Martijn Vlaskamp
Ramón y Cajal Assistant Professor
Master's in International Relations Co-coordinator
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Biography
Martijn Vlaskamp is a Ramón y Cajal Assistant Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). He previously held a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Fellowship (2021–2024) and a Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship (2018–2021), both at IBEI, as well as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship at Yale University and IBEI (2015–2018).
He received his PhD in International Relations and European Integration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2014. During his doctoral studies, he was a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and at the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations (EGMONT).
Martijn's research interests include natural resource governance, political violence, and EU foreign policy, often bringing these fields together in his work. He is currently studying the role of natural resources in shaping the geopolitics of the renewable energy transition.
Martijn's work has been published in leading international journals, and he is the co-editor of three edited volumes. His research has been funded by European, Spanish, and Catalan public research agencies, as well as private foundations.
Background and education
- (2014) PhD in International Relations and European Integration, Autonomous University of Barcelona
- (2009) MA in European Studies, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster (Germany)
- (2009) MSc in European Studies, University of Twente (The Netherlands)
- (2008) BSc/BA in Public Administration (dual degree), University of Twente (The Netherlands) and Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster (Germany)
Awards
- 2024. Ramón y Cajal Fellowship
- 2020. Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Fellowship
- 2018. Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship
- 2015. MSCA Global Fellowship
Professional memberships & affiliations
Courses
Research
Research interests
- EU foreign policy
- Natural resources and conflicts
- Conflict management
- Armed Conflicts
IBEI Research Clusters
Selected publications
- 2025.Pathways to Instability: How Decreasing Oil Prices Impact Political Stability in Petrostates - Lessons From the 1980s Oil Glut.Energy Research & Social Science,127Link
- 2025.EU Foreign Policy and the Fragmentation of the International Order: A Framework for Analysis.In:
Costa, Oriol; Soler i Lecha, Eduard; Vlaskamp, Martijn (eds)
.EU Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting International Order.Palgrave Macmillan,pp: 1–25.Link - 2025.Looking for Resource Sovereignty in a Fragmenting Global Order: The EU’s Response to Critical Raw Materials Challenges.In:
Costa, Oriol; Soler i Lecha, Eduard; Vlaskamp, Martijn (eds)
.EU Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting International Order.Palgrave Macmillan,pp: 147–175.Link - 2024.Public preferences of environmental peacebuilding: The case of forest conservation projects in Colombia.Environment and Security,0(0)Link
- 2024.Exploring public support for extraterritorial jurisdiction over natural resource extraction: Survey insights from the United States.Resources Policy,Vol. 88Link
- 2023.How Do Third Parties React to Commodity Sanctions?.In:
Kirkham, Ksenia (ed)
.The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions.Abingdon, Oxon:Routledge.Link - 2020.Sanciones internacionales: sus “otros” efectos.Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals,Special issueLink
- 2019.First, do no harm: five questions the EU needs to keep in mind for a sensitive approach to conflict resources.CIDOB Notes Internacionals,219:1-6Link
- 2019.Good Natural Resource Governance: How Does the EU Deal with the Contestation of Transparency Standards?.In:
Johansson-Nogués, Elisabeth; Vlaskamp, Martijn; Barbé, Esther
.European Union Contested. Foreign Policy in a New Global Context.Springer.Link
Press clippings
- Entre danas y olas de calor: España redefine su seguridad nacional
- The renewable energy transition and political stability in the MENA region
- التحول للطاقة المتجددة والاستقرار السياسي في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا - The renewable energy transition and political stability in the MENA region (Arabic Translation)
- Groenlàndia, un projecte de nació cobejat per l’expansionisme nord-americà
- Ucrania, la nueva moneda de cambio en la guerra global por los recursos minerales
- El conflicto en Sudán amenaza a sus vecinos
- Geopolitical concerns drive push for domestic mining in Europe