DoctorSerena Kelly

Senior Lecturer Above Bar

Political Science and International Relations

  • Senior Lecturer Above Bar
    Political Science and International Relations

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I co-lead a project examining Germany-Pacific Island engagement and discursive representations in German and Pacific media, funded through a UC Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund grant.

 

I have been part of research networks most recently including Social and Scientific Innovation to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (RMIT), EU’s role in the implementation of the SDGs in the Asia (Pacific) (RMIT), Policy, Politics, Culture: EU Migration and Integration (ANU), Global Britain and EU-Anglosphere Relations in the 2020s (Monash), and Creative Economy and Culture International link (REACTIK) (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem), and What role for Europe in the Indo-Pacific? Identifying regional policy responses towards the EUs Indo-Pacific Strategy 2022-25 (University of Canterbury).

 

In addition, I have been the recipient of a number of EU grants, including 'EU Public Diplomacy and Outreach in New Zealand', 'HUI-EU', EuropeAid, and Jean Monnet EU Teaching Modules.

 

I enjoy working as part of larger reseaech teams. Please reach out if you wish to collaborate. I have been successful in writing a number of EU research grants. I am actively looking to collaborate in Horizon Europe projects, my work especially aligns under Cluster 2 (CL2), Democracy, Peace, Communication, Media, and Civil Society,

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Germany and the Pacific Islands: Media Framing and Discursive Construction
    UC College of Arts24 Mar 2025 - 18 Dec 2025
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    Promoting EU studies (NEXT) - EC 101127490
    European Commission1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2026
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    European Union Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
    European Commission1 Aug 2023 - 30 Sep 2026
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    What role for Europe in the Indo-Pacific? Identifying regional policy responses towards the EUs Indo-Pacific Strategy 2022-25
    European Commission1 Dec 2022 - 28 Feb 2026
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    EU NZ
    European Commission1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2025
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    Hui-EU
    European Commission27 Nov 2020 - 26 Nov 2023
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    European Union (EU) Public Diplomacy & Outreach in New Zealand (DIPLO)
    European Commission25 Sep 2020 - 24 Sep 2023
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    Renewal versus global disruption - Asia's expectations of the EU / EXPECT
    European Commission27 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2022
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    The EU-Asia Pacific dialogue: promoting European integration and mutual knowledge across continents (EUNAP)
    Universidad de Deusto1 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2023
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    Creative Economy and Culture International link (REACTIK)
    European Commission1 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2021
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    European Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
    European Commission1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
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    Global EUrope
    EU Jean Monnet1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
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    European centres network New Zealand
    European Commission1 Jul 2014 - 31 Dec 2017
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    Diffusion theory and the EU: collaboration between the NCRE and NFG
    European Union Centres Network1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014