EU-CIVCAP Staff Work Package Leader – WP 7

Michael E. Smith is Professor of International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. Prior to this he was a Reader in International Relations at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta.  He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California (Irvine) as well as an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Central Florida.  He has been a Fulbright scholar to the European Union in Brussels, a Council for European Studies fellow, a visiting research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, and a University of California Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation/MacArthur Foundation fellow.  He was the founder and first co-chair of the “EU as a Global Actor” interest section of the European Union Studies Association (2003-07), and he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of European Public Policy and European Security.

Deliverables

DL 1.2
EU-CIVCAP Policy Recommendations: Executive Summary of the Final Report including Guidance for Policymakers

Lead Author: Juncos, A.E.
Lead Institution: University of Bristol
Contributing Authors: G. Algar-Faria, C. Barbieri, T. De Zan, H. Dijkstra, N. Habbida, N. Pirozzi, M.E. Smith, B. Venturi, T. Vogel and P.H. Zartsdahl

Published: 30 September 2018

[PDF, ~14.1MB; click to access]

DL 7.1
EU-CIVCAP Catalogue of Lessons Identified in conflict prevention and peacebuilding

Lead Author: Smith, M.E.
Lead Institution: University of Aberdeen

Published: 20 November 2018

[PDF, ~2MB; click to access]

DL 7.2
EU-CIVCAP Brochure: Best Practices in EU Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

Lead Author: Smith, M.E.
Lead Institution: University of Aberdeen
Contributing Authors: K. Abdi, C. Barbieri, E. Gillette, T. De Zan, H. Dijkstra, A.E. Juncos, N. Habbida, N. Pirozzi, S. Simons, B. Venturi, P.H. Zartsdahl

Published: 12 October 2018

[PDF, ~1.2MB; click to access]

DL 7.3
Report on future priorities for Horizon Europe security research

Author: Smith, M.E. and A.E. Juncos
Institution: University of Aberdeen

Published: 6 November 2017 (updated 1 November 2018)

[PDF, ~0.9MB; click to access]

DL 7.4: Reacting to Conflict: Civilian Capabilities in the EU, UN and OSCE

Author: Smith, M.E.
Institution: University of Aberdeen

Published: 8 May 2017

[PDF, ~1.7MB; click to access]

Journal Articles

Title: Learning in European Union peacebuilding: rhetoric and reality
Author: Smith, M.E.
Year: 2018
Journal: Global Affairs
Volume: 4
Issue: 2–3
Pages: 215–225

[Access provided via Taylor & Francis Online]

Title: Implementing the Global Strategy where it matters most: the EU’s credibility deficit and the European neighbourhood
Author: Smith, M.E.
Year: 2016
Journal: Contemporary Security Policy
Volume: 37
Issue: 3
Pages: 446–460

[Access provided via Taylor & Francis Online]

Work Packages

WP7: LEARN

Lessons identified, lessons learned, and best practices

WP8: SHARE

Dissemination and communication

Institutional Affiliation

University of Aberdeen

UABDN contributes with expertise on the EU’s common foreign / security / defence policy.