Dr Ernst Dijxhoorn

Ernst Dijxhoorn is an assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) where he teaches courses on contemporary war, international politics and international law. He obtained his PhD in War Studies from King’s College London in 2014, and holds a MA in International Peace and Security (King’s College London) and an LLM in International Public Law (University of Amsterdam).

Prior to joining the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Ernst taught and did research at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Ernst’s main research interests include war crimes, international law, legitimacy and quasi-state entities. He worked on the project ‘SNT Really Makes Reality: Technological Innovation, Non-Obvious Warfare and the Challenges to International Law’. Ernst previously did research in South Sudan, Lebanon, and Kenya.

 

Research Interests

• Nexus of International Law, International Justice and Armed Conflict
• War Crimes
• Legitimacy of belligerents in contemporary conflict
• Technology in War

 

Publications

• Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Competing Norms: What if China Takes Control of Djibouti Port to Protect its People?’ In: Sten Rynning, Olivier Schmitt & Amelie Theussen, (eds.) War Time: Perceptions of time contributed to recent Western military failings. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021
• Ramesh Ganohariti and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Para- and Proto-Sports Diplomacy of Contested Territories: CONIFA as a Platform for Football Diplomacy’ The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 15 (2020) 1-27
• James Gow, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Guglielmo Verdirame & Rachel Kerr (eds.), Routledge Handbook of War, Law and Technology (1^st ed.) Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
• James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Obvious and Non-Obvious: the Changing Character of Warfare’, In: James Gow, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Guglielmo Verdirame & Rachel Kerr (eds.), Routledge Handbook of War, Law and Technology (1^st ed.) Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
• James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Future War Crimes and the Military (1): Cyber Warfare’ In: James Gow, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Guglielmo Verdirame & Rachel Kerr (eds.), Routledge Handbook of War, Law and Technology (1^st ed.) Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
• James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Future War Crimes and the Military (2): Autonomy and Synthetic Biology’ In: James Gow, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Guglielmo Verdirame & Rachel Kerr (eds.), Routledge Handbook of War, Law and Technology (1^st ed.) Abingdon: Routledge, 2019
• Ernst Dijxhoorn, Quasi-state Entities and International Criminal Justice: Legitimising Narratives and Counter-Narratives, Abingdon: Routledge, 2017
• James Gow and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do- Revisited: Reflections On Brexit And The 25th Anniversary Of Sloexit’, Slovene Studies vol. 40 no.1–2, 2018, pp. 91–111.
• James Gow, ‘Funmi Olonisakin and Ernst Dijxhoorn (eds.) Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, Politics and Radicalisation, Abingdon: Routledge, 2013
• James Gow, ‘Funmi Olonisakin and Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘Deep history and international security: social conditions and competition, militancy and violence in West Africa’, Conflict, Security & Development, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2013, pp. 229-256. 2013.
• Ernst Dijxhoorn, ‘International Criminal Justice and Kosovo: Critical Legitimacy and Impact on a Quasi-State Entity’, In: Rachel Kerr, James Gow and Zoran Pajic (eds.) Prosecuting War Crimes: Lessons and Legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, New York: Routledge, 2013
• Ernst Dijxhoorn and Boubacar N’Diaye, ‘Beyond Anglophone West Africa: Endemic conflicts and now Islamic radicalism’, In: James Gow, ‘Funmi Olonisakin and Ernst Dijxhoorn (eds.) (2013) Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, Politics and Radicalisation, New York: Routledge, 2013, pp. 216-233

 

Teaching

Case Study: Syria; War & Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Intervention.

PhD Second Supervisor Sophie Veriter: Collective Securitisation and European Security Governance: The Strategic Influence of Small States on EU Policy-Making