John J Hogan

About

I am an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with a focus on international security through a postcolonial lens. Much of my research has centred on the politics and security institutions of the African Union, though I am currently beginning a project that is focused on the Defence Forces of Ireland. Among the issues that interest me are the role of emotions and narratives in international relations.

I completed my PhD at the University of Limerick, where I also taught, and have previously held a position as a lecturer at the University of Groningen.

Teaching is a passion of mine, and I place a strong emphasis on innovation in the classroom. I have had my efforts as a teacher recognised by winning the VU Faculty of Social Sciences Teacher Talent Prize in 2024, and being a finalist in the overall VU Teaching Talent Prize in 2025. Over the years, I have taught courses on International Relations theory, political science methods, international security, international organisations, and peace & conflict.

Publications

Journal Articles

• African agency in geopolitical times: playing with EU and Chinese ontological security
  N. Duggan, T. Haastrup, J. J. Hogan, L. Mah & L. Bernardo · Third World Quarterly · Online First (2025) · pp. 1–22
• Shame, Exasperation and Institutional Design: The African Union as an Emotional Security Community
  John J Hogan · African and Asian Studies · Vol. 22, No. 1–2 (2023) · pp. 88–112
• Competing Architects: Applying Social Contextualist Analysis to Negotiations on the African Peace and Security Architecture
  John J Hogan · African Security · Vol. 13, No. 1 (2020) · pp. 3–27

Book Chapters

• Bottom-Up, Affective Communities: The Deterritorialisation of Regional Security
  J. J. Hogan · In: Essays on Global Regionalism I: The Past, Present and Future of Regionalism Studies, ed. A. Acharya, P. De Lombaerde, B. Futák-Campbell, L. C. Iroulo & J. Peixoto Batista · Springer, United Nations University Series on Regionalism, vol. 30 (2026) · pp. 475–483
• What a Difference a Decade Makes: Understanding Security Policy Reversals Between the Organisation of African Unity and the African Union
  J. J. Hogan · In: Visions of African Unity: New Perspectives on the History of Pan-Africanism and African Unification Projects, ed. M. Grilli & F. Gerits · Springer International Publishing, Cham (2021) · pp. 289–316

Public Writing

• This Time Round, Africa Isn't Just the Playing Field, It's in the Game
  J. J. Hogan · Global South World · November 2025
• How African Union Members Came to Share Power Despite Themselves
  J. J. Hogan · The Conversation · 13 June 2021
• The After-Effects of Rwanda's Darkest Chapter
  J. J. Hogan · RTÉ Brainstorm · 25 April 2019
• Is Zimbabwe About to Have an Electoral Earthquake?
  J. J. Hogan · RTÉ Brainstorm · 27 July 2018
• Does Israel's Treatment of Palestinians Amount to Apartheid?
  J. J. Hogan · RTÉ Brainstorm · 18 May 2018
• This Land is My Land
  J. J. Hogan · RTÉ Brainstorm · 19 April 2018

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