Eiki Berg
Professor of International Relations Research: His previous research has focused on critical geopolitics and the studies of borders and border regions, in particular. Among his recent research activities, studies about territoriality and sovereignty issues in contested states have gained more prominence. He has also published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals on bordering practices, identity politics and power-sharing in post-conflict settings. E-mail: eiki.berg[at]ut.ee http://defactostates.ut.ee |
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Education | |
1999 | doctor philosophae, University of Tartu/University of Aarhus thesis on “Estonia’s Northeastern Periphery in Politics: Socio-Economic and Ethnic Dimensions”. Tutors: Prof. Ott Kurs (Tartu) and Jörgen Elklit (Aarhus) |
1995 | magister scientiarum (geography), University of Tartu thesis on "Ethnic Minorities in Estonia. A Study in Political Geography" |
Academic career | |
Since 2004 | full-time Professor of International Relations, University of Tartu |
2000-2004 | Associate Professor, University of Tartu |
1996-1999 | Lecturer, University of Tartu |
Academic service | |
Since 2014 | Member of the Senate, University of Tartu |
Since 2011 | Member of the Governing Board at the Centre of EU-Russia Studies, University of Tartu |
Since 2010 | Member of the Governing Board at European Humanities University, Vilnius |
Since 2006 | Member of the Governing Board at European Studies Institute, MGIMO, Moscow |
2006-2009 | Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu |
2001-2003 | Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu |
1999-2001 | Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Tartu |
Other professional experience | |
Since 2013 | Key Expert to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia, on the strategic development issues of Diplomatic School of Armenia |
2011 | Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Diplomatic School, EU Advisory Group in Armenia |
2005/2007/2013 | EU Election Observation Missions to Ethiopia (8-20 May 2005), to Kenya (20-31 December 2007), to Jordan (18-27 January 2013) |
01.05.2004-19.07.2004 | Member of the European Parliament, EPP-ED faction, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy |
01.05.2003-30.04.2004 | Observer to the European Parliament, EPP-ED faction, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy |
01.04.2003-31.08.2004 | Member of Estonian Parliament, ÜVE Res Publica faction, Committee on Foreign Affairs |
Organisational membership | |
2014- | Member Programme on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS-Eurasia) |
2009- | Member of the Steering Committee IGU (International Geographical Union) Commission on Geography and Public Policy |
2006-2010 | Member of the Executive Council Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA) |
2001-2010 | Member of the Steering Committee ECPR Standing Group on International Relations |
Member of the international advisory board Journal of International Relations and Development |
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Member of the international advisory board Cooperation and Conflict |
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Member of the international advisory board Global Affairs |
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Member of the international advisory board Geography Journal |
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Member of the international advisory board Open Journal of Political Science |
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Publications (selection) | |
Pegg, S. and E. Berg 2014. Lost and Found: The WikiLeaks of De Facto State-Great Power Relations, forthcoming in International Studies Perspectives, DOI: 10.1111/insp.12078. | |
Berg, E. and M. Mölder 2014. When ‘Blurring’ Becomes the Norm and Secession Is Justified as the Exception. Revisiting EU and Russian Discourses in the Common Neighbourhood. Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 469-488. | |
Berg, E. and R. Toomla 2013. Mission Impossible in Cyprus? Legitimate Return to the Partnership State Revisited. Nationalities Papers, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 276-292. | |
Berg, E. 2012. Parent States versus Secessionist Entities: Measuring Political Legitimacy in Cyprus, Moldova, and Bosnia and Hercegovina. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 1271-1296 | |
Berg, E. and M. Mölder 2012. Who is Entitled to Earn Sovereignty? Legitimacy and Regime Support in Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 527-545 | |
Berg, E. and M. Solvak 2011. Muted Differences: Entrenching Legitimacy of the Bosnian Statehood? Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 460-481 | |
Berg, E. and E. Kuusk 2010. What Makes Sovereignty a Relative Concept? An Empirical Approach to International Society. Political Geography, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 40-49 | |
Berg, E. and P. Ehin (eds) 2009. Identity and Foreign Policy: Baltic-Russian Relations and European Integration. Ashgate Publishers, 198 lk | |
Berg, E. and P. Ehin 2006. What Kind of Border Regime is in the Making? Towards a Differentiated and Uneven Border Strategy. Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 53-71 | |
Berg, E., H. van Houtum (eds) 2003. Routing Borders Between Territories, Discourses and Practices. Ashgate Publishers, 299 lk | |
Berg, E. 2003. Some Unintended Consequences of Geopolitical Reasoning in Post-Soviet Estonia: Texts and Policy Streams, Maps, and Cartoons, in Geopolitics special issue “The Critical Geopolitics of Northern Europe: Identity Politics Unlimited”, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 101-120 | |
Berg, E.; S. Oras 2000. Writing Post-Soviet Estonia onto the World Map. Political Geography. Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 601-625. | |
Grants, honours, awards | |
2014-2019 | Institutional Research Grant from Estonian Research Council on "Political Community in Flux: Identity, Sovereignty and Democracy in a Transforming World" |
2014 | University of Eastern Finland, honorary doctorate |
2012 | Estonian National Science Award in the field of Social Sciences for the research in “Identities, Conflicting Self-Determination and De Facto States” |
2009-2010 | Research grant from Estonian Science Foundation and Russian Fund for Humanities on “Constructing a Demos in De Facto States. Legitimacy and Regime Support in Abkhazia, Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh” |
2009-2011 | Research grant from Estonian Science Foundation on “De Facto States in International System: Legality vs. Legitimacy” |
2006-2008 | Research grant from Estonian Science Foundation on “Identity and Foreign Policy Conduct: Baltic-Russian Relations in the European Integration Framework” |
2006-2008 | EC research grant for RTD actions in the 6th framework programme on “Local Dimensions of a Wider European Neighbourhood: Developing Political Community Through Practices and Discourses of Cross-Border Cooperation” (36 months) |
2003-2005 | EC research grant for RTD actions in the 5th framework programme on “Lines of Exclusions as Arenas of Cooperation: Reconfiguring the External Boundaries of Europe – Policies, Practices, Perceptions” (36 months) |
2000-2001 | Research grant from Estonian Science Foundation on “Geopolitical Reasoning and Discourse in Post-Soviet Estonia: Identity, Boundary-producing Practices and Context” |
1997 | Research grant from Estonian Science Foundation on “Political Attitudes and Identity of Russians: Their Influence on Ethnic Relations in Estonia” |