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KY16 9AX
United Kingdom
Professor Rick Fawn is a specialist on international security, with a geographic concentration on the former communist space. He has conducted research in and published on Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He has also made numerous invited contributions to governments and media and given many papers and invited lectures and keynote addresses in the UK and overseas.
Dr Fawn has received research grants from various bodies, including the British Academy, the Nuffield Foundation, the Russell Trust, and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland; and was a coordinator of the 8-University £4,700,000 ESRC/AHRC-funded Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Russian and Central and East European Studies (CRCEES).
He was the recipient of a European Union Marie Curie ITN grant valued at 580,000Euro for St Andrews.
Having previous been Director of the University's Centre for Russia and East European Studies, he is currently Director of the Institute for the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies.
Member of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Institute; Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies; and the Centre for Russian, Soviet and Central and Eastern European Studies at the University of St Andrews.
BOOKS
* The author also of some four dozen refereed articles and book chapters as well as numerous policy-related, media and other written submissions.
International security; foreign policy decision-making; the politics, society and international relations of Central and Eastern Europe; NATO and EU enlargement.
Member of the Centre for Russian, Soviet and Central and Eastern European Studies at the University of St Andrews.
- post-communist regional cooperation initiatives
- conflict zones in the post-Soviet space and the roles of intergovernmental organizations
Various briefings given to governmental agencies and NGOs.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Hou, P. (Creator), Fawn, R. (Supervisor) & Peter, M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 12 Aug 2026
DOI: 10.17630/c9381f3c-6c1b-42e7-8608-b4cdd0afef73
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Hou, P. (Creator), Fawn, R. (Supervisor) & Peter, M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 12 Aug 2026
DOI: 10.17630/3d8df4fa-ca66-4dbf-bd72-b4e39e706c9b
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Hou, P. (Creator), Fawn, R. (Supervisor) & Peter, M. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 12 Aug 2026
DOI: 10.17630/4f2c7298-3ef3-4c54-b1f2-38e73f745871
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Cummings, S. N. (PI) & Fawn, R. (CoI)
1/05/13 → 30/04/17
Project: Standard
Fawn, R. (PI)
1/09/11 → 30/09/12
Project: Standard
Fawn, R. (PI)
1/03/10 → 30/09/10
Project: Standard
Fawn, R. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Fawn, R. (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Kamusella, T. (Speaker), Fawn, R. (Speaker) & Drennan, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Fawn, R. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Fawn, R. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Fawn, R. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Appointment
Fawn, R. (Recipient), 1998
Prize: Appointment
Fawn, R. (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Appointment
Fawn, R. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Appointment
Fawn, R. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Appointment
20/06/24
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Relating to Research
27/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
9/02/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
17/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research
9/08/22
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Fawn, R. (Participant), (Participant) & Hinnebusch, R. (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact, Public Discourse Impact