Stephan Klose

Dr. Stephan Klose is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) and the Centre for Migration, Diversity and Justice (CMDJ) of the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG-VUB). He holds a PhD from the VUB, and an MA from Lund University.

Stephan’s research interests include EU foreign policy, EU-Asia relations and transatlantic relations, as well as the prevention and countering of violent extremism (PCVE). At CSDS, he works within the framework of the European Research Council Project Sino-American Competition and European Strategic Autonomy (SINATRA). 

At the VUB, Stephan teaches the following courses (2025-2026): “Geopolitics”, “Comparative Regionalism”, “MA Thesis Preparatory Seminar”, “MA Thesis I”, “MA Thesis II”.

Selected Research

“With or Without You: How Junior Allies Balance Security and Autonomy”, European Journal of International Relations (2025). – with Simón, L.

“Strengthening Evidence-based Practice in P/CVE with the INDEED Repository of Studies on Risk and Protective Factors”, Journal for Deradicalization, (43) (2025): 32-62 – with Kordaczuk-Wąs, M. and Theofilopoulos, V.

“Re-defining evidence-based policing”, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 18, paad095 (2024).

“Does the EU have friends?”, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(3): 579-596 (2023).

“Spot the Difference: Differentiated Co‐operation and Differentiated Integration in the European Union”, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(1) (2023): 259-276 – with Perot, E. and Temizisler, S.

“Differentiation in EU Security and Defence Policy”, in B. Leruth, S. Gänzle, & J. Trondal (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union. Routledge (2022) – with Perot, E.

“Interactionist Role Theory Meets Ontological Security Studies: An Exploration of Synergies Between Socio-Psychological Approaches to the Study of International Relations”, European Journal of International Relations, 26(3) (2020): 851-874.

“The Emergence and Evolution of an External Actor’s Regional Role: An Interactionist Role Theory Perspective”, Cooperation and Conflict, 54(3) (2019): 426-441.

“Theorizing the EU’s Actorness: Towards an Interactionist Role Theory Framework”, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(5) (2018): 1144-1160.