Thinking Global Podcast – Simon Polinder

In this week’s episode of the Thinking Global podcast, Dr Simon Polinder talks to Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) about the concept of love and how we can use it as a lens for thinking about international relations, fear versus love, love in the history of international thought, and more. Dr. Polider’s article ‘Through the eyes of love’: Looking at international politics differently Won the E-International Relations 2024 Article Award.

Simon Folder (@SPolinder) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of International Relations and History at Utrecht University. He is involved in the Reimagining Religion, Security, and Social Transformation project. This project is part of the broader knowledge agenda of the Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) program. As part of the JISRA Knowledge Agenda, this project will provide important input to research on religion and security and to policy and practitioner efforts to address the role of religion in conflict, violence and social transformation processes. Within this project, the University of Utrecht and the University of Groningen are focusing on the countries Nigeria, Kenya and Indonesia. He is the author of: Toward a new Christian political realism. The Amsterdam School of Philosophy and the role of religion in international relations (Routledge 2024).

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