Marianne Riddervold has been a Research Fellow at ARENA since May 2004. Riddervold's PhD-project is financed by a stipend programme under The Norwegian Ministry of Defence.
The EU as international actor - between interests and human rights
What characterises the EU as international actor? This PhD project investigates the question of whether and how the EU differs from nation-states as an actor on the international scene. Through empirical analyses of policy coordination in ILO/UN and EU positions on humanitarian intervention, the project looks at whether there is a connection between the way the EU is constructed and the policies it promotes. In relation to this, it asks to what extent the EU may be characterised as a cosmopolitan actor in the international community.