Research

Peer Reviewed Publications:

1. Fakhoury, R., Peterson, E. (2024). From Classroom to Community: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Through an Interdisciplinary Cohort Model. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 13(1), 1-18, DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.v13i1.5857.

2. Gricius, G., Fakhoury, R. (2024). Security for the Small: Materializing Securitization in Finland and Norway. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2023.2301301.

3. Fakhoury, R. (2023). Polar Stars: Towards an Epistemological Understanding of Security Constellations and the Arctic Case. Global Studies Quarterly, 3(4).

4. Fakhoury, R. (2023). Interdependent Independence: Greenland-Denmark Relations and its Representations in Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings. Journal of Arctic and Climate Security Studies, 1(1).

5. Fakhoury, R. (2023). Brazil in the Arctic Council: Not as Crazy as it Sounds. The Arctic Institute. https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/brazil-arctic-council-not-crazy-sounds/.

6. Fakhoury, R. (2020). O Conflito Sírio: A Retirada das Tropas Estadunidenses e a Investida Turca Contra os Curdos [The Syrian Conflict: The Withdrawal of American Troops and the Turkish Charge Against the Kurds]. Série Conflitos Internacionais, 7(1).

7. Fakhoury, R. (2019). As Disputas Maritimas no Mar do Sul da China: Antecedentes e Ações Militares no Século XXI [The South China Sea Disputes: Background and Military Actions in the 21st Century]. Série Conflitos Internacionais, 6(1).

8. Fakhoury, R. (2019). Intervir ou não intervir: a “Diplomacia Silenciosa” e a política externa Sul-Africana em relação ao Zimbábue [To Intervene or Not to Intervene: "Silent Diplomacy" and South Africa's Foreign Policy in Relation to Zimbabwe]. Revista de Iniciação Científica da FFC, 19(1), 33-40.

9. Aguilar, S. L. C., & Fakhoury, R. (2019). As Dinâmicas De Cooperação Militar No Mar Do Sul Da China [The Dynamics of Military Cooperation in the South China Sea]. Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval, 25(1).

10. Aguilar, S. L. C., & Fakhoury, R. (2019). Mar do Sul da China: Um Histórico de Disputas [South China Sea: A History of Disputes]. Revista de História Regional, 24(2).

11. Felicio, L., Fakhoury, R., Chiarato, A., Garcia, P., Pereira, V. (2017). Afeganistão: A Continuidade do Grande Jogo [Afghanistan: The Continuity of the Great Game]. Série Conflitos Internacionais, 4(4).

12. Fakhoury, R. (2017). O Conflito na Costa do Marfim e as Missões de Paz da ONU [The Conflict in Côte D’Ivoire and UN Peacekeeping Missions]. Série Conflitos Internacionais, 4(3).

Conference Participation:

Please find a list of my most recent conferences below, as well as the name of my presentations.

1. “Vicarious Identification and the Nordic Turn: Surveying NATO in Finland and Sweden”. European International Studies Association Pan-European Conference, Lille, France. 2024.

2. “Space as Identity: Narratives of Russian Expansionist Foreign Policy” (with Gabriella Gricius). European International Studies Association Pan-European Conference, Lille, France. 2024.

3. “From Neutral to NATO: Public Opinion and the Ambiguity of Neutrality for Sweden and Finland”. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2024.

4. “Ontological Insecurity Communities and Eco-Anxiety in the Global Commons”. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2024.

5. “Bears and Eagles: Vicarious Insecurity and Ontological Anxiety in US-Russian Arctic Relations”. International Studies Association, Northeast Meeting, Providence, CT. 2023.

6. “Ontological Insecurity Communities and Eco-Anxiety in the Global Commons” (with Gabriella Gricius). European International Studies Association Pan European Conference, Potsdam, Germany. 2023. 

7. “Eco-Anxiety and the Self in a Warming World: Conceptualizing Ontologically Insecure Communities” (with Gabriella Gricius). International Studies Association Virtual Meeting. 2023 (Virtual).

8.  “Bears and Eagles: Vicarious Insecurity and Ontological Anxiety in US-Russian Arctic Relations”. International Studies Association Virtual Meeting. 2023 (Virtual).

9.  “Interdependent Independence: Greenland-Denmark Relations and it’s Representations in Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings”. NAADSN Emerging Leaders Week. 2023 (Virtual).

10. “Bears and Eagles: Ontological Insecurity, Reactive and Proactive Securitizations in the Russian and American Arctic”. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 2023.

11. “Money Doesn’t Talk: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Democracy Aid on Academic Freedom” (with Emma Peterson). International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 2023.  

12. “All Talk No Bite? Small States and Military Securitization in Norway and Finland” (with Gabriella Gricius). Arctic Frontiers Conference, Tromsø, Norway. 2023 (Virtual).

13. “All Talk No Bite? Small States and Military Securitization in Norway and Finland” (with Gabriella Gricius). Northern Political Economy Symposium, Rovaniemi, Finland. 2022 (Virtual). 

14. “Fractured Identities and Political Polarization: Brazil and the 2022 Presidential Elections”. Roundtable: Ontological Security, Identity, War, and Cultures of Violence. International Studies Association, Northeast Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 2022.

15. “Interdependent Independence: Greenland-Denmark Relations and it’s Representations in Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings”. Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland. 2022.

16. “A Weapon of the Weak? Power and the Securitization of Climate Change in Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings”. NAADSN Emerging Leaders Week. 2022 (Virtual).

17. “Polar Stars: Towards an Epistemological Understanding of Security Constellations and the Arctic Case”. The Arctic Institute Conference. 2022 (Virtual). 

18. “A Weapon of the Weak? Power and the Securitization of Climate Change in Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings”. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. 2022.

19. International Studies Association Pedagogy Conference, Nashville, TN. 2022.

20. “An Arctic Security Complex? Security Dimensions in the Arctic and Ways Forward”. International Studies Association, Northeast Meeting. 2021 (Virtual).

21. “Issues of Cyberspace Territorialization: Possible Contributions of the Antarctic Treaty”. International Studies Association Annual Meeting. 2021 (Virtual).

22. “Analysis of the Symbiotic Relationship Between Terrorism and Mass Media in the Case of Charlie Hebdo” (with Igor Zanata). VI Journada Científica de Comunicação Social, Bauru, Brazil. 2019.

23. “The Dynamics of Competition and Military Cooperation in the South China Sea: U.S. Involvement in the Disputes (2000-2017)”. Brazilian National Defense Studies Association Annual Meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2018.

24. “O Uso da Força e a Proteção aos Civis nas Missões de Paz da ONU na Costa do Marfim”. XV Semana de Relações Internacionais. Franca, Brazil. 2017.

25. “Cuba e a América: Considerações Sobre a Integração Intercontinental”. XIV Semana de Relações Internacionais. Marilia, Brazil. 2016.

26. “Russia and the United Nations”. Global Young Leaders Conference, Washington, D.C. 2015.

Workshops & Additional Training

Workshops

• ISD Case Studies Workshop. Edmund Wash School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University & International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, 2023. 

• Interpretive and Relational Research Methodology Workshop, ISA-Northeast, 2020.

Trainings

• Online Teaching Using Blackboard, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2023.

• Harassment Prevention and Title IX, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2022.

• Social and Behavioral Research, Basic Course, CITI Program, 2021.

Courses

• Arctic Security Fundamentals. University of Alaska Fairbanks (EdX), 20 hours, 2020.

• Homeland Security & Cybersecurity Specialization. University of Colorado (Coursera), 60 hours, 2017.

Awards and Fellowships:

• Excellence in Teaching Award, Political Science Department, UMass Lowell (2024)

• Graduate Research Grant Award, UMass Lowell (2023)

• Bradford Morse Research Stipend in International Relations, University of Massachusetts (2021, 2022)

• Research Grant, Sao Paulo Research Foundation (2018-2019)

• Best paper on International Security – III EPRI: Research Seminar in International Relations (2018)

• Research Grant, Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (2016-2017)