Dr Samuel Seitz
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Lecturer in International Relations
Programme Director for the War, Peace, and IR Degree
Module Convenor for:
- War and Peace Since 1800 (Po2WAP)
- War in Theory and Practice (PIM103)
Office
292ABuilding location
Edith MorleyAreas of interest
International status seeking, nuclear strategy, military procurement, arms control, alliance politics
Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising projects on international status seeking, military and nuclear strategy, British or American foreign and defence policy, and alliance politics.
Research centres and groups
Centre for Global Security and GovernanceBackground
Sam Seitz is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Reading. His research focuses on military strategy, nuclear weapons, alliance politics, and the political and strategic determinants of military procurement and force structure.
He completed his DPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford, following undergraduate and master’s study at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Before joining Reading, he was a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow in MIT’s Security Studies Program and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations.
Academic qualifications
- PhD, International Relations (University of Oxford)
- MA, Security Studies (Georgetown University)
- BSFS, International Politics and European Studies (Georgetown University)
Awards and honours
- Paul Olum Grant, Ploughshares Fund
- Stanton Nuclear Fellowship, MIT
- Best Paper Prize for Early Career Scholar, European Institute for Security Studies
- Cyril Foster Grant, University of Oxford
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Associate Member (Nuffield College, Oxford)
- Deterrence Futures Fellow (Royal United Services Institute)