Virginie Grzelczyk

• Room: MB767
• Phone:01212043600
• Email: [email protected]

Virginie Grzelczyk is a Professor of International Relations and Head of Inclusion and Development at Aston University. She specialises in security relationships and negotiation patterns in East Asia, particularly on the Korean Peninsula. Prior to joining Aston, she held academic positions in the United States and New Zealand. she has studied in France and South Korea before receiving her PhD in Political Science from the University of Maryland. 

Virginie's research focuses on security relationships on the Korean Peninsula, especially regarding North Korea, with publications spanning the Six-Party Talks process, North Korea’s energy security dilemma, Korean identity in the context of reunification, and the concept of crisis in Northeast Asia.

A Leverhulme Research Fellowship has supported her project on the Politics of Toys in Conflict and Post-Conflict Spheres. 

• Executive MBA, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2024
• PhD, Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, 2006
• MA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, 2006
• MA, Diplomacy and Security, Ewha Womans’ University, Seoul, South Korea, 2002
• BA, English Language, Literature and Translation, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, 2000
• Exchange Student Program, Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, 1999

• Professor in International Relations, Head of Inclusion and Development, Aston University, 2013-present
• Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Lille, France, 2015-2019
• Visiting Professor, University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea, June-July 2014
• Senior Lecturer, Division of Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2010-2013
• Tutor, School of Politics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, 2009-2010
• Visiting Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, 2008
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Law, Lafayette College, Easton, United States, 2006-2007
• Adjunct Faculty, Department of Political Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States, 2004-2006

• Principal Fellowship, Higher Education Academy, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2024
• Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Academy, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2015
• Fellowship, Higher Education Academy Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013

• Information Skills
• Security Studies
• Understanding Foreign Policy
• Northeast Asia, From Conflict to Cooperation
• International Relations Theory (Postgraduate)          
• Coercion and Engagement, The Politics of Rogue States (Postgraduate)

Virginie welcomes doctoral student enquiries in the field of security, and particularly those interested in the Korean peninsula. 

Dr Grzelczyk's research focuses on East Asian security, Korean Peninsula politics, North Korea and international relations.