Ragnar Weilandt
About
I am a postdoctoral research fellow in the Reconfiguring EU Democracy Support (REDEMOS) project. I obtained my PhD in Politics and International Studies from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the University of Warwick. Prior to embarking on my doctoral research, I completed degrees in International Relations and European Politics at Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics. My main research interest are the European Union's external relations, with a special focus on the EU's Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods as well as these two regions' history and politics. My non-academic writings have appeared in various media outlets including POLITICO Europe, The Guardian, Der Spiegel and Zeit Online. I have taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the European Union, comparative regionalism as well as Middle Eastern history and politics.
Publications
2025
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2025)
Interplay of security & stability and democracy support.
REDEMOS
Report
2024
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Dobrescu, Madalina;
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Democratic progress, stasis, regression and authoritarianisation in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood.
REDEMOS
Report
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Conclusions.
Chapter
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Conceptualising success and failure in democracy building in
the EU’s eastern neighbourhood
.
Chapter
2022
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2022)
Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice: EU norms and their discontents in Tunisia.
Democratization
Academic article
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2022)
EU Democracy Projection in Tunisia: The Case of Civil Society Consultations.
Mediterranean Politics
Academic article
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Weilandt, Ragnar;
Khakee, Anna.
(2022)
Supporting Democratic Participation beyond Democracy Promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption.
Mediterranean Politics
Academic article
2019
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2019)
Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society.
Democratization
Academic article
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2019)
Will Brexit Change the EU's Foreign Policy?.
Survival (London. 1959)
Academic article
2018
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2018)
Socio-economic challenges to Tunisia’s democratic transition.
European View
Academic article
Journal publications
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2022)
Acceptance in principle, contestation in practice: EU norms and their discontents in Tunisia.
Democratization
Academic article
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2022)
EU Democracy Projection in Tunisia: The Case of Civil Society Consultations.
Mediterranean Politics
Academic article
-
Weilandt, Ragnar;
Khakee, Anna.
(2022)
Supporting Democratic Participation beyond Democracy Promotion? EU Relations with Moroccan and Tunisian civil society in the areas of trade and anti-corruption.
Mediterranean Politics
Academic article
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2019)
Divisions within post-2011 Tunisia’s secular civil society.
Democratization
Academic article
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2019)
Will Brexit Change the EU's Foreign Policy?.
Survival (London. 1959)
Academic article
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2018)
Socio-economic challenges to Tunisia’s democratic transition.
European View
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Conclusions.
Chapter
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Conceptualising success and failure in democracy building in
the EU’s eastern neighbourhood
.
Chapter
Report
-
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2025)
Interplay of security & stability and democracy support.
REDEMOS
Report
-
Dobrescu, Madalina;
Weilandt, Ragnar.
(2024)
Democratic progress, stasis, regression and authoritarianisation in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood.
REDEMOS
Report