Bettina Renz Explained

Bettina Renz
Alma Mater:
Workplaces:University of Nottingham
Thesis Title:Civil-military Relations in Post-Soviet Russia: The Case of ‘Military Politicians’
Thesis Year:2005

Bettina Renz is a German political scientist and Professor of International Security at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham.[1] [2] [3] Her major research expertise is post-Soviet Russian security and defence policy, military reform and civil-military relations.[4] [5] Since 2005, Renz has published numerous articles in academic journals describing the background and effects of changes in contemporary Russia's military.[6] She is an editorial board member of the United States Army War College Press.[7]

Education

After receiving her MA and MSc in Russian Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Renz went to Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham in 1999 for PhD, which dealt with Russian civil-military relations.[8] [9] She completed her PhD in 2005. In 2006, she was an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham's European Research Institute.

Academic career

Renz lectured in Defence Studies at King's College London (Royal Air Force College) before being appointed to her current post in 2007.[10] She is a graduate of the King's Institute for Learning and Teaching and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her teaching interests are in the broad areas of international security and strategic studies.[11]

In 2008, she was the personal tutor of Rizwaan Sabir, a 22-year-old MA student who downloaded al-Qaida-related material for dissertation’s research, and said to the BBC that the police action was a threat to academic freedom.[12] [13]

Renz has previously worked with, guest lectured, or disseminated research findings at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Defence Studies, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, the Finnish National Defence Academy, and the NATO Defence College in Rome.[14] [15]

During the academic year 2016/17, Renz worked as a Senior Researcher at the University of Helsinki’s Aleksanteri Institute on a project financed by the Finnish government.

In spring 2020, she was a distinguished visiting professor at the Canadian Forces College.[16]

From October 2019 to September 2022, her research with Sarah Whitmore at Oxford Brookes University entitled 'What kind of military does Ukraine want and need? Assessing the importance of strategic and political context for military reforms' was funded by the British Academy.[17] [18]

Publications

Books

Selected articles

Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-02-02 . Russia's revamped military learns from failures of the past . Financial Times . 2023-01-08.
  2. Web site: 2022-03-28 . Russia and Ukraine meet for sixth round of talks . 2023-01-08 . ABC Radio National . en-AU.
  3. News: Croitoru . Joseph . NATO und Ukraine: Wobei sollte der Westen der Ukraine helfen? . de . FAZ.NET . 2023-01-10 . 0174-4909.
  4. Web site: Bettina Renz . 2023-01-07 . The University of Nottingham . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Bettina Renz . 2023-01-07 . VoxUkraine . en-US.
  6. Web site: Russia's Military Revival . 2023-01-08 . Air University (AU) . 11 September 2019 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Editorial Board Members . 2023-01-08 . USAWC Press.
  8. Web site: 50 faces of CREES #03 - Dr Bettina Renz (1999-2006) . 2023-01-07 . University of Birmingham . en.
  9. Web site: Crider . Stephanie . 2022-04-08 . Dr. Bettina Renz – Russia and Ukraine . 2023-01-08 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: Russia's Military Revival . 2023-01-07 . King's College London.
  11. Web site: Bettina Renz . 2023-01-08 . Warsaw Security Forum . en.
  12. News: 2008-05-23 . Student was 'studying terrorism' . en-GB . BBC . 2023-01-08.
  13. Web site: 2008-05-29 . Lecturers petition home secretary over Nottingham administrator's deportation . 2023-01-08 . the Guardian . en.
  14. Web site: 2022-02-25 . The Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Regional and Global Implications? . 2023-01-08 . The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy . en-US.
  15. Web site: New Research Division Publication: "Russia's 2014 Military Doctrine and beyond: threat perceptions, capabilities and ambitions" . 2023-01-08 . NATO Defense College.
  16. Web site: Bettina Renz . 2023-01-08 . US Army War College.
  17. Web site: Whitmore . Dr Sarah . 2022-03-09 . Russia and Ukraine: cometh Ze man . 2023-01-08 . UK in a changing Europe . en-GB.
  18. Web site: Dr Sarah Whitmore . 2023-01-08 . . en.
  19. Reviews of Russia’s Military Revival:
    • Ippoliti. J. Alexander. September 11, 2019. Air & Space Power Journal. Book Reviews.
    • Katrandzhiev. Valentin. November 2019. 10.1080/23745118.2020.1689955. 1. European Politics and Society. 144–146. none. 21. 211467380 .
    • Levine. Ilya. March 2021. 10.51870/cejiss.r150102. 1. Central European Journal of International and Security Studies. 89–91. Metropolitan University Prague. none. 15. 233613062 . free.
    • Markovic Khaze. Nina. August 2019. 10.1080/09668136.2019.1633142. 7. Europe-Asia Studies. 1253–1255. none. 71. 203303045 .
    • Monaghan. Andrew. Winter 2018–2019. . 4. Parameters. 84–85. none. 48.
    • Moraski. Bryon J.. December 2020. 10.1017/s1537592720002558. 4. Perspectives on Politics. 1295–1297. none. 18. 230642436 .
    • Schmidt. Matthew J.. 10.1002/polq.12949. 3. Political Science Quarterly. 545–546. none. 134. 2019. 203519575 .
    • Stent. Angela. January 2019. 10.1080/00396338.2019.1568055. 1. Survival. 229–230. Russia and Eurasia. 61. 219644427 . free.
    • Taylor. Brian D.. October 2020. H-net. Taylor on Renz.
    • White. D. Jonathan. October 2019. 4. Journal of Military History. 1356–1357. Review. 83.
  20. Review of Securitising Russia:
    • Morales. Javier. Crítica de libros. es. UNISCI Discussion Papers. 16. January 2008. 279–280.

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