Siddharth Tripathi

Dr. Siddharth Tripathi is a Visiting Lecturer at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of International and Security Affairs at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Berlin. His research focuses on non-Western perspectives in International Relations (IR), peace and conflict studies, and the foreign policies of India and the European Union (EU). He holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his doctoral work examined the EU’s civilian crisis management missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan.

• Education: PhD in International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (2020)
• Fieldwork: Conducted extensive research in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Berlin, and Brussels
• Teaching: Courses include “Peace and Conflict Studies,” “Informal Politics in Fragile States,” and “(Re-)Building States: Legitimacy of International Intervention in the Balkans”

His research interests emphasize epistemic hierarchies in global IR, postcolonial complexities, and the role of informal power networks in post-conflict societies. He has coordinated the diploma program on Conflict Transformation and Peace Building at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi, and held visiting positions at institutions like the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) and Free University Berlin. Currently, he is co-editing the Rowman and Littlefield Handbook on Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South(s) with Prof. Solveig Richter.

Dr. Tripathi’s work bridges academic inquiry with policy relevance, addressing topics such as the EU’s crisis response mechanisms, India’s diplomatic strategies, and climate-sensitive peacebuilding in conflict zones like Afghanistan.