Tiffany Williams
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CV
Positions
April - July 2022
Visiting Scholar, Institut für Höhere Studien, Vienna, Austria
2021 - Present
Managing Editor, “Across the Caucasus Blog”
2021 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Caucasus Studies, University of Jena
2018 - 2022
PhD, Political Science, Universität Wien, Department of Political Science, Vienna, Austria
Dissertation: “Selling Normative Power Europe: Analyzing the unexpected outcomes of the European Union’s normative power approach in the South Caucasus”
2018 - 2021
Doctoral Research Fellow, Institut für Höhere Studien, Vienna, Austria
2014 - 2016
Research Assistant, Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation, Ithaca, New York, USA
2014 - 2016
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Thesis: “Reconciliation and Ressentiment: The Role of National Identity in the Norm Diffusion Process”
2010
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Williams, Tiffany G. 2022. “Reaching across the Atlantic to Support Resilient Self-Defence for Georgia.” In Ambitious Agenda—Limited Substance? Critical Examinations Of The EU’s Resilience Turn in the South Caucasus, edited by Diana Forker and Bidzina Lebanidze, 15-18. Caucasus Analytical Digest, No.127. Center for Security Studies: ETH Zürich. DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000554652.
Williams, Tiffany G. 2022. “Legitimacy, Conditionality, and Norm Compliance: Lessons from the EU’s Normative Power Approach.” In The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union: Legitimacy Recovered?, edited by Christopher Lord, Dirk De Bièvre, Jarle Trondal, Ramses Wessel, and Peter Bursens, 238-262. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Williams, Tiffany G. 2021. “Interests over norms? The European Union’s varying Black Sea region approach.” In Experiencing Europeanization in the Black Sea and South Caucasus, Vol. 2, edited by Gaga Gabrichidze, Oliver Reisner, and Selin Türkeş-Kılıç, 47-74. Stuttgart: ibidem Press.
Policy Briefs
Williams, Tiffany G. 2021. “Make the Eastern Partnership Great Again? Planning Brussels’ response to the ‘Trio Plus Strategy 2030’ resolution.” PLATO Policy Brief Series, no.5, June 2021. https://www.plato.uio.no/publications/policy-papers/plato-policy-briefs/plato-policy-brief-05-williams.pdfExternal link.
Blog Posts and Media Interviews
Williams, Tiffany G. Under Review. “Behind the banner of Europe: Making sense of EU candidacy status.” The IHS Blog.
Williams, Tiffany G. 2021. “Trading ambition for cooperation: What’s next for the Eastern Partnership?” Post-crisis Democracy in Europe, Ideas on Europe Blog, May 27, 2021. https://post-crisis-democracy.ideasoneurope.eu/External link.
Skazlic, Ivana and Tiffany G. Williams “Addressing Legitimacy Challenges for the European Union.” The IHS Blog, December 3, 2020. https://www.ihs.ac.at/publications-hub/blog/beitraege/addressing-legitimacy-challenges-for-the-european-union/External link.
Fon, B. and Gladitsch, M., Interviewers. 26 June 2020. “3 powerful voices on what it’s like to be black in Austria that you should definitely listen to: conversations with Fellow and PhD Candidate Tiffany Williams, influencer, Christl Clear, and photographer, Cameron.” Vienna Würstelstand, https://www.viennawurstelstand.com/article/what-is-it-like-to-be-black-in-austria/External link.
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Fellowships, scholarships, and awards
2018 - 2021
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action PhD Fellowship, "Post-Crisis Legitimacy of the European Union” (PLATO)External link
2018
Field Research Scholarship, le Centre d’études européennes et de politique comparée de Sciences Po, Paris, France
2015
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Field Research Award
2014 - 2016
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs Fellowship