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Lisbeth Aggestam

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science
Telephone
+46 31-786 66 96
+46 766-18 66 96
Mail
lisbeth.aggestam@gu.se
Visiting address
Sprängkullsgatan 19
41123 Göteborg
Room number
A505
Postal address
Box 711
40530 Göteborg

About Lisbeth Aggestam

Presentation

Lisbeth Aggestam is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and associated researcher at the Centre for European Research (CERGU), University of Gothenburg. From 2021 to 2025, she was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the international academic journal Foreign Policy Analysis. She has previously been a lecturer at the University of Bath and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, Harvard University and the University of Cambridge.

Research

Aggestam's research focuses on foreign policy analysis and international politics.

Her main research interests are:

  • political leadership in European foreign and security policy

  • diaspora mobilisation and foreign policy

  • the European Union as a global actor.

  • role theory in foreign policy analysis

Google Scholar

Aggestam is Principal Investigator (PI) of 'Diasporas and foreign policy: A comparative analysis', funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ). The project is carried out in collaboration with Professor Isabell Schierenbeck at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. Through a comparative study of five European democracies, the project analyses state-diaspora interaction and its outcomes for foreign policy and diplomacy.

Teaching

Aggestam convenes the following courses:

  • EU2215: Europe in the World (MA, 15 credits)

  • SK 1136: Foreign Policy Analysis (BA, 7.5 credits)

  • EU1145: The European Union in International Affairs (BA 7.5 credits)

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