Nina Boy
Visiting Fellow
Background
| Since 10/2016 |
Visiting Fellowship at Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) "Dynamics of security – Forms of securitisation in historical perspective" at the Universities Giessen and Marburg, Germany |
| Since 5/2014 |
Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Dimensions of Security Department WP Leader Societal Security of Financial Systems of EU 7th Framework-funded project SOURCE – Virtual Centre of Excellence for Research Support and Coordination on Societal Security |
| 2013 - 2014 |
Teaching position at University of Erfurt, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Module Critical Security Studies |
| 2008 - 2013 |
PhD in Politics, Lancaster University, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lancaster, UK |
| 2008 - 2009 |
Visiting fellow, City University London, International Politics, and CASS Business School, London |
| 2007 - 2012 |
Doctoral Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Dimensions of Security Department, Oslo, Norway Projects: The social determination of risk (SORISK); Understanding ‘financial security’ in an age of uncertainty (both funded by Research Council of Norway); European security threats and trends in society (ETTIS) (EU FP7 Programme) |
| 2005 - 2006 |
MA International Studies and Diplomacy, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Centre for International Studies |
| 1998 - 2002 |
MA (Joint Honours) French and Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK |
Research interests
- Security studies
- Global Finance, International Political Economy
- Sovereignty, sovereign debt, public credit
- History and theory of pledge, money, value, debt, collateral
- Financial security, safe assets
- Digital economy and cashless society
- Critical theory and post-structuralism, contemporary conditions of critique
Publications
Peer-reviewed academic articles
- Boy, N. (2015) Sovereign safety, Security Dialogue, 46(6), 530-547
- Boy, N., J. P. Burgess and A. Leander (2011) The global governance of security and finance: Introduction to the Special Issue. Security Dialogue, 42(2): 115-122
Chapters in edited volumes
- Boy, N. (2016) ‘Financial security’ in J. Junk, C. Daase and G. Schlag (eds)
- Transformations of Security, PRIO/ Routledge New Security Studies Series, London: Routledge
- Boy, N. (2014) ‘The backstory of the risk-free asset: how government debt became safe’ in C. Goodhart, D. Gabor and J. Vestergaard (eds) Central Banking at a Crossroads, London: Anthem Press
- Boy, N. (2014) ‘Öffentlichkeit als public credit’ /’The “public” of public credit’ in A. Langenohl and D. Wetzel (eds) Finanzmarktpublika/ Financial market publics, Wiesbaden: Springer VS
EU reports for European Commission
- Boy, N. et al (2015) Analytic report on the impact of the global financial crisis on societal security in Europe (SOURCE)
- Boy, N. et al (2015) Report on the role of financial regulation in the provision of security (SOURCE)
- Boy, N. (2015) Report on the theory of risk as a societal security instrument (SOURCE)
- Boy, N. (2012) Conceptual foundations of security (ETTIS)
