Profile

Fields: International relations, conflict, qualitative and historical research

His current major research revolves around territory, borders and homelands—in a nutshell: why are people willing to fight and die for this, but not that, piece of territory? His previous research examined the role of leaders in war termination and war initiation. Goemans has discussed his work on war termination in the context of the war in Ukraine in articles in The Economist (09/20/2023), The Atlantic (05/17/2023), The Washington Post's Monkey CageThe Inquiry, Cable News CBC, Euronews, Ejaz Haider's InFocus (Pakistan), CNN Portugal, France 24, TV3 Estonia, Welt, Kabel 1, CTV News Channel, TVBS-N Taiwan, SBS Australia, and print media such as The Financial Times, NRC Handelsblad, Algemeen Dagblad, Het Parool, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and The New Yorker.

Courses taught

• PSCI/INTR 106 Introduction to International Relations
• PSCI/INTR 108 War in Our Time
• PSCI/INTR 270 Mechanisms of International Relations
• PSCI/INTR 278 Foundations of Modern International Politics
• PSCI/INTR 279 War and the Nation State
• PSCI/INTR 372 International Politics Field Seminar
• PSCI/INTR 373 Territory and Group Conflict
• PSCI 479 War and the Nation State
• PSCI 571 Quantitative Approaches to International Politics
• PSCI 572 International Politics Field Seminar
• PSCI 573 Territory and Group Conflict
• PSCI 577 Theories of Conflict
• PSCI 578 International Conflict: Theory and History
• PSCI 583 International Conflict: Theory and History