Dr Preslava Stoeva

Assistant Professor of International Relations

Dr Stoeva received her PhD in International Relations from the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter in 2006. She holds a MA (first class) and BA (Magna Cum Laude) degree in international relations with a concentration in European studies from Huron University, London. Dr Stoeva is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and the British International Studies Association.

Dr Stoeva’s research interests are centred on the politics of international law, the role of international governmental and non-governmental organisations in global policy-making, the role of scientific knowledge in the development of international norms, and the changing nature of international insecurity. Her research incorporates a strong theoretical component, with a focus on constructivism, institutionalism, and the social construction of scientific knowledge. Empirically, Dr Stoeva’s research has examined the development of human rights norms, norms protecting intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry, norms aimed at the prevention of catastrophic climate change, as well as the role of social perceptions in the process of European integration.

Dr Stoeva has taught courses on the political history of the Cold War, security studies, foreign policy analysis and the foreign policy of the European Union, international law, international organisations, international relations theories, human rights, environmental politics, the politics of European integration, the role of non-state actors in the international system. She is enthusiastic about exploring methods of teaching and learning in a multicultural environment, at the graduate and undergraduate level of higher education. Dr Stoeva has taught at both British and American institutions of higher education in the UK.

Dr Stoeva has been involved with consultancy projects on the reform of higher education in Bulgaria, as well as with governmental and non-governmental projects in the realm of the politics of climate change and European integration. She is currently pursuing involvement with the newly established Centre on Health Security at Chatham House.

Publications

New Norms and Knowledge in World Politics – Protecting People, Intellectual Property and the Environment, Routledge, Milton Park: 2010

‘Powerlessness to address global climate change’, Foreign Policy Bulgaria, Jun/Jul 2008, 58-61. Translated by FP editors, available online: http://www.foreignpolicy.bg/show.php?storyid=523071

Book Review “The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism” by Daniel Thomas (2001) – published in International Affairs, vol. 78, no. 3, July 2002, 608-9

Conference Papers

British International Studies Association, Annual Conference – Warwick University, (2004) - delivered a paper entitled ‘Constructing a Theoretical Model of the Evolution of International Norms’

5th Pan-European International Relations Conference ‘Constructing World Orders’ – The Hague, (2004) - delivered a paper entitled ‘Norm Development: The Case of the Convention Against Torture’