Jonathan Luke Austin
EducationIHEID
SchoolInternational Relations, International Political Sociology, Pragmatist Sociology, Science and Technology Studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen
Notable ideas
Post-critique; compositionism; material-aesthetics; international political design and ergonomics;

Jonathan Luke Austin is a sociologist and political scientist. Austin is currently a professor at the University of Copenhagen. He is also Director of the Centre for Advanced Security Theory at the same university. Previously he was Lead Researcher at the Geneva-based Violence Prevention (VIPRE) Initiative, hosted by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,[1] where he is also a Visiting Professor. Austin has previously been based at the University of Copenhagen, the University of Ottawa, and the Orient-Institut Beirut.[2]

Austin is widely known for his work in the fields of International Political Sociology (security studies), critical security studies, and International Relations.

Theoretically, Austin has played a central role in reconsidering the status of critique in International Relations, mainly through his engagements with pragmatist sociologies, science and technology studies, and postcritique.[3][4][5] He has also been a key advocate for extending the ‘materialism’ of the practice of International Relations, suggesting social scientific practice must move beyond its present preoccupation with epistemic modes of inquiry.[6][7]

Empirically, much of Austin's work has revolved around exploring the ontologies of political violence. This includes a significant research programme studying the conditions of possibility underlying torture, conducted through both secondary sources and the interviewing of perpetrators.[8][9]

Practically, Austin is known for applying ‘high’ social theory to concrete international problems.[1] This is currently occurring through the application of material-semiotic social theories to the challenge of violence prevention.[10] For this work, Austin was nominated among the ‘faces of peace’ in recognition of his Peacebuilding activities by the University of Geneva and Geneva Peacebuilding Platform.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "VIPRE". VIPRE.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan AUSTIN | IHEID". graduateinstitute.ch.
  3. ↑ ”Doing and Mediating Critique: An Invitation to Practice Companionship“ Security Dialogue, 2019, 50 (1)
  4. ↑ “A Parasitic Critique for International Relations” International Political Sociology, 2019, 13 (2)
  5. ↑ “Critique and Post-Critique” Security Dialogue, 2019, 50 (4S)
  6. ↑ ”Towards an International Political Ergonomics” European Journal of International Relations, 2019, 25 (4)
  7. ↑ “Security Compositions” European Journal of International Security, 2019, 4 (3)
  8. ↑ ”Torture and the Material-Semiotic Networks of Violence Across Borders” International Political Sociology, 2016, 10 (1)
  9. ↑ “We have never been civilised: Torture and the Materiality of World Political Binaries” European Journal of International Relations, 2017, 23 (1).
  10. ↑ ”Becoming a Torturer: Towards a Global Ergonomics of Care” International Review of the Red Cross, 2017, 98 (903)
  11. ↑ "Faces of Peace". Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. December 11, 2017.
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