University Associate Professor in Politics, Department of International Development, University of Oxford

Dr Jörg Friedrichs is University Associate Professor at the Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House) and Official Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. While his theoretical interest is concentrated in the fields of international relations and political sociology, he takes a broad transdisciplinary approach to academic research.

Over the last few years, he has concentrated his work on the social and political aspects of climate change and energy scarcity. He has also published articles on the twisted rationality of denial, security regionalism in East Asia, and pragmatic research methodology. His previous work was concentrated in the fields of international police cooperation, European approaches to international relations theory, and ancient Greek historiography.

Recently, Jörg has worked on global Islamism and cosmopolitan world society as rival globalization projects. Following up, he is now interested in the topic of situating Islam in a post-Western world. More specifically, he is interested in the quality and management of Chinese-Muslim, Indian-Muslim, and Russian-Muslim relations.