Huysmans Jef : curriculum vitae

Jef Huysmans (The Open University)

Jef Huysmans (Licentiate (University of Leuven), MA (University of Hull), Ph.D. (University of Leuven)) is Lecturer at the Open University (UK). He is currently working on the securitisation of migration and asylum in Europe, the political significance of fear, and the international politics of exception after 9/11. He has published articles in Alternatives; Contemporary Political Theory; Cooperation and Conflict; Cultures et Conflits; European Journal of International Relations; Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of International Relations and Development; Millennium: Journal of International Studies; and Review of International Studies.

Recent and forthcoming publications:

Huysmans, J. (2005 forthcoming), The Politics of Insecurity. Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU (London: Routledge).

Huysmans, J. (ed.) (2005 forthcoming), The Politics of Protection. Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency (London: Routledge) .

Huysmans, J. (2004) ‘A Foucaultian view on spill-over. Freedom and Security in the EU.’

Journal of International Relations and Development. Vol. 7, No. 3 , pp. 294-318

Huysmans, J. (2004) ‘Minding Exceptions. Politics of Insecurity and Liberal Democracy.’

Contemporary Political Theory.Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 321-341

Huysmans, J. (2003) ‘Discussing Sovereignty and Transnational Politics.’ In Neil Walker (ed.) Sovereignty in Transition. Hart, pp. 209-227

Huysmans, J. (2002) ‘Shape-shifting NATO: humanitarian action and the Kosovo refugee crisis.’ Review of International Studies Vol. 28, pp. 599-618

Huysmans, J. (2002) ‘Defining social constructivism in security studies. The normative dilemma of writing security.’ Alternatives. Global, Local, Political Vol. 27, pp. 41-62

Huysmans, J. (2000) ‘The European Union and the Securitization of Migration.’ Journal of Common Market Studies Vol. 38, pp. 751-777.