Area of Expertise

Jocelyn Mawdsley’s research focuses on European, British, French, and German security policies from a political economy perspective. She focuses on defence and security technologies, industries, trade and regulation. She is a co-editor of the journal European Security (Taylor and Francis) and Chair of the International Board, Bonn International Center for Conversion. She has experience of writing policy reports for the European Commission and Parliament as well as for national ministries of defence.

Qualifications

BA Hons. European Studies (German), University of Bradford

MA European Union Studies, University of Newcastle

PhD, University of Newcastle

Roles and Responsibilities

Internal

External

Treasurer and Trustee University Association for Contemporary European Studies

Co-Editor of the journal European Security (Taylor and Francis)

Previous Positions

Lecturer in Security Studies, University of Manchester

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institut d'études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles and Bonn International Center for Conversion

Visiting Fellowships

Visiting fellowship (collaborateur scientifique),Institut d'études européennes,Université libre de Bruxelles (2002- 2011)

Visiting researcher Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, 2012 

Languages

German: fluent

French: fluent

Dutch: basic

Spanish: basic

Research Interests

EU Common Security and Defence Policy, the arms trade and disarmament, IPE of security, British, French and German security policy

Current Work

I am currently working on projects about the EU and strategy, the political economy of security and defence technologies and research policy. I continue to publish on British, French and German security policies. I am co-editor of the journal European Security.

Postgraduate Supervision

EU politics (especially foreign and security policy), security studies, French and German politics

Undergraduate Teaching

POL2034 Politics and Policy of the European Union

POL2015 Regional and international Organisations

• Mawdsley J. Security and Defence. In: Menon, A; Usherwood, S, ed. The State of the European Union. London: UK in a Changing Europe, 2022, pp.47-49.
• Martins BO, Mawdsley J. Sociotechnical Imaginaries of EU Defence: The Past and the Future in the European Defence Fund. Journal of Common Market Studies 2021, 59(6), 1458-1474.
• Mawdsley J. The Impact of Brexit on European Defence Industry. Defense and Security Analysis 2020, 36(4), 460-62.
• Grayson K, Mawdsley J. Scopic regimes and the visual turn in International Relations: Seeing world politics through the drone. European Journal of International Relations 2019, 25(2), 431-457.
• Galbreath DJ, Mawdsley J, Chappell L, ed. Contemporary European Security. London: Routledge, 2019.
• Mawdsley J. Armaments Decision-Making: Are European States Really Different?. Comparative Strategy 2018, 37(4), 260-271.
• Mawdsley J, Wright KAM. NATO, the UK and post-Brexit security cooperation. The UK in a Changing Europe, 2018. Available at: http://ukandeu.ac.uk/nato-the-uk-and-post-brexit-security-cooperation/.
• Mawdsley J. The Emergence of the European Defence Research Programme. In: Karampekios, N; Oikonomou, I; Carayannis, E, ed. The Emergence of EU Defense Research Policy: From Innovation to Militarization. Berlin: Springer, 2018, pp.205-217.
• Mawdsley J. External Facets of Justice, Freedom and Security. In: Hadfield, A; Manners, I; Whitman, R, ed. Foreign Policies of EU Member States: Continuity and Europeanisation. London, UK: Routledge, 2017, pp.218-231.
• Chappell L, Mawdsley J, Petrov P, ed. THe EU, Strategy and Security Policy: Regional and Strategic Challenges. London, UK: Routledge, 2016.
• Chappell L, Mawdsley J, Petrov P. Strategy in European Security and Defence policy: does it matter?. In: Chappell, L; Mawdsley, J; Petrov, P, ed. The EU, Strategy and Security Policy: Regional and Strategic Challenges. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.1-16.
• Chappell L, Mawdsley J, Petrov P. Uncovering EU Strategy in its Security Policy: an (In)coherent Actor?. In: Chappell, L; Mawdsley, J; Petrov, P, ed. The EU, Strategy and Security Policy: Regional and Strategic Challenges. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.202-216.
• Mawdsley J. Comparing Militaries: The Challenges of Datasets and Process-Tracing. In: Williams,AJ; Jenkings,KN; Rech,MF; Woodward,R, ed. The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.115-125.
• Chappell L, Mawdsley J, Whitman R. The National Priorities of Germany, France and the UK: Enabling or Constraining a Joined-Up EU Strategy. In: Chappell, L; Mawdsley, J; Petrov, P, ed. The EU, Strategy and Security Policy: Regional and Strategic Challenges. London, UK: Routledge, 2016, pp.169-85.
• Chappell L, Mawdsley J. European Security at Twenty Five. European Security 2016, 25(1), 1-2.
• Raube K, Wouters J, Bicchi F, deMan P, Fiott D, Helly D, Kaunert C, Lavallee C, Mawdsley J, Simao L. Supporting European security and defence with existing EU measures and procedures. Brussels: Directorate-General for External Policies, European Parliament, 2015. EP/EXPO/B/SEDE/FWC/2013-08/Lot4/02.
• Mawdsley J. France, the UK and the European Defence Agency. In: Karampekios, N; Oikonomou, I, ed. The European Defence Agency: Arming Europe. London: Routledge, 2015, pp.139-154.
• Mawdsley J, Mielke B. Liegenschaftskonversion in Europa im Vergleich: Historische Erinnerung als Herausforderung. In: Konversionsforschung im Praxistest - Liegenschaftskonversion in Deutschland und Westeuropa. 2015, Bonn, Germany: Bonn International Center for Conversion.
• Maurer H, Mawdsley J. Students' Skills, Employability and the Teaching of European Studies: Challenges and Opportunities. European Political Science 2014, 13(1), 32-42.
• Kempin R, Mawdsley J. The UK, the EU and European Security: A German Perspective. RUSI Journal 2013, 158(4), 32-36.
• Mawdsley J. Interpreting Missile Defence: A Comparative Study of European Reactions. In: Bevir, M; Daddow, O; Hall, I, ed. Interpreting Global Security. London: Routledge, 2013, pp.107-124.
• Mawdsley J. The A400M Project: From Flagship Project to Warning for European Defence Cooperation. Defence Studies 2013, 13(1), 14-32.
• Mawdsley J. A European Agenda for Security Technology: From Innovation Policy to Export Controls. Brussels: Flemish Peace Institute, 2013.
• Kempin R, Mawdsley J. The Common Security and Defence Policy as an Act of American Hegemony. European Security 2013, 22(1), 55-73.
• Mawdsley J, Kempin R, Steinicke S. Entente Cordiale. Eine erste Bilanz französisch-britischer Zusammenarbeit in der Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. DGAP-Analyse 2012, (10), 1-14.
• Mawdsley J. Towards an EU Defence and/or Security Market? Are two becoming one?. In: Export Controls and the European Defence Market: Can Effectiveness be Combined with Responsibility?. 2011, Brussels, Belgium: Flemish Peace Institute.
• Kempin R, Mawdsley J, Steinicke S. Turning Away from CSDP: Franco-British Bilateralism in Security and Defence Policy. Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 2010. Available at: http://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2010C30_kmp_ste_mawdsley_ks.pdf.
• Mawdsley JL. European Union Armaments Policy: Options For Small States?. European Security 2008, 17(2-3), 367-86.
• Mawdsley JL. L'industria europea degli armamenti nel contesto dell'integrazione europea: alcune contraddizioni. In: Bonaiuti C; Dameri D; Lodovisi A, ed. Industria militare e difesa europea: rischi e prospettive. Milan: Jaca Books, 2008, pp.75-82.
• Altmann J, Anthony I, Biscop S, Brzoska M, Grazioso A, Greene O, Hagelin B, Mawdsley JL, Pullinger S, Quille G, Remacle E, Smith C, Stein JA, Valesek T, Zanders JP. EU Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Brussels: ISIS-Europe, 2006.
• Mawdsley JL. Update: Arms and Resources. In: Brzoska M; Davidson-Seger M, ed. Conversion Survey 2005. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005, pp.34-54.
• Mawdsley J, Kempin R. France: Missile Defence à la française. Contemporary Security Policy 2005, 26(3), 505-519.
• Mawdsley JL, Kempin R. France’s Silent Revolution on Missile Defence. Raketenabwehrforschung International Bulletin 2005, (56), 1-11.
• Mawdsley J. Arms, Agencies and Accountability: The Case of OCCAR. European Security 2004, 12(3-4), 95-111.
• Mawdsley JL, Brzoska M. Dealing with the Offset Question: Comparing British and German Offset Strategies. In: Brauer J; Dunne P, ed. Arms Trade and Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Cases in Arms Trade Offsets. London: Routledge, 2004, pp.104-15.
• Mawdsley JL, Martinelli M, Remacle E. Europe and the Global Armament Agenda: Security, Trade and Accountability. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2004.
• Kuechle H, Mawdsley J. Restructuring and Conversion of Defense Industry. In: Brzoska, M, ed. Conversion Survey 2004. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2004, pp.46-56.
• Mawdsley JL. Parliamentary Involvement in Armament and Disarmament Policy: The Challenge of Europeanisation. In: Mawdsley J; Martinelli M; Remacle E, ed. Europe and the Global Armament Agenda: Security, Trade and Accountability. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2004, pp.127-36.
• Mawdsley JL. The Arming of the European Union: Explaining the Armaments Dimension of European Security and Defence Policy. Perspectives: The Central European Review of International Affairs 2004, 22, 7-21.
• Mawdsley JL. The Commission Moves into Defence Research. European Security Review 2004, (22), 6-8.
• Mawdsley JL. The Policy Choices Ahead for the EU on Armaments. In: Mawdsley JL; Martinelli M; Remacle E, ed. Europe and the Global Armament Agenda: Security, Trade and Accountability. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2004, pp.41-50.
• Mawdsley JL. Communiqué on Defence Equipment: Creating a European Armaments Policy?. European Security Review 2003, (17), 6-8.
• Mawdsley JL. Die Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik in einer kooperativen Weltordnung. In: Hauswedell C, ed. Friedensgutachten 2003. Muenster: LIT-Verlag, 2003, pp.148-56.
• Mawdsley JL. On the Way to a Common European Armaments Policy?. In: Schlotter P, ed. Europa-Macht-Frieden: Zur Politik der ‘Zivilmacht Europa’. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2003, pp.134-58.
• Mawdsley JL, Faltas S, Ioannides I. Surplus Weapons. In: Broszka M, ed. Conversion Survey 2003 - Global Disarmament, Demilitarization and Demobilization. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2003, pp.81-96.
• Mawdsley JL, Quille G. Equipping the Rapid Reaction Force - options for and constraints on a European Defence Equipment Strategy. Bonn: Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2003. Available at: http://www.bicc.de/uploads/tx_bicctools/paper33.pdf.
• Mawdsley JL. The European Union and Defence Industrial Policy. Bonn, Germany: Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2003. BICC Papers 31.
• Mampaey L, Berkhol I, Gramizzi C, Mawdsley JL, Serfati C. Une Vision Européenne pour l’Industrie des Armes Légères Militaires. Brussels: Groupe des Verts / Alliance Libre Européenne au Parlement Européen, 2003.
• Mawdsley J. European Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy: The Case of Britain. Oslo: Norwegian School of Management Centre for European and Asian Studies, 2002. 9.
• Mawdsley J. European Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy: The Case of Germany. Oslo: Norwegian School of Management Centre for European and Asian Studies, 2002. 10.
• Mawdsley JL. The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality: Weapons Acquisition and ESDP. Bonn, Germany: Bonn International Center for Conversion, 2002. BICC Papers 26.