Paul Roe has been in the Department of International Relations since 1999; first as a Visiting- and now as an Associate Professor.
Paul holds a PhD from the Department of International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the then Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI) and also at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). More recently, Paul has also been a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Malta.
Paul teaches and researches largely in the field of security theory. His teaching is concerned with the evolution of Security Studies as a discipline; both with Strategic Studies and with more non-traditional and critical approaches. Paul has published extensively in a number of the leading journals in the field, writing on the concepts of the security dilemma, societal security, and securitization. Paul's book, Ethnic Violence and the Societal Security Dilemma, was published by Routledge in 2005. More recently, he was written from the position of a more normative engagement; one which focuses on the production of the meaning of security and its more practical, policy implications, including works on 'Positive Security' and on gender. Paul's recent publications are:
'Not Necessarily Securitisation, not Completely Security', in the symposium 'The Morality of Security: A Theory of Just Securitisation', European Journal of International Security, vol.7, no.2, 2022.
'Societal Security' (revised and updated), in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, Oxford University Press, 2025.
'Security', in Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations, Edward Elgar, 2025.
Other CEU Projects/Positions
Paul is a former Head of the IR Department (2007-2010). He was also (2004-2008) the Academic Director of CEU’s Roma Access Programme (RAP) (now the Roma Graduate Preparation Program (RGGP)); a 9-month course of study designed to prepare young Roma scholars from the Central and East European region for further, postgraduate study at English language academic institutions. Moreover, from 2015 to early 2021 Paul served as the Coordinating Editor of the Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD). JIRD is the official journal of the Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA).
Thesis Supervision
Paul welcomes thesis supervision in the general field of security studies, although he is most interested in research projects oriented towards theoretical/conceptual development and the application of critical security studies scholarships to empirical cases. In the past, Paul has supervised theses which have dealt with the Copenhagen and Welsh Schools of Security Studies, and on the development and application of strategic culture. Theses on feminist/gender approaches to security are also of great interest as an area of supervision.
