Doctor Kamil Zwolski

Dr Kamil Zwolski

 PhD, SFHEA
Associate Professor

Research interests

  • European security integration
  • European-Russian relations
  • Geopolitics of European security

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

About

Jean Monnet Professor of European Security
Director of Centre for Comprehensive European Security
National Teaching Fellow and Senior Fellow Advance HE
Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Southampton, UK

Research interests:

  • European security integration
  • European-Russian relations
  • Geopolitics of European security
  • Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe
  • The EU as an international security actor

Research activity:

  • Established Centre for Comprehensive European Security (EU grant) at the University of Southampton, 2024
  • Published 3 peer-reviewed books on European security: 2013, 2018, 2024
  • Published 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including two in JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies: 2014, 2016
  • Won 3 EU grants (Jean Monnet Chair, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Module)
  • Cooperating with think tanks (International Institute for Strategic Studies; Chatham House)
  • Regular keynote speaker with media experience

Education expertise:

  • Innovative pedagogies in higher education
  • Student experience and staff-student partnerships
  • Innovative assessment and quality feedback
  • Student-centred, active learning, gamification
  • Curriculum design, programme-level leadership

Education activity:

  • Led university-level project on assessment and feedback
  • Won National Teaching Fellowship (2022), the highest recognition of excellence in the UK  
  • Senior Fellow of Advance HE
  • Numerous university and student awards, including for teaching excellence and feedback
  • EU Jean Monnet Module grant (2023) for the module European Power and the Geopolitics of Europe and Asia

Consulting experience:

  • Higher education, pedagogy, student experience, feedback, assesment, curriculum design
  • International security, geopolitics, European integration, EU security policies
  • Working with governments (Japan, Thailand) and HE institutions (Georgia)
  • Extensive UK external examiner experience