Vincent Charles Keating

Vincent Charles Keating is an Associate Professor in International Relations at the Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark.

Vincent holds a PhD in International Politics (Aberystwyth), an MA in Nationalism Studies (Edinburgh), and a BA in Economics (Dalhousie), and previously worked at the School of Government & International Affairs, University of Durham and held a visiting professorship at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Paris II).

Vincent is currently a PI on a Novo Nordisk Foundation funded project "Sustainable Futures for New Generations of Farmers." Together with Egon Noe, Dikte Reeh Andersen, and Line Rømer Poulsen, he engages young farmers to help them leverage their potential as environmental stewards by identifying sociological barriers to green policies, and reconstructing environmental protection through rural values and identity.

He is also a Co-PI on an Industriens Fond funded project "Cybersikkerhed og Forretningskontinuitet" working with an interdisciplinary team from International Security, Business, and Computer Science are working with Danish SMEs to promote cyber and supply chain resilience amidst changing geopolitical conditions.

Vincent has wide research interests, and have published on the problems of trust and legitimacy in international relations, particularly with respect to NGOs, Russian conservative soft power, and the dilemmas of human rights in war.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2019–2024
    Section Leader, International Politics, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2022–2022
    Visiting Professor, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
  • 2014–2017
    Assistant Professor in International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
  • 2012–2014
    Lecturer in International Relations, University of Durham

Education

  • 2011 
    Aberystwyth University, PhD International Relations
  • 2007 
    University of Edinburgh, MSc in Nationalism Studies

Publications

  • 2025
    The relationship between cybersecurity awareness, cybersecurity supply chain risk management and firm performance, Supply Chain Management
  • 2021
    Entrusted Norms: Security, Trust, and Betrayal in the Gulf Cooperation Council Crisis, European Journal of International Relations
  • 2021
    Ideology and influence in the debate over Russian election interference, International Politics
  • 2019
    Rational Trust in Resilient Health Systems, Health Policy and Planning
  • 2019
    Conservative Soft Power: Liberal soft power bias and the ‘hidden’ attraction of Russia, Journal of International Relations and Development
  • 2018
    Bridging the Legitimacy Gap: A Proposal for the International Legal Recognition of INGOs, International Politics
  • 2017
    NGOs, Trust, and the Accountability Agenda, British Journal of Politics and International Relations
  • 2016
    Understanding Contemporary Challenges to INGO Legitimacy: Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up Perspectives, Voluntas
  • 2016
    The anti-torture norm and cooperation in the CIA black site programme, The International Journal of Human Rights
  • 2015
    Going global: Trust research and international relations, Journal of Trust Research
  • 2014
    Contesting the International Illegitimacy of Torture: The Bush Administration's Failure to Legitimate its Preferences within International Society, British Journal of Politics and International Relations
  • 2014
    Trusting Relationships in International Politics: No Need to Hedge, Review of International Studies
  • 2014
    US Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy: The Constrained Hegemony of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Sustainable Futures for New Generations of Farmers
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Novo Nordisk Foundation
  • 2023
    Cybersecurity and Business Continuity
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Danish Industry Foundation

Contact Vincent for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision