Simon Koschut is Professor of International Security Policy at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. His research interests are international relations, in particular regional security governance, norms and emotions in world politics. Previously, he was a DFG Heisenberg fellow and visiting professor at Freie Universität Berlin, Fritz Thyssen Fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Fulbright Scholar at San Francisco State University, and Assistant Professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is currently leading a research project on “Affective Contestation” that looks at how emotions underpin transnational protest against EU migration policies.