Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
United Kingdom
fellow
Alena Drieschova
2026-2027
Home institution
University of Cambridge
Country of origin (home institution)
United Kingdom
Discipline(s)
Contemporary history; Demography; Humanities; Interdisciplinary Studies; Others; Social Sciences
Theme(s)
Other
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Dr Alena Drieschova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Research Project
International orders
Her research focuses on international orders, and how they are shaped by material culture, technology, and practices with a particular emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe’s position in the world. She is the author of Representants and International Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2025), which won the International Studies Association’s Diplomatic Studies Book Award, and the Science Technology and Art in International Relations Best Book Award.
She is the co-editor of Conceptualising International Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Her articles have been published among others in Climatic Change, Global Environmental Change, International Organisation, International Theory, and International Studies Quarterly.
Research Interests:
International orders; Material culture; Technology; Central Eastern Europe