD), published by Palgrave Macmillan in association with the Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana for 2021-2024.
The new team, led by Dr Xymena Kurowska (Associate Professor of International Relations, Central European University) and Prof. Saskia Stachowitsch (Professor of International Politics, Vienna University) will take over the editorial responsibilities of JIRD from the present Coordinating Editors Dr Akos Kopper and Dr Paul Roe, and their team of Associate Editors, from 1 January 2021.
The incoming editorial team includes scholars with a strong CEE regional connection, academically and/or biographically. The new Associate Editors bring on board an outstanding record of state-of-art scholarship that straddles paradigms and further broadens the pluralistic base of JIRD by their commitment to the epistemological and methodological diversity and cutting-edge work that critically engages with global politics from a variety of perspectives. The incoming team of Associate Editors includes: Dr Felix Ciută (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies), Dr Michael Dorsch (CEU), Prof. Stephanie Hofmann(Graduate Institute Geneva), Prof. Frédéric Mérand (University of Montreal), Dr Rafi Youatt (The New School for Social Research), and Dr Srdjan Vučetić (University of Ottawa). Dr Katarina Kušić (Aberystwyth University) will join the team in the capacity of the journal’s Communications Officer. The editorial team continues to be supported by the Managing Editors based at the University of Ljubljana, the original home base of the journal.
CEEISA is very grateful to the International Relations Department of Central European University (Vienna, Austria) for its continuing commitment to support the editorial work of JIRD, defying the difficult circumstances of CEU relocation to Austria and the global pandemic.
On behalf of the whole CEEISA community, I would like to thank the current coordinating editors Dr Akos Kopper and Dr Paul Roe for their excellent work in leading JIRD into its current globally recognised position. We look forward to the incoming editorial team to consolidate the achievements and reputation inherited from the outgoing team of the journal – and to take JIRD to further intellectual heights and visibility in the field.
Maria Mälksoo, CEEISA President