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Isabell Schierenbeck

Pro-Dean

Faculty of Social Sciences
Telephone
+46 31-786 59 47
+46 766-18 59 47
Mail
isabell.schierenbeck@globalstudies.gu.se
Visiting address
Konstepidemins väg 2A
41314 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 720
40530 Göteborg

Professor

School of Global Studies
Telephone
+46 31-786 59 47
+46 766-18 59 47
Mail
isabell.schierenbeck@globalstudies.gu.se

About Isabell Schierenbeck

Schierenbeck is professor in political science at the School of Global Studies (SGS). She is Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences, responsible for research and research education (2024-). She is a senior associate research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Stockholm. She has been visiting professor at Ben-Gurion University and Hebrew University in Israel. Part from research and leadership Schierenbeck also has experiences from working in steering committees and advisory boards.

Schierenbeck's main research fields are Israeli and Middle Eastern politics, diaspora and foreign policy analysis, as well as public administration and migration.

She is frequently consulted as an expert commentator on Middle Eastern/Israeli politics for radio, TV and the daily press.

Current research projects

"Diasporas and Foreign Policy: A Comparative Analysis". Together with Lisbeth Aggestam (PI). Funded by RJ (2025-2029). The research project investigates how diasporas impact foreign policy, and compares the Assyrian, Iranian, Israeli/Jewish, Kurdish, and Palestinian diasporas in five European countries.

“Geopolitics at the margins: Exploring emergent political orders across the Red Sea”. Together with Jan Bachmann and Bizusew Ashagrie (Schierenbeck PI) and regional partners. Funded by the Swedish Research Council (2022-2026). The project investigates new collaborations in the Red Sea region from a "geocultural" lens. The project focuses on common ideational narratives as drivers of interaction between states in the Middle East and on the Horn of Africa.

Teaching and tutoring

Current PhD supervisions: Emanuelle Brandström Arellano.

Completed PhD supervisions: Carin Berg, Wayne S. Coetzee, Anna K. Forsman, Meike Froitzheim, Alexander Jung, Marie Jeanne Nzayisenga, Arne Wackenhut.

Previous teaching: Middle Eastern politics, Israeli politics, research design and qualitative methods (BA, MA and PhD level).

Other positions and trust (current)

Board Member, Institute of Turkish Studies (SUITS), Stockholm University, 2023-

Board Member, Advisors for Global Engagement, SUHF, 2021-

Other

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