Dr Benedetta Voltolini

Senior Lecturer in European Foreign Policy

Contact details

benedetta.voltolini@kcl.ac.uk

Biography

Benedetta joined the Department of European and International Studies at King’s College in January 2018. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Before moving to King’s College, she was Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée of Sciences Po Paris (2015-2017), lecturer in international relations at Maastricht University (2013-2015) and spent research periods at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris (2010), the Freie Universität in Berlin (2012) and Sciences Po Paris (2013)

Research

Lobbying in EU foreign policy
EU policies towards the Middle East and North Africa
The EU and the Arab-Israeli conflict
EU policies vis-à-vis occupations in the neighbourhood
Processes of framing and knowledge construction in EU foreign policy

Teaching

Benedetta teaches courses in EU foreign policy and Foreign Policy Analysis at both BA and MA levels.

PhD Supervisions

Benedetta welcomes applications for PhD topics related to any of her research interests.

Europe and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The discourse-practice gap that closed and re-opened again
Bicchi, F. & Voltolini, B., 2022, Routledge Handbook on EU-Middle East Relations. Routledge
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Crisis and Politicisation: The Framing and Re-framing of Europe’s Permanent Crisis.
Voltolini, B., Hay, C. & Natorski, M., 2021, Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Ontological crises, framing and the (de)politicisation of EU foreign policy: The case of EU-Israeli relations
Voltolini, B., 4 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of European Integration.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Introduction: The politicisation of permanent crisis in Europe
Voltolini, B., Natorski, M. & Hay, C., 4 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of European Integration.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The EU in the Mediterranean after the Arab Uprisings. Frames, Selective Engagement and the Security-Stability Nexus
Roccu, R. & Voltolini, B., 23 Oct 2018, London: Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
France and the Israeli occupation: Talking the talk, but not walking the walk?
Voltolini, B., 2018, In: Global Affairs. 4, 1, p. 51-63
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The European Neighbourhood Policy between bilateralism and region-building
Voltolini, B., Bicchi, F. & Noutcheva, G., 11 Dec 2017, The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy. Schumacher, T., Marchetti, A. & Demmelhuber, T. (eds.). London: Routledge, 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Non-state actors and framing processes in EU foreign policy The case of EU-Israel relations
Voltolini, B., 25 Nov 2016, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 23, 10, p. 1502-1519 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Framing processes and lobbying in EU foreign policy case study and process-tracing methods
Voltolini, B., Sept 2017, In: European Political Science. 16, 3, p. 354-368
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
EU democracy promotion and electoral politics between 'milieu goals' and 'possession goals' the cases of Lebanon and Morocco
Voltolini, B. & Colombo, S., 1 May 2012, Europe and the Middle East the hour of the EU?. Wassenberg, B. & Faleg, G. (eds.). Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, p. 61-80 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
La politica estera e di sicurezza europea approcci teorici recenti
Translated title of the contribution: European foreign and security policy: recent theoretical approachesVoltolini, B., 1 Sept 2010, L'Unione europea attore di sicurezza regionale e globale. Bonvicini, G. (ed.). Milano: Edizioni Franco Angeli, p. 45-65 21 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
"Business as Usual" in EU democracy promotion towards Morocco?
Colombo, S. & Voltolini, B., 1 Mar 2014, In: L'Europe en formation. 371, p. 41-57 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Europe, the Green Line and the Issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Border Closing the Gap between Discourse and Practice?
Bicchi, F. & Voltolini, B., 2018, In: Geopolitics. 23, 1, p. 124-146
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Territorial borders and functional regimes in EU-Israeli agreements
Voltolini, B., 1 Jun 2015, Fragmented Borders, Interdependence and External Relations: The Israel-Palestine-European Union Triangle. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 67-85 19 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
EU Democracy Assistance in the Mediterranean What Relationship with the Arab Uprisings?
Bicchi, F. & Voltolini, B., 1 Mar 2013, In: Democracy and Security. 9, 1-2, p. 80-99 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East A Story of Concentric Circles
Tocci, N. & Voltolini, B., 1 Sept 2010, European foreign policies. Does Europe still matter?. Tiersky , R. & Van Oudenaren, J. (eds.). New York: Rowman & Littlefield, p. 107-132 26 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
When Security Trumps Democracy EU Democracy Promotion in Israel and Palestine
Voltolini, B. & Bicchi, F., 1 Apr 2015, The Substance of European Union Democracy Promotion. Houndmills/Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 162-176 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
Lobbying in EU foreign policy-making: The case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Voltolini, B., 28 Sept 2015, London: Routledge. 224 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Eyes Wide Shut The European Union and the Arab Minority in Israel
Tocci, N. & Voltolini, B., 1 Sept 2011, In: European Foreign Affairs Review. 16, p. 521-538 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The EU and Islamist parties in Tunisia and Egypt after the Arab uprisings: A story of selective engagement
Voltolini, B. & Colombo, S., 2018, In: Mediterranean Politics. 23, 1, p. 83-102
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Security and stability reframed, selective engagement maintained? The EU in the Mediterranean after the Arab uprisings
Roccu, R. & Voltolini, B., 2018, In: Mediterranean Politics. 23, 1, p. 182-195
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Framing and Reframing the EU’s Engagement with the Mediterranean: Examining the Security-Stability Nexus before and after the Arab Uprisings
Roccu, R. & Voltolini, B., 2 Jan 2018, In: Mediterranean Politics. 23, 1, p. 1-22
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Research

The European Foreign Policy Research Group

The European Foreign Policy group looks at both EU as well as state foreign policies within Europe and their interconnections.

European Politics and Society Research Group

The European Politics and Society research group brings together scholars of all career stages to discuss ongoing work related to the changing identity, visions, capabilities, and relationships which shape contemporary Europe and Europeans.