“Membership” of the Knowledge Centre is not a formal process but a self-association of colleagues who have developed research projects around knowledge politics in several disciplines. What unites us is an interest in processes in the constitution, circulation and exchange of knowledge.






“Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics: A Handbook”
Edited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Katarzyna Kaczmarska, Xymena Kurowska, Birgit Poopuu, and Andrea Warnecke (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2025)
“The development of policy knowledge on Islamic State in the US and the UK”
Dylan Marshall (ESRC PhD project)
“Creating Safer Space – Building Networks and Knowledge Bases for Civilian Protection”
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (AHRC-GCRF Development Award)
Andrea Warnecke (Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship).
“(Un-)Stitching the Subjects of Colombia’s Reconciliation Process”
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Beatriz Arias López (Newton Fund / AHRC / Colciencias project)
“Reflexivity as capacity in EU’s border security”
Xymena Kurowska (Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship)
Anna Danielsson (Swedish Research Council fellowship)
Rachel Julian (Leeds Beckett, PI), Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (AHRC-PaCCS project)
Birgit Poopuu (Estonian Research Council fellowship)
“Knowledge on International Relations in Russia”
Katarzyna Kaczmarska (Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship)
“A Genealogy of War as a Problem of International Politics”
Christine Andrä (PhD research)
“From Data to Knowledge: Understanding peace and conflict from afar“
Jonathan Fisher (Birmingham, PI), Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, et al. (ESRC Seminar Series)
Alistair Markland (ESRC-funded PhD project)
“Truth Seekers or Power Brokers? The League of Nations and its Commissions of Inquiry”
Quincy Cloet (PhD project)
“Ideas that Stand in the Way of Nuclear Disarmament”
Jana Wattenberg (PhD project)