Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance

Dr Dorina Baltag's research interest lies at the intersection of the fields of International Relations and European external relations with focus on the practice of diplomacy.

Petre is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow undertaking research within the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance.

Dr Nicola Chelotti's teaching and research interests focus on negotiations, diplomacy and regional/international organizations, the EU in particular. It explores how and why states and international actors more in general negotiate and set up rules, regulations, treaties. The underlying theme is to understand how informal practices emerge in international interactions and shape policy processes and outcomes.

Iacopo Mugnai is an expert on European economic governance and the political economy of European integration.

Tatevik Mnatsakanyan’s research and teaching are in the fields of Diplomacy, and International Security with a particular emphasis on critical approaches to diplomatic theory, security, peace-building and international development.

Dr Cristian Nitoiu’s teaching and research interest focus on the foreign policy of Russia and the EU, the international relations of the BRICS countries, EU-Russia relations, Eastern Europe, international relations, the European public sphere and international political communication.

Christina joined Loughborough University in the Midlands in September 2013, where she is currently Doctoral Programme Lead for International Relations, Politics and History.

Tim's research and teaching currently focus on Brexit, British politics, London, European politics, international relations and international security. He has combined work in academia (LSE, UCL, NYU and the EUI) with work in political institutions (the House of Lords and the European Parliament), think tanks (in Berlin, Washington D.C. and London) and with the British military.