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Roxana Gabriela Andrei is an International Affairs and Security expert, working in the field of international security, energy policy, conflict resolution, peacebuilding and defence, being currently an integrated researcher at the Centre for International Studies of the University of Lisbon. Since 2019, she has been collaborating with the EU¿s European Defence Agency in the framework of the long-term project "Consultation Forum For Sustainable Energy in the Defence And Security Sector". She obtained her Ph.D. Summa cum Laude in International Politics and Conflict Resolution at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, on which occasion was granted a researcher-in-residence fellowship at the OSCE¿s Documentation Centre in Prague. The doctoral research was awarded a fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology in Portugal (2015-2019). Roxana has a solid experience working in international organisations, for the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, the European Union¿s Centre for the Development of Vocational Education and Training (CEDEFOP), as well as a Programmes Coordinator of numerous international projects in the field of conflict management, peacebuilding and human rights, in the public and non-governmental sector. She published books, book chapters, peer-reviewed articles and reports and she delivered numerous conference presentations and lectures in international settings on topics related to the conflict-cooperation dynamics in the Black Sea, South Caucasus and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, to the foreign policy of the EU, Russia and Turkey, as well as to the energy security developments in Europe and its neighbourhood.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Roxana Gabriela Andrei

Citation names

  • Andrei, Roxana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
ED13-360D-2645
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3333-9927

Email addresses

  • Roxana.Andrei@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Romanian (Mother tongue)
Moldavian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Greek Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
German Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Russian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/10/01 - 2021/03/22
Concluded
 Ph.D. in International Politics and Conflict Resolution (Doutoramento)
Major in International Relations
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
""(Re)sources for Conflict and Cooperation in the Caspian – Black Sea region: the impact of energy dynamics"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/25 - 2015/02/01
Concluded
 Programme "Politics and Economics of Contemporary Eastern and South-Eastern Europe" (Master)
Major in International Relations
Panepistemio Makedonias, Greece
""The Political Economy of Conflicts and Non-Conflicts in the Caucasus: Case studies of Abkhazia, Ajaria, Chechnya and Dagestan"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/11/01 - 2010/07/15
Concluded
 Programme "Human rights law" - Institut des hautes études européennes (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Major in Human Rights
Université de Strasbourg, France
1997/10/01 - 2001/07/15
Concluded
 B.A. in Political Science (Bachelor)
Major in Political Science
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Facultatea de Stiinte Politice Administrative si ale Comunicarii, Romania
""From Ethnicism to Nationalism: Study Applied on the Wars in former Yugoslavia”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/01 - Current Researcher (Research) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2021/03/22 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/03/01 - 2019/09/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Facultatea de Stiinte Politice Administrative si ale Comunicarii, Romania
2017/09/15 - 2017/09/15 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
OSCE Documentation Centre in Prague, Czech Republic

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/04/04 - Current External expert European Defence Agency, Belgium
2015/06/01 - 2015/09/30 Project Manager CeRISS - Centre for Regional and International STI Studies and Support, Greece
2014/12/01 - 2015/02/28 Projects Evaluator Civil Society Development Foundation , Romania
2008/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Legal Assistant Council of Europe, France
2006/06/01 - 2008/08/25 Programmes Director Metropolitan Agency for Sustainable Development , Romania
2004/08/31 - 2008/08/25 Programmes Coordinator Initiative Group Alpbach Brasov , Romania
2006/09/25 - 2007/02/25 Trainee European Commission - CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), Greece
2004/03/01 - 2004/08/31 Project Assistant Citizens Advisory Bureau, Romania
2003/04/01 - 2004/01/05 Information Officer Europe Direct - European Information Centre , Romania
2000/11/01 - 2001/05/31 Intern Cluj County Prefecture, Romania
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/10 - 2019/09 "(Re)sources for Conflict and Cooperation in the Caspian – Black Sea region: the impact of energy dynamics"
PD/BD/113980/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - Current Natural Gas at the Frontline of the War Between Ukraine and Russia: towards a new energy paradigm for the European Union
2022.00654.CEECIND
Principal investigator
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Andrei, Roxana. Natural Gas at the Frontline Between the EU, Russia and Ukraine: A Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum. New York, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7
Book chapter
  1. Roxana Andrei. "Natural Gas at the Frontline of the Energy Crisis and the War in Ukraine: A Material Perspective". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_4
  2. Roxana Andrei. "The EU’s Physical and Ontological Energy Security Quest: Between a Vulnerable Importer of Energy and an Assertive Exporter of Values". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_5
  3. Roxana Andrei. "Russia’s Energy Policy and Strategy: From a Reliable Partner to an Unwanted Supplier". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_6
  4. Roxana Andrei. "Turkey’s Energy Strategy: In Search of an Upgraded Political and Energy Status". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_7
  5. Roxana Andrei. "Introduction". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_1
  6. Roxana Andrei. "Energy as Security: Overcoming Theoretical and Conceptual Reductionism in Energy Studies". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_2
  7. Roxana Andrei. "Ontological Energy Security: Cognitive and Material Foundations for a Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-17057-7_3
  8. "Overcoming the Status Quo in the Unrecognised States of the South Caucasus: Internal and External Limitations". In "Security, Society and the State in the Caucasus". London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2018.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Andrei, Roxana. "Nagorno-Karabakh: Why do Peace Processes Fail ¿From the Inside¿?". Conflict Studies Quarterly 27 (2019): 21-38. http://www.csq.ro/wp-content/uploads/Roxana-Gabriela-ANDREI.pdf.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.24193/csq.27.2
  2. "Social Construction of Identities and the Role of Individual Agency in Ethno-Religious Conflicts". Cabo dos Trabalhos 14 (2017): https://cabodostrabalhos.ces.uc.pt/n14/ensaios.php.
    Published
  3. "Energy Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the Caspian-Black Sea Region". Security Dialogues 7 1 (2016): 45-62. http://sd.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/pdf/broj1vol7.pdf.
    Published
  4. "Energy Security in South-East Europe: Natural Resources as Causes of conflict or Building Stability". Balkan Social Science Review 5 (2015): 63-87. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=283026.
    Published
  5. "Challenges Faced by Roma Women in Europe on Education, Employment, Health and Housing -Focus on Czech Republic, Romania and Greece". Balkan Social Science Review 4 (2014): 323-351. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=91877.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Andrei, Roxana. The Cyprus Issue and Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. 2019. https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-cyprus-issue-and-natural-gas-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/.
  2. Andrei, Roxana. TAP Pipeline: Look Who¿s Switching Off the Gas This Time. 2018. https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/tap-pipeline-look-whos-switching-the-gas-off-this-time/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/12/20 "Protection of offshore critical energy infrastructure beyond national sovereignty: military rules of engagement and barriers" 4th CF SEDSS III WG-3 AD-HOC EXPERTS GROUP MEETING
European Defence Agency (Athens, Greece)
2023/12/01 "Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructure Beyond Territorial Waters" EU Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector
European Defence Agency (Prague, Czech Republic)
2023/09/13 "Overlap and Competition? The EU’s and NATO’s Role in Securing the Offshore Energy Infrastructure in Europe during the War in Ukraine" CESRAN - The Annual Conference on International Studies
CESRAN (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/04/24 "The EU’s Dissonant Climate Change Monetary Policy: Beyond Green Transition Rhetoric, Towards Exacerbating the Environmental Crisis" Europe as a Global Actor
ISCTE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/04/01 "The EU's and Russia’s Dissonant Choice Between Political Rivals and Energy Partners: The war in Ukraine as a shifting point" APCP Congress;
APCP (Covilha, Portugal)
2023/03/31 "Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructure in Europe. 2022 – The Return to Pipeline Geopolitics" APCP Congress;
APCP (Covilha, Portugal)
2023/03/10 "Shifting Energy Security Dynamics for the Security and Defence Sector: A View on Portugal" XLIV International Relations Colloquia "Rethinking the security agenda in the international system"
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/01/28 "Central and Eastern Europe at the Crossroads of US-China Geopolitics" Regional and Inter-regional Studies in the Era of US-China Confrontation
Waseda University (Japan) (Online)
2021/11/24 "Expanding “Resilience Definition” under the Scope of the EU policy landscape to the defence-related critical energy infrastructure" Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector
European Defence Agency (Online)
2021/11/05 Guest lecture: "Energy (in)securities in Europe: the Eastern Mediterranean and the Caspian-Black Sea"
CICP - Research Center in Political Science | University of Minho (Portugal) (Online)
2021/09/22 Guest lecture: "The EU's energy (in)securities in the Caspian-Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean"
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain) (Online)
2021/06/17 "A Roadmap for Sustainable Energy Management in Defence and Security Sector" Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector
European Defence Agency (Online)
2021/05/20 Guest lecture: “The EU’s Role Dilemma: Between a vulnerable energy importer and an assertive values exporter”
University of Coimbra (Portugal) (Online)
2019/06/12 "The Evolution of the European Union's Energy Security" "Fourth Conference of the Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector"
European Defence Agency (Bucharest, Romania)
2019/04/15 Guest lecture: "Conflict Management Methods: Local, national and international solutions to the conflict in Cyprus"
Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2019/04/09 Guest lecture: "Strategic Decision-Making, a Critical Case Study: The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Cyprus"
Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2018/11/15 "The Unrecognised States of the South Caucasus: Adaptive strategies recognition and status quo" "Challenges, conflicts and opportunities. 100 years of state- and nationhood in Central and Eastern Europe"
Sapientia University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2018/10/29 Guest lecture: "Physical and ontological (in)securities: why do peace processes fail from the inside?"
Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2018/09/21 "From Politicisation to Securitisation: Fluidity of the energy discourse in Europe" "Europe in Discourse: Agendas of Reform"
Hellenic American University (Athens, Greece)
2018/09/10 "Perspectives on Conflict and Cooperation: towards a non-material interpretation of the energy dynamics in the Caspian - Black Sea region" EISA Early Career Researchers Workshop
EISA (Prague, Czech Republic)
2018/05/08 Guest lecture: "Negotiation and decision-making deficit in the South Caucasus. Internal options vs. International hesitations"
Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
2018/04/10 "The Unrecognised States of the South Caucasus: Strategic Adjustments Towards Recognition and Status Quo Instrumentalisation" ECPR Joint Workshops; Nicosia, Cyprus
ECPR (Nicosia, Cyprus)
2018/04/09 "Challenges to peacemaking in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: Adaptive strategies in the South Caucasus" "Towards a New European Neighbourhood Policy¿
SNSPA (Bucharest, Romania)
2017/05/18 "Cross-border (Re)sources for Stability and Cooperation in the Caspian - Black Sea region" Third OBSERVARE Conference "Beyond Borders: People, Spaces, Ideas"
Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/04/26 "(Re)sources for Stability and Cooperation in the Caspian - Black Sea region: the impact of energy dynamics" CASPIAN Summer School “Engaging with the outside: from theory to practice and back
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/03/30 Guest lecture: "Russian Foreign Policy: The Ukrainian Crisis and the War in Syria"
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/03/23 Guest lecture: "Russian Foreign Policy: A Power in Decline? Re-emergence?"
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/11/14 Guest lecture: "The Eastern dimension in EU politics. Energy as a focus"
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/10/24 Guest lecture: "The Caspian-Black Sea region: (in)stability at the EU¿s Eastern borders"
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/10/20 "Peacebuilding and Status Quo in the Unrecognised States of the South Caucasus: internal and external limitations" CASCADE "The democracy security nexus in and around the Caucasus" Conference; Brussels, Belgium
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium)
2016/09/07 "Energy Dynamics of the Caspian-Black Sea Region" ECPR General Conference; Prague, Czech Republic
ECPR (Prague, Czech Republic)
2016/06/23 "The Conflict Cooperation Continuum in the Energy Dynamics of the Caspian - Black Sea Region" "The ENP Under Pressure" summer school; Natolin, Poland
College of Europe (Warsaw, Poland)
2016/04/07 Guest lecture: "Energy Security in the Caspian - Black Sea region: (Re)sources for Conflict and Stability"
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 International Mediation Strategies in the Middle East Conflicts: Effective Settlement in Lebanon vs. Divisive Stalemate in Syria
Supervisor of Abbas Ismail
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Gas in Mozambique: between development and decline
Supervisor of Francisco Manuel Dias Sobral
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Cooperation in Space Security: New Actors, Barriers and Prospects en
Supervisor of Judit Benjamin
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2024/12/31 The European Union's emerging Indo-Pacific presence in terms of security cooperation
Supervisor of Mahavidanage Lasni Kulatilleke Martinez
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Russia, Goodbye!: An analysis of Russia-Ukraine Geopolitical Dynamics and Competing Narratives within the Eurovision Song Contest (2003-2023)
Supervisor of Rita Fonseca Pereira
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2023/12/31 NATO and the EU ? Who Has The Main Role In Ensuring Energy Security in Europe? Instances of (de)securitization of energy security on part of NATO and the EU and their Overlap in the protection of critical (energy) infrastructure
Supervisor of Dimitar Atanasov
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 The impact of the war in Ukraine in the stability of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, viewed by young political in*uencers
Supervisor of Fernando Miguel Carreira Poças
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/09/25 - 2023/09/29 Global Challenges Summer School (2023/09/25)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/06/23 - 2023/06/23 Ukraine Recovery Business Day
Conference
 "Ukraine Recovery Business Day"
London Business School, United Kingdom

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/12/19 “The impact of the war in Ukraine in the stability of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, viewed by young political in*uencers”
Supervisor
 Fernando Miguel Carreira Poças (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/12/14 “Russia, Goodbye!”: An analysis of Russia-Ukraine Geopolitical Dynamics and Competing Narratives within the Eurovision Song Contest (2003-2023)
Supervisor
 Rita Fonseca Pereira (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/11/16 “NATO and the EU ? Who Has The Main Role In Ensuring Energy Security in Europe? Instances of (de)securitization of energy security on part of NATO and the EU and their Overlap in the protection of critical (energy) infrastructure"
Supervisor
 Dimitar Atanasov (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/11/15 “Conflict Resolution in Bosnia and Herzegovina: assessing root causes, limits and possibilities of liberal peace-building”
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Leon Gojani (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/12/01 - 2023/12/10 e-Cadernos University of Coimbra
2021/09/18 - 2021/10/16 Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (2232-6022) Euro-Mediterranean University

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/04/30 - Current Providing expertise for the European Union's European Defence Agency for the elaboration of the EU Guidance Document in relation with the protection of critical energy infrastructure, under the project "Consultation Forum For Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector". European Defence Agency, Belgium

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/02/07 - 2024/07/01 2024 Research Design (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Research Design Master Degree in Work, Employment and Society (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/02 - 2024/02/03 2023=2024 Europe as a Global Actor (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/01 Europe as A Global Actor Master Degree in International Studies (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2020/08/13 - 2020/08/13 Al Jazeera - "Project Force: Battle for resources in the eastern Mediterranean" Energy security; International conflict; International law
Distinctions

Award

2014 Transparency International Award
Transparency International e V, Germany