Yf Reykers (Y.)

Yf Reykers is Assistant Professor in International Relations (tenured) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Leuven International and European Studies Institute at KU Leuven, where he also obtained his PhD in 2017. He was a visiting scholar at New York University and at Aarhus University. He is currently also Associate Editor of the journal Contemporary Security Policy and co-Principal Investigator of the project “Ad hoc crisis response and international organisations (ADHOCISM)”, which is funded by a grant (2021-2025) from the Research Council of Norway.

Yf studies issues relating to European security and defence, with a particular interest in rapid crisis response, the politics of multinational military operations, and questions of accountability. He teaches courses on International Relations and research design in the BA, MA and Research Master European Studies.

His work has been published in, amongst others, Cooperation and Conflict, Contemporary Security Policy, European Security, International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, Journal of European Integration, Parliamentary Affairs and Third World Quarterly. He is co-editor of the volume ‘Multinational Rapid Response Mechanisms: From Institutional Proliferation to Institutional Exploitation’ (2019, Routledge Global Institutions Series).

A full list of publications can be consulted via Pure.

Some recent publications include:

• Reykers, Y., Karlsrud, J., Brosig, M., Hofmann, S., Maglia, C., Rieker, P. (2023). Ad hoc coalitions in global governance: short notice, task- and time-specific cooperation. International Affairs, 99 (2), 727-745. Link
• Reykers, Y., Adriaensen, J. (2022). The Politics of Understaffing International Organisations: The EU Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC). European Security, Online first. Link
• Meyer, C., van Osch, A.G.D., Reykers, Y. (2022). The EU Rapid Deployment Capacity: This time, it’s for real?, In-Depth Analysis requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Security and Defence. Link