Minda Holm

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Minda Holm is a PhD Fellow in Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a PhD Fellow in the research group on International Security at the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS). Her primary work place is NUPI.

Her PhD project deals with theorizing ideology; the ideology of the international liberal order after 1989, and the current opposition to that ideology from the national and far Right. Holm's general research interests lies in the intersection between IR, critical and historical sociology and political philosophy, with a particular attention to questions of global governance, ideology, sovereignty and and order. Geographically she has focused on Russia, Eurasia, Norway and the US, and speaks Russian.

The PhD project is funded by the Danish Velux Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. The Velux funding comes from a project at DIIS led by Vibeke Tjalve on the "World of the Right", with project partners JF Drolet (Queen Mary) and Michael C. Williams (University of Ottawa). At NUPI she leads a three-year research project financed by the Ministry of Defence on challenges to the international liberal order by the national right in Russia, Europe and the US.

Holm is based in Oslo at NUPI, but commutes to Copenhagen. Her supervisor is Professor Ole Wæver. For an updated publication list, including a monthly column on international affairs, please visit her personal webpage.