About Dr Diana Bozhilova
Diana completed her doctoral degree at King’s College London where she was jointly an ORC UK and an Open Society New York Scholar. Diana then held posts at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and at King’s College London (KCL), before joining Northeastern University London as Head of Faculty and Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations. She has been the Associate Dean of Global Impact and Sustainability since August 2023.
Diana has served on parliamentary select committees. She is a published author on democratisation and reform since the end of the Cold War, on energy security, and on inter-regionalism. Diana is the recipient of research grants and reviews manuscripts in the areas of her interests.
Qualifications
PhD, King’s College London (2007)
BA (Hons) in European Studies & German, King’s College London (2004)
Academic Honours
Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London, Department of European and International Studies (2019-2022)
Associate of King’s College London (2006)
Fellow, Northeastern University London
Professional Affiliations
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2018)
Nominated member, Chatham House
email: diana.bozhilova@nchlondon.ac.uk
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Dr Diana Bozhilova's Research
Dr Bozhilova attained her doctoral degree in Justice and Home Affairs and Industrial Policy Reform from the King’s College London European and International Studies Department. This led to the publication of her thesis as monograph, the publication of a series of peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as contributing numerous papers at conferences at home and abroad. Following from this, she was elected to a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship to focus on energy security and foreign direct investment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (European Institute, Hellenic Observatory). This led to a number of outputs: a series of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapter contributions, and conference papers. She has since written articles on regionalism and often contributes blogs on current affairs.
Selected Publications
Monographs and Edited Volumes
‘To Russia with Love’, International Journal of Energy Security and Environmental Research (IJESER), Guest Editorial and Introduction with Tom Hashimoto (Special Issue, Spring 2013)
‘Bulgaria’s Quest for EU Membership: The Europeanization of Policies in Transition’, cited in Cambridge Review (pp. 208), (2008) (Authorhouse Publishing ISBN: 1434385159, Summer 2014)
Book Chapters
‘Bulgaria between the European Union and the Russian Federation’, in David M, Gower J, and Hiski Haukkala (eds), National Perspectives on Russia: European Foreign Policy in the Making? (Routledge Advances in European Politics Series ISBN: 978-0-415-53832-9, 2013)
Social Issues in Focus: New Generation Research on a changing Greece (Economia Publishing/Kerkyra Publications ISBN: 978-960-9490-24-5, 2013)
Long Articles in Refereed Journals
‘Financial Crises and Plurilateral Responses’, Northeastern University London WPS (2018)
‘The Impact of the Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections on Foreign and Energy Policy in the State’, SEESOX Discussion Paper Series (St Antony’s College, Oxford, April 2015)
‘EU-Russia Energy Negotiations: a choice between rational self-interest and collective action. European Security’ with Tom Hashimoto, Special Issue: The EU, Russia and the shared neighbourhood: security governance and energy, Volume 19, Issue No. 4, pp. 627-642 (Routledge, 2011)
‘When Foreign Direct Investment is good for Development’, GreeSE Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, Issue No. 33 (2010)
‘Managing EU energy security through diversification of supply‘, Journal of Balkan & Near Eastern Studies Volume 11, Issue No. 3, pp. 293-311 (Routledge ISSN: 1944-8961 (electronic) 1944-8953 (paper), 2009)
‘EU energy policy and regional co-operation in South-East Europe’, GreeSE Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe, Issue No. 24 (March 2009)
‘Measuring success and failure of EU-Europeanization in the Eastern enlargement: Judicial reform in Bulgaria’, European Journal of Law Reform, Sir William Dale Memorial Issue, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 285-319 (Eleven International Publishing ISSN: 1387-2370, 2007)
Book Reviews
Diana has reviewed books and manuscripts on international organisations, global politics (and religion), EU enlargement, institutional reform, energy security for: Palgrave (2016), Brill Law in Eastern Europe (2015), Politics and Religion (2015), Routledge (2014), Taylor and Francis (2013), The Journal of Common Market Studies (2007); Palgrave Macmillan St. Antony’s Series Oxford (2011); The Journal of European Affairs (2010).
Dr Diana Bozhilova's Teaching
Dr Bozhilova has been Head of Faculty since 2013 and Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations since 2021. She has been Convenor for BSc Politics & International Relations at Northeastern University London since 2013 and the convenor for the MSc Global Politics at Northeastern University London since 2016. She has been fellow at King’s College London Worldwide, Summer Programmes.
Academic Appointments
Head of Faculty in Politics and International Relations (2013 – present)
Senior Lecturer, Northeastern University London (2015 – present)
Professional Activity
Member of the Resource Allocation Group, Northeastern University London (2019-present)
Head of Faculty in Politics and International Relations (2013 – present)
Fellow, The Northeastern University London (2015 – present)
QAA Admissions lead, QAA lead for student engagement and outreach, QAA and SSU validation panel member (2015 – present)
BSc Politics and International Relations (major/minor degree) Programme Head (complete programme development and validation) (2014 – present)
Member of the Academic Board, Northeastern University London (2013 – present)
Expert witness to the House of Lords European Union Select Committee with remit: Enlargement, Southeast Europe, Russia, the CIS states, (2012 – 2013)
QAA Admissions lead, QAA lead for student engagement and outreach, QAA and SSU validation panel member (2015 – present)
BSc Politics and International Relations (major/minor degree) Programme Head (complete programme development and validation) (2014 – present)
Course Development
Programme Convenor for the Northeastern University London MSc Global Politics, teaching on the course ‘The European Union: A model for Regionalism’ (2016 – present)
Programme Convenor for the Northeastern University London BSc Politics and International Relations with Philosophy/History/English/Economics (2015 – present)
Languages Spoken
Fluent in Bulgarian, English, German.
Advanced in Italian.
Proficient in reading Russian and Greek.