About Me

Peer Schouten (1983) is a PhD candidate in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

He was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but has been living abroad since 2006.




Research interests

  • International Relations Theory
  • International Political Economy
  • Conflict Prevention & Resolution
  • Africa & the International System
  • Governance, State (trans)formation, and Sovereignty
  • Social and Political Theory

Previous Education


Peer Schouten holds two bachelor degrees, one in Language and Communication (University of Amsterdam, 2006) and one in Portuguese Studies (Utrecht University, 2007) and a master degree in International Relations (Universidad de Complutense de Madrid, 2009)



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