alempp
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy

My research focuses on the role of business in international politics and especially on the role of private military and security companies. My publications direct attention the politics of commercial security and develop theoretical approaches and methodologies suited for studying it. In recent work I explore the transformation of politics through commercial security expertise, risk-models, and regulatory arrangements drawing on and developing sociological practice approaches. My present projects explore the politics of commercial security knowledge as re-produced in marketing, web-communication and digitized/big data. This work is developed in the context of collaborative projects about security knowledge/expertise more generally.
- Sociological Theory
- International Politics
- Commercial Security
- Technological Politics
- Legal Theory
- Member of the IBP Study Board
- MSc Thesis Coordinator for MSC IBP
- Board Member for DIIS Danish Institute of International Studies (Sept. 2010- )
- Member of the Academic Advisory Board for GIGA German Institute for Global Area Studies (October 2012- )
- Non-North American Representative to the International Studies Association Governing Council (2012-14)
- Member of EU Horizon 2020 Reference Group on “Secure Societies”
I teach at all levels. During the academic year 2015-16 I coordinate and teach the course Markets, Regulation and Security in the Maritime Sector offered by the BSc in International Shipping and Trade and I contribute to the HA (Kom) course Analytical Strategies. I have earlier developed and taught a wide range of courses including introductions to international relations and international political economy, specialized courses in political risk, international security, globalization, international finance, theories of the state, and Turkish politics and seminars for BSc, MSc, and PhD thesis writing.
I enjoy supervision. I supervise at all levels (undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD). I take on the full range of projects (from academic to internship reports). However, I rarely take on supervision of projects unless they directly relate to my own research interests.
I hold a number of organizing positions related to teaching including as a coordinator of the MSc thesis and member of the IBP study board, of the Danish External Examiner (“censor”) Association, and of the external examiner board at the University of Birmingham.
- Leander, Anna. 2015. Afterword: Engendering Knowledge and Shifting the Spaces of “Private Security” and “Global Politics”. In Gender and Private Security in Global Politics, edited by Maya Eichler, pp. 236-43. Oxford University Press.
- Leander, Anna. 2014. Essential and Embattled Expertise: The Knowledge—Expert—Policy Nexus around the Sarin Gas Attack in Syria. Politik 17 (2): 26-37.
- Leander, Anna, ed. 2013. The Commercialization of Security in Europe: Consequences for Peace and Reconciliation. New York: Routledge.,
- Leander, Anna. 2012. What Do Codes of Conduct Do? Hybrid Constitutionalization and Militarization in Military Markets. Global Constitutionalism 1 (1):91-119.
- Leander, Anna. 2011. Risk and the Fabrication of Apolitical, Unaccountable Military Markets: The Case of the CIA “Killing Program”. Review of International Studies 37 (5):1-16.
In: Eklektiske analysestrategier. ed. /Emil Husted; Justine Grønbæk Pors . Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2021, p. 283-316
In: First Monday, Vol. 25, No. 5, 4.5.2020
In: Critical Studies on Security, 9.8.2020
In: Assembling Exclusive Expertise: Knowledge, Ignorance and Conflict Resolution in the Global South. . ed. /Anna Leander; Ole Wæver. Abingdon : Routledge 2019, p. 189-212 (Worlding Beyond the West)
Abingdon : Routledge 2019, 227 p. (Worlding Beyond the West)
In: International Peacekeeping, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2019, p. 165-189
In: Assembling Exclusive Expertise: Knowledge, Ignorance and Conflict Resolution in the Global South. . ed. /Anna Leander; Ole Wæver. Abingdon : Routledge 2019, p. 1-20 (Worlding Beyond the West)
In: European Journal of International Security, Vol. 4, No. 3, 10.2019, p. 322-344
In: Security Privatization: How Non-security-related Private Businesses Shape Security Governance. . ed. /Oldrich Bures; Helena Carrapico. Cham : Springer 2018, p. v-vii
In: The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations. ed. /Andreas Gofas; Inanna Hamati-Ataya; Nicholas Onuf. London : SAGE Publications 2018, p. 386-398
In: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2018, p. 265-289
In: Routledge Handbook of International Political Sociology. ed. /Xavier Guillaume; Pınar Bilgin. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 378-388
In: European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 20, No. 3, 8.2017, p. 348-372
In: The Art of World-Making: Nicholas Greenwood Onuf and His Critics. . ed. /Harry D. Gould. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 175-188
In: Researching Non-state Actors in International Security: Theory and Practice. . ed. /Andreas Kruck; Andrea Schneiker. Abingdon : Routledge 2017, p. 233-244 (Routledge Critical Security Studies)
In: The Routledge Research Companion to Security Outsourcing. ed. /Joakim Berndtsson; Christopher Kinsey. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 87-96
In: International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 4, 11.2016, p. 462-475
In: The Return of the Theorists: Dialogues with Great Thinkers in International Relations. . ed. /Richard Ned Lebow; Peer Schouten; Hidemi Suganami. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2016, p. 337-343
In: Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies. ed. /Rita Abrahamsen; Anna Leander. Abingdon : Routledge 2016, p. 1-7
In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2016, p. 3-13
Abingdon : Routledge 2016, 280 p.
In: The Power of Legality: Practices of International Law and their Politics. . ed. /Nikolas M. Rajkovic; Tanja Aalberts; Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2016, p. 75-98
In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2016, p. 48-66
In: The Rule of Law in Global Governance. ed. /Monika Heupel; Theresa Reinold. London : Palgrave Macmillan 2016, p. 205-236
28.6.2016
In: Gender and Private Security in Global Politics. ed. /Maya Eichler. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2015, p. 236-243
Paper presented at 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 2015
Paper presented at 56th ISA Annual Convention, 2015
In: Contexto Internacional, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2015, p. 839-850
In: Relaciones Internacionales, No. 30, 2015, p. 117-137
Abstract from Project Launch, 2015
In: Hybrid Rule and State Formation: Public-Private Power in the 21st Century. . ed. /Shelley Hurt; Ronnie Lipschutz. Abingdon : Routledge 2015, p. 143-159 (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)
Paper presented at 56th ISA Annual Convention, 2015
Paper presented at Authors' Workshop Security Communication in Democracies, 2015
In: Contexto Internacional, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2015, p. 945-973
In: Contexto Internacional, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2015, p. 835-837
3.6.2015
In: Politik, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2014, p. 26-37
In: Proceedings from ISA's 55th Annual Convention. 2014: Spaces and Places: Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization. . ed. /Zaryab Iqbal; Bryan Arva. Toronto : International Society of Automation 3.2014
In: Proceedings from ISA's 55th Annual Convention. 2014: Spaces and Places: Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization. . ed. /Zaryab Iqbal; Bryan Arva. Toronto : International Society of Automation 3.2014
Paper presented at FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference, Buenos Aires, 2014
Paper presented at Sixth Annual Academics and Experts’ Conference, 2014
Paper presented at Translations of Security: Changing Social Understandings of Threats, Risks and Dangers, 2014
Paper presented at FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference, Buenos Aires, 2014
In: The Return of the Public in Global Governance. ed. /Jacqueline Best; Alexandra Gheciu. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2014, p. 197-220
Paper presented at FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference, Buenos Aires, 2014
Torino : Collegio Carlo Alberto 2013, 16 p. (Carlo Alberto Notebooks, No. 301)
Abingdon : Routledge 2013, 240 p. (PRIO New Security Studies)
In: Commercialising Security in Europe: Political Consequences for Peace Operations. . ed. /Anna Leander. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 202-217 (PRIO New Security Studies)
In: Commercialising Security in Europe: Political Consequences for Peace Operations. . ed. /Anna Leander. Abingdon : Routledge 2013, p. 1-17 (PRIO New Security Studies)
In: Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2013, p. 783-792
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2013, p. 227-237
Paper presented at Power of Legality, 2013
In: Citizenship and Security: The Constitution of Political Being. . ed. /Xavier Guillaume; Jef Huysmans. London : Routledge 2013, p. 97-112
Paper presented at International Law and the Construction of Knowledge, 2013
In: Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2013, p. 811-831
Abstract from 54th ISA Annual Convention, 2013
Abstract from The Politics of the Blacklist, 2013
Abstract from The Rule of Law in Global Governance, 2013
Oslo : International Peace Research Institute, Oslo 2012, 4 p. (PRIO Policy Brief, No. 08-2012)
Paper presented at The Constitution of International (In)Security through the Fragmentation and Constitutionalization of Legal Expertise , 2012
Paper presented at Dialogues on Security, 2012
Oslo : International Peace Research Institute, Oslo 2012, 4 p. (PRIO Policy Brief, No. 07-2012)
Paper presented at ECPR Joint Sessions 2012, 2012
Paper presented at Uncertain Futures, 2012
Paper presented at 53rd ISA Annual Convention, 2012
Oslo : International Peace Research Institute, Oslo 2012, 4 p. (PRIO Policy Brief, No. 06-2012)
Paper presented at The 9th Convention of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), 2012
Paper presented at The Legitimacy and Legitimation of Transnational Governance, 2012
Paper presented at The 9th Convention of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), 2012
In: Global Constitutionalism, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012, p. 91-119
In: Review of International Studies, Vol. 37, No. 5, 2011, p. 2253-2268
In: Security Dialogue, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2011, 7 p., p. 115-122
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2011, p. 294-313
London : Routledge 2010, 267 p.
In: The Routledge Handbook of New Security Studies. ed. /J. Peter Burgess. London : Routledge 2010, p. 208-216
In: International Studies Encyclopedia. ed. /Robert Allen Denemark. Vol. V, : Wiley 2010, p. 3255-3270
In: Business and Global Governance. ed. /Morten Ougaard; Anna Leander. London : Routledge 2010, p. 57-77 (Warwick studies in globalisation)
Paper presented at 51st ISA Annual Convention, 2010
In: Security Dialogue, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2010, p. 467-490
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009, p. 109-112
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 21 p.
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2009, p. 465 - 468
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 14 p.
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 24 p.
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 32 p.
In: War and Peace in Transition: Changing Roles of External Actors. . ed. /Karin Aggestam; Annika Björkdahl. Lund : Nordic Academic Press 2009, p. 32-52
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 20 p.
In: Sovereignty Games: Instrumentalizing State Sovereignty in Europe and Beyond. . ed. /Rebecca Adler-Nissen; Thomas Gammeltoft Hansen. New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2009, p. 151-170 (Palgrave Studies in Governance, Security, and Development)
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 21 p.
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 16 p.
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2009, 13 p.
In: The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies. ed. /Myriam Dunn Cavelty; Victor Mauer. Abingdon : Routledge 2009, p. 200-210
In: Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2009, p. 321-328
In: The Role of Law, Ethics and Justice in Security Practices: Conference report. . ed. /J. Peter Burgess; David Rodin. : International Peace Research Institute, Oslo 2008, p. 32-33
In: Millennium - Journal of International Studies, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2008, p. 215-217
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2008, 31 p.
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2008, 25 p.
In: Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008, p. 75-77
In: Qualitative Methods in International Relations: A Pluralist Guide. . ed. /Audie Klotz; Deepa Prakash. Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2008, p. 11-27
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2007, 15 p.
In: Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2007, p. 149-151
København 2007, 16 p.
In: From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies. . ed. /Simon Chesterman; Chia Lehnardt. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2007, p. 49-64
Frederiksberg : Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School 2007, 22 p.
København 2007, 22 p.
In: The Changing Face of European Conscription. ed. /Pertti Joenniemi. Burlington, VT : Ashgate 2006, p. 161-173
In: The Changing Face of European Conscription. ed. /Pertti Joenniemi. Burlington, VT : Ashgate 2006, p. 119-136
Soveria Mannelli : Rubbettino 2006, 179 p.
In: Interdépendances et aide publique au développement: Actes du séminaire DgCiD-Iddri 2005-2006. : Ecole Nationale D'Administration, ENA 2006, p. 147-170
In: Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2006, p. 371-377
København 2006, 19 p.
In: The Politics of Protection: Sites of Insecurity and Political Agency. . ed. /Jef Huysmans; Andrew Dobson; Raia Prokhovnik. London : Routledge 2006, p. 19-33 (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)
København 2006, 27 p.
In: Einstein weiterdenken: Verantwortung des Wissenschafrlers und Friden im 21. Jahrhundert. . ed. /Stephan Albrecht; Reiner Braun; Thomas Held. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang 2006, p. 333-354
København 2006, 28 p.
In: Constructivism and International Relations. ed. /Stefano Guzzini; Anna Leander. Abingdon : Routledge 2006, p. 73-92 (New International Relations)
Abingdon : Routledge 2005, 246 p. (New International Relations)
In: Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research. ed. /Stefano Guzzini; Dietrich Jung. London : Routledge 2004, p. 69-80
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