Emil Kirchner

Professor Emil Kirchner received his BA in Economics and MA and Ph-D in Political Science and International Politics from Case Western Reserve University. He was a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor at the University of Essex and is currently a Jean Monnet Professor and Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex.

He is Advisory Editor and Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of European Integration, holder of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the University Association of Contemporary Studies, and has held Fellowships at NATO and the European University Institute, Florence. He has been a visiting professor at universities in various European countries, the United States and China.

His recent book publications are (co-editor) The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners, Palgrave, 2021; (co-author) The European Union and China, Macmillan and Red Globe Press, 2019; (co-editor) EU-Japan Security Cooperation, Routledge, 2018, (co-editor) Security Relations between China and the European Union, Cambridge University Press, 2016, and (co-editor) The Palgrave Handbook on EU-Asia Relations, 2013. He has published articles in International Organization, Review of International Studies, West European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, European Security, European Foreign Affairs Review, and Journal of European Public Policy.

Qualifications

• BA Economics,
• MA Comparative Politics,
• Ph-D in International Politics all from Case Western Reserve University,

Appointments

University of Essex

• Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex (1/9/1974 - 30/9/1989)
• Foundation Director of the Centre for European Studies, University of Essex (1/1/1990 - 1/1/1997)
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex (1/10/1989 - 30/9/1992)
• Coordinator of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Essex (1999 - 2021)
• Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex (1/10/1992 - 30/6/2015)
• Emeritus Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex (1/7/2015 - present)

Other academic

• Guest Professor, Kobe University (11/11/2015 - 23/11/2015)
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Suffolk University (4/3/2008 - 4/5/2008)
• Guest Professor, Renmin University of China (2001 - present)
• Jean Monnet Professor in European Political Integration, Jean Monnet Action Programme, European Commission (1997 - present)