Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

Strategic Studies

The Strategic Studies theme is a vibrant and diverse multidisciplinary group of scholars interested in various dimensions and implications of the political utility of force.

The theme provides an inclusive and collaborative research community that functions as a network of support for scholars at all career stages. Through a series of regular formal and informal events and seminars, we seek to encourage research collaboration within the research theme and across the School of Security Studies.

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Defence Studies Department

Department of War Studies

Research Centres

Centre for Grand Strategy

The Centre for Grand Strategy at King's College London seeks to bring a greater degree of historical…

Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and the Environment

The Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and the Environment is the only centre globally which is…

Laughton Naval Unit

The Laughton Unit provides the ideal basis for original and challenging research on all aspects of…

Members conduct research on a broad array of issues, including:

Military strategy
Naval history
Maritime strategic theory
Grand strategy
Strategic theory
Nuclear strategy
Cyberstrategy
Strategic history
Intelligence
Wargaming
Foreign policy
Strategic space theory
Diplomacy

Funded research projects include the World Order Study Group, Britain in the World, Mapping Borders , the Diplomatic Stakeholders Project, Interrogating Visions of a Post-Western World, The Origins and Future of World Order, the Engelsberg Programme for Applied History, Grand Strategy and Statecraft, Advancing the Enforcement of Anti-Slavery Legislation in Mauritania, and the King’s Japan Programme.

Dr David Banks

Lecturer in Wargaming
Dr Tim Benbow

Professor of Strategic Studies
Dr Martina Bernardini

Research Associate
Professor David J Betz

Professor of War in the Modern World
Professor John Bew

Professor in History and Foreign Policy
Dr Hillary Briffa

Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies
Jessica Carden

Deputy School Research Manager
Andrew Ehrhardt

Research Fellow
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Emeritus Professor of War Studies
Dr Ofer Fridman

Senior Lecturer in War Studies
Professor Mitsuhisa Fukutomi

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Dr Flavia Gasbarri

Senior Lecturer in War Studies Education
Dr Francesca Ghiretti

Research Assistant
Whitney Grespin

Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Stuart Griffin

Reader in Strategic Studies
Rob Hall

PhD Candidate
Alexis Herrera

PhD Candidate
Dr Michael Innes

Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Dr Alan James

Reader in International History
Dr Nick Kaderbhai

Research Assistant
Dr Kunika Kakuta

PSRB Senior Quality Assurance Officer (MBBS)
Dr Christopher Kinsey

Reader of Business & International Security
Dr Charlie Laderman

Senior Lecturer in International History
Dr Walter Ladwig III

Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Dr Nicola Leveringhaus

Senior Lecturer
Ms Chiara Libiseller

PhD Candidate
Li Lin

PhD Candidate
Professor Joe Maiolo

Professor of International History
Takuya Matsuda

PhD Researcher
Ms Jennifer McArdle

PhD Student
Dr Jeffrey Michaels

Visiting Research Fellow
Stanislava Mladenova

PhD Candidate
Dr Simon Moody

Senior Lecturer
Sumitha Narayanan Kutty

Leverhulme Doctoral Fellow
Dr Helene Olsen

Lecturer in Defence Studies Education
Professor Alessio Patalano

Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia

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