Dr. Ruben Zaiotti

Assistant Professor 

Ruben Zaiotti joined the Department of Political Science in July 2010. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, a Master of Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA from the University of Bologna. His main areas of interest are international relations theory, international security, border control and European Union politics. He is currently working on two research projects. The first looks at the transatlantic partnership over issues of homeland security. The second examines the challenges of European Union foreign policy after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty.

Recent publications include the monograph “Cultures of Border Control: Schengen and the Evolution of European Frontiers” with University of Chicago Press and articles for Review of International Studies, Journal of European Integration, International Journal of Refugee Law, Cultures & Conflicts. He is the former editor in chief of the Journal of International Law and International Relations.

For the academic year 2010/2011 he will be teaching the following courses:

• POLI 3565 - Contemporary Security Studies
• POLI 3321 - Politics of the European Union
• POLI 5520B – Theories of International Relations
• POLI 3493 - Political Inquiry II: Philosophy of the Social Sciences