- Head of Section for International Politics, University of Southern Denmark
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
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2017–presentAssociate Professor in International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
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2019–2024Section Leader, International Politics, University of Southern Denmark
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2022–2022Visiting Professor, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
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2014–2017Assistant Professor in International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
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2012–2014Lecturer in International Relations, University of Durham
Education
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2011Aberystwyth University, PhD International Relations
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2007University of Edinburgh, MSc in Nationalism Studies
Publications
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2025The relationship between cybersecurity awareness, cybersecurity supply chain risk management and firm performance, Supply Chain Management
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2021Entrusted Norms: Security, Trust, and Betrayal in the Gulf Cooperation Council Crisis, European Journal of International Relations
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2021Ideology and influence in the debate over Russian election interference, International Politics
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2019Rational Trust in Resilient Health Systems, Health Policy and Planning
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2019Conservative Soft Power: Liberal soft power bias and the ‘hidden’ attraction of Russia, Journal of International Relations and Development
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2018Bridging the Legitimacy Gap: A Proposal for the International Legal Recognition of INGOs, International Politics
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2017NGOs, Trust, and the Accountability Agenda, British Journal of Politics and International Relations
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2016Understanding Contemporary Challenges to INGO Legitimacy: Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up Perspectives, Voluntas
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2016The anti-torture norm and cooperation in the CIA black site programme, The International Journal of Human Rights
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2015Going global: Trust research and international relations, Journal of Trust Research
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2014Contesting the International Illegitimacy of Torture: The Bush Administration's Failure to Legitimate its Preferences within International Society, British Journal of Politics and International Relations
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2014Trusting Relationships in International Politics: No Need to Hedge, Review of International Studies
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2014US Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy: The Constrained Hegemony of George W. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan
Grants and Contracts
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2025Sustainable Futures for New Generations of Farmers
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
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2023Cybersecurity 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
- Location: Odense, Denmark
- Website
- LinkedIn: vincentkeating
- X (formerly Twitter): @vckeating
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