St Cross College, Oxford

Dr Joerg FriedrichsMA (PhD Munich); University Lecturer in Politics at the Oxford Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House)

Phone: +44 (0)1865 28 18 20
Email: joerg.friedrichs

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Jörg Friedrichs has a theoretical interest in international relations, historical political sociology, and global governance. He combines this with an empirical focus on international security, as well as the nexus between energy resources and social change. Most of his publications have been on the transformation of the monopoly of force, with a particular focus on international police cooperation, counter-terrorism, and private force.

His PhD was awarded for a thesis on European Approaches to International Relations Theory (Routledge, 2004). He has published another research monograph on Fighting Terrorism and Drugs: Europe and International Police Cooperation (Routledge, 2008). His articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as International Organization, European Journal of International Relations, and Leiden Journal of International Law.

Dr Friedrichs is currently developing his research agenda in two directions:

• Changing Uses of Force. The way force is employed is changing in various directions simultaneously: internationalization, privatization, fusion of the internal (police) and external (military) use of force, and devolution to communal social groups. These trends are examined for both industrialized and developing countries.
• Energy Resources and Social Change. From its inception, industrial capitalism has been based on energy. A global decline in oil production ("peak oil") would lead to a variety of reactions in different parts of the world. The project examines the multiple ways by which energy resources and social change are connected.