EDA-Egmont Institute PhD Prize with Prestigious Jury

The European Defence Agency and the Egmont Institute are delighted that all members of last year’s PhD Prize jury have confirmed their willingness to evaluate and select again this year’s winner of the EDA-Egmont Institute PhD Prize in Defence, Security and Strategy.

The jury is composed of:

Prof Sven Biscop (Jury Chair), Director of the Europe in the World Programme, Egmont Institute
Ms Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive, EDA
Dr Antonio Missiroli, Director, EUISS
Gen Patrick de Rousiers, Chairman, EUMC
Prof Jolyon Howorth, Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, University of Bath, and Visiting Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Dr Hilmar Linnenkamp, Advisor, Research Division International Security, SWP
Prof Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent

All members of the jury strongly encourage recent PhD graduates in the above mentioned fields to submit their thesis by 1 December 2013. The Prize will be awarded at the EDA Annual Conference on 27 March 2014 where the winner will also have the opportunity to present his/her findings. Additionally, the winner is awarded with a sum of 2,000 Euros, and the successful PhD thesis will be recommended by the editors, Prof Sven Biscop and Prof Richard Whitman, for inclusion in the Routledge European Strategy & Security Book Series.

Are you interested? Have you completed a PhD in an area related to defence, security and strategy during the past academic year? Are you a national of an EDA Member State or partner country (Norway, Switzerland)? If yes, we want you to apply (see documents below)!