Diana Bozhilova
Associate Dean of Global Impact & Sustainability and Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations
Biography
Dr Diana Bozhilova completed her doctoral degree at King’s College London. She then held posts at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and at King’s College London (KCL), before joining Northeastern University London as Head of Faculty and Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations. She has been the Associate Dean of Global Impact and Sustainability since 2023.
Diana has served on parliamentary select committees. She is a published author on democratisation and reform since the end of the Cold War, on energy security and energy transition, and on inter-regionalism. Diana is the recipient of research grants and reviews manuscripts in the areas of her interests.
Qualifications & Academic Honours
PhD, King’s College London (2007)
BA (Hons) in European Studies & German, King’s College London (2004)
Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London, Department of European and International Studies (2019-2022)
Associate of King’s College London (2006)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research
Dr Diana Bozhilova attained her doctoral degree in Justice and Home Affairs and Industrial Policy Reform from the King’s College London European and International Studies Department. She was then elected to a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is the holder of several Visiting Research Fellowships at King’s College London and the recipient of research grants, focusing on energy security and energy transition, sustainable development and social return on investment.
Books
Bozhilova, D. and T. Hashimoto. To Russia with Love, International Journal of Energy Security and Environmental Research (IJESER), Special Issue, Spring 2013: Guest Editorial
Bozhilova, D. Bulgaria’s Quest for EU Membership: The Europeanization of Policies in Transition, AuthorHouse Publishing, (pp. 208), ISBN: 1434385159 (2008) (cited in Cambridge Review Summer 2014)
Articles
Si, Yutong, Desai, Dipa, Bozhilova, Diana, Puffer, Sheila and Stephens, Jennie C. Renewable Energy Discourses of Fossil Fuel Companies: Climate Obstruction and Delay. Energy, Sustainability and Society (forthcoming)
Si, Yutong, Desai, Dipa, Bozhilova, Diana, Puffer, Sheila and Stephens, Jennie C. (2023) Fossil fuel companies’ climate communication strategies: Industry messaging on renewables and natural gas. Energy Research & Social Science, 98. p. 103028. ISSN 22146296
Bozhilova, D. The Impact of the Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections on Foreign and Energy Policy in the State.
SEESOX Discussion Paper Series, St Antony’s College, Oxford April 2015
Bozhilova, D. and Tom Hashimoto, EU-Russia Energy Negotiations: a choice between rational self-interest and collective action. European Security, Routledge, Special Issue: The EU, Russia and the shared neighbourhood: security governance and energy, Volume 19, 2011, Issue No. 4, pp. 627-642.
Bozhilova, Diana (2010) When foreign direct investment is good for development: Bulgaria’s accession, industrial restructuring and regional FDI. LSE Research Online GreeSE paper no. 33 (33).
Bozhilova, Diana (2009) Energy security and regional cooperation in South-East Europe. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 11 (3). pp. 293-311. ISSN 1944-8953
Bozhilova, D. EU energy policy and regional co-operation in South-East Europe. GreeSE Papers on Greece andSoutheast Europe, March 2009, Issue No. 2
Book Chapters
Bozhilova, D. Bulgaria between the European Union and the Russian Federation, in David, M., Gower, J., and Hiski Haukkala (eds). (2013). National Perspectives on Russia: European Foreign Policy in the Making?, Routledge Advances in European Politics Series ISBN: 978-0-415-53832-9
Bozhilova, D. Social Issues in Focus: New Generation Research on a changing Greece (2013), Economia Publishing/Kerkyra Publications ISBN: 978-960-9490-24-5
Teaching
Dr Diana Bozhilova was Head of Faculty of Politics and International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology from 2013 until 2023.
In her present role as the Associate Dean of Global Impact and Sustainability, she oversees all Northeastern University network programmes running in London, the ‘Semester Abroad’ (London Degree students), and develops partnerships and collaborations for the Northeastern University London degree programmes. Diana is the Deputy Chair of the Northeastern University London Sustainability Committee and develops strategic documents and action plans in the area of sustainable development.
Diana is the course leader of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Sustainable Development and supervises PhD students in EU policy and environmental transitions.
Contact
Faculty name
diana.bozhilova@nulondon.ac.uk
Northeastern University London is a charity
registered with the Charity Commission for
England and Wales (charity number 1189858).
Location
Devon House
58 St Katharine’s Way
London E1W 1LP, UK
+44 20 7637 4550
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