Tiffany Williams

Tiffany Williams
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Institut für Slawistik und Kaukasusstudien
Tiffany Williams
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  • CV

    ORCID: 0009-0002-1277-1219, https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1277-1219External link


    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

  • Publications

    Journal Articles and Book Chapters

    Williams, Tiffany G. 2023. "Regional Transformation as Reterritorialisation: Examining the distorted image of EU-ropeanisation," Journal of Contemporary European Research, 19(2):207-225. https://doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v19i2.1296External link.

    Orbie, Jan, Antonio S.M. Alcazar III, Anissa Bougrea, SzilviaNagy, Alvaro Oleart, Jonalyn C.Paz, Rahel W.Sebhatu, Tiffany G. Williams, & Izabella Wódzka. 2023. "Decolonizing Rather than Decentring ‘Europe’." European Foreign Affairs Review, 28(1):1–8. https://doi.org/10.54648/eerr2023001External link.

    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 Interview

    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.

  • 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