University of Groningen

Faculty Member, International Relations and International Organisation

Other Affiliations: University of Groningen, Research in Ethics and Globalisation

Lecturer in International Relations

About

Short summarised CV of Vivienne Matthies-Boon (previously called Vivienne Boon):

INTERESTS:

- Middle Eastern Studies
- Islamic Political Thought
- Political Philosophy
- Critical Theory
- Democratisation

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS: My current research can be divided into two interconnected thematic strands.  The first one critically investigates discourses of democracy - with particular reference to the Middle East and North African region (more specifically Egypt). I am interested in how democracy is rhetorically employed by political actors and what political philosophical world views are advanced on the political stage.  The second focus of my research is on theories of modernity, justice and rights existent within the Frankfurt School tradition of critical theory and its relation to Middle Eastern political and societal processes.  Here I am particularly interested in  critiques of modernity and questions of socio-economic justice within the Egyptian context. 

CURRENT POSITIONS:
- Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. 
- Chair of Research in Ethics and Globalisation (REG) within Globalisation Studies Groningen (GSG) - in cooperation with Dr Andrej Zwitter and Dr Chris Lamont.
- Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE) in Brighton, UK

EDUCATION:
PhD in Political Philosophy, University of Liverpool (UK)
Title: ‘On a Europe Without Controversial Learning Curves: Using Habermas Against Habermas’.Funded by the first Duncan Norman Scholarship

MA in Social and Political Thought (with Distinction), University of Warwick (UK)

BA in Media, Communication and Cultural Studies (First Class) at the University of Leeds. College Prize for Outstanding Achievenment Throughout the Degree & John Newsome Award

LANGUAGES
English (native), Dutch (native), French (beginner/intermediate), Modern Standard Arabic (beginner), Egyptian Arabic (beginner)

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