Felix Röesch

Dr. Felix Röesch is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Coventry University. He has held visiting roles at Newcastle University (Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence), Kansai University (Osaka), and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins University, Washington). His research bridges classical realism and critical theory, focusing on intellectual history, knowledge transfer, and Japanese political thought. He holds a PhD from Newcastle University (2015) and advanced degrees from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and Sciences-Po Paris.

Key research areas include the conceptualization of power, public sphere dynamics, and the intersection of world politics with popular culture. He has edited major works like Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations (2014) and The Concept of the Political (2012). Current projects explore unlearning in IR and postcolonial community theory.

His scholarly contributions span Morgenthau studies, comparative government analysis, and transatlantic intellectual transfer. He co-edits the Palgrave Macmillan 'Global Political Thinkers' series and leads interdisciplinary research networks on realism-critical theory dialogues and non-Western political thought.