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Tobias Etzold

Tobias Etzold

Lecturer European Studies
Department of Historical and Classical Studies

tobias.etzold@ntnu.no
+4773412841 +4741396558 Bygg 6, Dragvoll
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About

Focus areas: Northern Europe, Europe/EU, Arctic, Baltic Sea region, Nordic countries foreign, security and EU policies, domestic policies and elections Nordic countries

Dr Tobias Etzold is a Political Scientist and Lecturer in the European Studies Master and Bachelor Programmes at NTNU. At NTNU, he teaches MA and BA courses such as The Political Economy in European Integration History and Differentiated Integration.

Tobias received a Master degree in Political Science from the Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands) in 2000 and his PhD in European Studies from Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom) in 2010 where he has also been working as research and teaching assistant (courses on European integration and the EU). He has a wide study and research background in European integration and the European Union, international relations, cooperation and security, international organisations and governance, theories of international relations as well as regional policies in Northern Europe. In his PhD thesis, he examined whether and how international organisations are able to adapt to new external conditions and to endure in new circumstances and applied his theoretical findings to regional organisations across Northern Europe.

Between 2011 and 2018, Tobias worked as a research associate and head of the project Research Centre Norden at the thinktank German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - SWP) in Berlin. In this project he focussed in research and political consulting on EU and foreign policies of the Nordic countries in the light of wider European and international developments, Nordic-German relations, regional policies and regional cooperation (Nordic, Baltic Sea and the Arctic), Nordic security policies as well as domestic political developments including right-wing populism and Euroscepticism in the Nordic countries. At SWP, he became a leading expert in the German academic arena on aforementioned issues. He has also research interests in the Baltic countries, political developments across Germany including German EU and foreign policies and right-wing populism, as well as EU foreign policies. 

He has published extensively on most of the aforementioned issues and has appeared mainly in German but also in Nordic media on topical political developments in the Nordic area as well as Germany on a regular basis. Previous other more policy-oriented and administrative working experiences include those in the Department for European Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, Europe and Consumer Protection of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel, the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Stockholm and the Representation of the European Commission to Germany in Berlin.       

To his latest publications belong:

(Forthcoming) „Nordische Wendemanöver“. Sicherheitspolitische Paradigmenwechsel zwischen Kopenhagen und Helsinki, in INDES, Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft.

Put on hold: Regional cooperation in Northern Europe distances itself from Russia, Vifanord Blog, https://portal.vifanord.de/blog/put-on-hold-regional-cooperation-in-northern-europe-distances-itself-from-russia/ 

‘Windwechsel’: Auch die Nordischen Länder stehen mit der russischen Invasion vor einer politischen Kehrtwende. In Schweden und Finnland rüttelt man gar am Tabu NATO ‘, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft Journal, 4 March 2022, https://www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik/artikel/windwechsel-5763/

‘Nordic Cooperation Troubled by Loss of Political Weight’, in: Diplomaatia No. 25, May 2021, International Centre for Defense and Security Estonia, https://icds.ee/en/nordic-cooperation-troubled-by-loss-of-political-weight/  / https://diplomaatia.ee/pohjamaade-koostood-vaevab-poliitiline-kaalukaotus/

‘Influence through cooperation? Nordic, German and EU interests in the Arctic’, in: Perspectives, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2020, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/16586.pdf

‘The Nordic Council of Ministers: Aspirations for More Political Relevance’, in Politics and Governance: Rediscovering Nordic cooperation, Vol 8, No 4 (2020), https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3381

(with Christian Opitz) ‘Greenland- Presence and Future of Sustainability’ in Torsten Graap, Auður H. Ingólfsdóttir, Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær (eds.) The Future of the North – Sustainability in Nordic Countries. Analysis and Critical Comparison, Weimar: Metropolis, 2020.

Reflection Paper on the Vilnius Declaration: A Vision for the Baltic Sea Region by 2020, Council of the Baltic Sea States, 2020, (with Zaneta Ozolina), https://cbss.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/reflection-paper.pdf

‚Perspektiven auf Europa: die baltischen Länder und die europäische und die transnationale Zusammenarbeit‘, in: Karsten Brüggemann, Ralph Tuchtenhagen, Anja Wilhelmi (eds.) Das Baltikum. Geschichte einer europäischen Region Band 3: Die Staaten Estland, Lettland und Litauen, Hiersemann Verlag, 2020.

‘Germany and the Baltic Sea region: political and security interests’, BSR Policy Briefing 6/2019 Centrum Balticum, Turku 2019,  http://www.centrumbalticum.org/en/news_room/databank/databank/bsr_policy_briefing_6_2019.5930.news

The Future of Schengen. Internal Border Controls as a Growing Challenge to the EU and the Nordics, SWP-Comment 2018/C44, October 2018, https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/the-future-of-schengen/ (with Raphael Bossong)

‘Structures and Modes of Regional Cooperation’ in Bernd Henningsen, Tobias Etzold, Krister Hanne (eds.) The Baltic Sea Region: A Comprehensive Guide – History, Politics, Culture and Economy of a European Role Model, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2017, pp. 169-203.

Publications

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2022

  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Nordische Wendemanöver: Sicherheitspolitische Paradigmenwechsel zwischen Kopenhagen und Helsinki. INDES Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft
    Academic article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Windwechsel Auch die Nordischen Länder stehen mit der russischen Invasion vor einer politischen Kehrtwende. In Schweden und Finnland rüttelt man gar am Tabu NATO. Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft
    Feature article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Put on hold: Regional cooperation in Northern Europe distances itself from Russia. VifaNord Blog online
    Popular scientific article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Schwedens neue Wege in der Außen-, Sicherheits- und Europapolitik (Sweden's new paths in its foreign, security and EU policies) Blog article. NORDEUROPAforum
    Popular scientific article
  • Rye, Lise; Graneng, Kristine; Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Det europeiske kvarter. En podkast om europeisk politikk og historie. Sesong 3, episode 24: Norden, NATO, EU.
    Multimedia product

2021

  • Graneng, Kristine; Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Hva betyr det tyske valget for Europa?. trønderdebatt.no
    Feature article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Litauen/Lithuania. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Schweden/Sweden. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Estland/Estonia. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Nordic Cooperation Troubled by Loss of Political Weight. Diplomaatia
    Popular scientific article
  • Graneng, Kristine; Rye, Lise; Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Det europeiske kvarter. En podkast om europeisk historie og politikk. Sesong 2, episode 12: Tyskland og EU.
    Multimedia product
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Wahlen in Norwegen: Regierungswechsel unter schwierigen Vorzeichen. Business Portal Norwegen
    Feature article

2020

  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) The nordic council of ministers: Aspirations for more political relevance. Politics and Governance
    Academic article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Estland/Estonia. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Lithuania/Litauen. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Schweden/Sweden. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) The Arctic is not for sale Influence through cooperation? Nordic, German and EU interests in the Arctic . Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
    Report

Journal publications

  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Nordische Wendemanöver: Sicherheitspolitische Paradigmenwechsel zwischen Kopenhagen und Helsinki. INDES Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft
    Academic article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Windwechsel Auch die Nordischen Länder stehen mit der russischen Invasion vor einer politischen Kehrtwende. In Schweden und Finnland rüttelt man gar am Tabu NATO. Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft
    Feature article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Put on hold: Regional cooperation in Northern Europe distances itself from Russia. VifaNord Blog online
    Popular scientific article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Schwedens neue Wege in der Außen-, Sicherheits- und Europapolitik (Sweden's new paths in its foreign, security and EU policies) Blog article. NORDEUROPAforum
    Popular scientific article
  • Graneng, Kristine; Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Hva betyr det tyske valget for Europa?. trønderdebatt.no
    Feature article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Nordic Cooperation Troubled by Loss of Political Weight. Diplomaatia
    Popular scientific article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Wahlen in Norwegen: Regierungswechsel unter schwierigen Vorzeichen. Business Portal Norwegen
    Feature article
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) The nordic council of ministers: Aspirations for more political relevance. Politics and Governance
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Litauen/Lithuania. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Schweden/Sweden. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Estland/Estonia. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Estland/Estonia. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Lithuania/Litauen. Nomos
    Chapter
  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Schweden/Sweden. Nomos
    Chapter

Report

  • Etzold, Tobias. (2020) The Arctic is not for sale Influence through cooperation? Nordic, German and EU interests in the Arctic . Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
    Report

PRODUKT

  • Rye, Lise; Graneng, Kristine; Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Det europeiske kvarter. En podkast om europeisk politikk og historie. Sesong 3, episode 24: Norden, NATO, EU.
    Multimedia product
  • Graneng, Kristine; Rye, Lise; Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Det europeiske kvarter. En podkast om europeisk historie og politikk. Sesong 2, episode 12: Tyskland og EU.
    Multimedia product

Teaching

Courses

  • EUR3414 - Differentiated Integration: The Norwegian Case in Perspective

Media

2022

  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Debatte um NATO-Beitritt / Politologe: Schweden und Finnland wollen Russland nicht provozieren. Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk [Radio] 2022-01-16
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Schweden auf dem "rechten" Weg? Interview Tobias Etzold, Politikwissenschaftler. Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk [Radio] 2022-09-11
  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Deutsche Ostseepolitik im Kontext regionaler Zusammenarbeit und aktueller Herausforderungen. Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Nachwuchsseminar , Rostock 2022-05-07 - 2022-05-07
  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) „Die Rolle und Bedeutung des Nordens in Europa: eine historische, geographische und politische Verortung“. Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik Kernmodul Sicherheitspolitik , Berlin 2022-05-30 - 2022-05-30
  • Programme participation
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Flucht ins Bündnis – Was bringt die Nord-Erweiterung der NATO?. Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) [Radio] 2022-05-17
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Schweden wählt die historische Kehrtwende - unter Bauchschmerzen. Spiegel Spiegel [Newspaper] 2022-05-16
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Von Neonazis gegründet: Wer sind die Schwedendemokraten?. Funke Mediengruppe (Westdeutsche Allg.Zeitung/Berliner Zeit. Funke Mediengruppe (Westdeutsche Allg.Zeitung/Berliner Zeit. [Newspaper] 2022-09-16
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) NATO accession of Sweden and Finland. Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) Südwestrundfunk (SWR2) [Radio] 2022-05-13
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Election results in Sweden and role of the Sweden democrats. Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk [Radio] 2022-09-15
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Finland, security policies and NATO. Deutschlandfunkkultur Deutschlandfunkkultur [Radio] 2022-04-13
  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Die deutsche und norwegische Arktisstrategien - Potenziale zur bi- und multilateralen Zusammenarbeit im Zeichen des Ukrainekrieges. Norwegisch-deutsche Gesellschaft Webseminar , online 2022-04-26 - 2022-04-26
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) New conditions for collaboration in the Baltic Sea Region. VASAB (Visions and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) New spatial challenges in the Baltic Sea Region , online 2022-09-20 - 2022-09-26
  • Programme participation
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Zwischenruf - Der politikwissenschaftliche Podcast rund ums Parlament: Mit oder ohne Rechtspopulisten? Schweden nach der Wahl und vor der Regierungsbildung. Podcast Institut für Parlamentarismusforschung Podcast Institut für Parlamentarismusforschung [Internet] 2022-10-14
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) NATO debate in Sweden and Finland. Bulgarian Radio Bulgarian Radio [Radio] 2022-01-28
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Schwedens Sozialdemokraten schielen auf die Rechtspopulisten. Wiener Zeitung Wiener Zeitung [Newspaper] 2022-09-10
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Norwegens Spagat zwischen Ökonomie, Umwelt – und dem europäischen Durst nach Öl und Gas. Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurter Rundschau [Newspaper] 2022-08-30
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Finnish Prime Minister's Sanna Marin partygate and political culture in Finland . ProSieben ProSieben [TV] 2022-08-30
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Elections in Sweden and the role of the Swedendemocrats. Welt TV Welt TV [TV] 2022-09-15
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Høyreekstremt nettverk skal ha planlagt statskupp . Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2022-12-08
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2022) Was steckt hinter den Ausschreitungen in Schweden? (Gang violence and migrant integration in Sweden) . Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk [Radio] 2022-04-20

2021

  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) The Council of the Baltic Sea States and regional cooperation. Council of the Baltic Sea States CBSS Ministerial 2021: Youth Edition , digital 2021-05-12 -
  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) German elections and parallels and differences to Norway. NTNU IHK/Europastudier What next after 16 years Angela Merkel? Digital lunch time seminar on the upcoming Federal elections in Germany and parallels and differences to Norway , online 2021-09-22 -
  • Lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Reflections on the Vilnius 1 and 2 Declarations, challenges and goals for the Baltic Sea Cooperation. Baltic Sea NGO Network Denmark The Baltic Sea NGO Network Conference , Copenhagen 2021-11-19 - 2021-11-21
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Elections in Germany 2021 and implications for Europe and the world. YATA Trondheim YATA student association event , Trondheim 2021-10-12 -
  • Academic lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) The Arctic Council and the changing geopolitics in the Arctic. NTNU and University of the Arctic Tromsø Model Arctic Council , Trondheim 2021-09-17 -
  • Academic lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Small states coalitions in EU-policymaking: the cases of the Nordic and Baltic countries. University of Luxembourg Small States in EU Policy-Making: Strategies, Challenges, Opportunities , digital 2021-06-17 - 2021-06-18
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Neue EU Arktis Strategie. Cologne Germany Cologne Germany [Radio] 2021-10-14
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Ausgang der Wahlen in Norwegen und die Rolle von Oel und Gas. Frankfurt Germany Frankfurt Germany [Radio] 2021-09-14
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Ausgang der Parlamentswahlen in Norwegen und Folgen. Munich Germany Munich Germany [Radio] 2021-09-14
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) 25 Jahre Arktischer Rat und Treffen in Reykjavik. Cologne Germany Cologne Germany [Radio] 2021-05-20
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) 10. Jahrestag des Massakers von Utoya/Norwegen und das Gedenken an die Anschläge. Cologne Germany Cologne Germany [Radio] 2021-07-22
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Bluttat in Norwegen: "Die extremistischen Netzwerke operieren im Dunkeln -auf beiden Seiten". Die Welt Berlin/Germany Die Welt Berlin/Germany [Newspaper] 2021-10-14
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Influence through cooperation? Nordic, German and EU interests in the Arctic (introduction/input based on written analysis). Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Office Nord Stockholm The Arctic is not for sale - Discussing Cooperation in the Nordic Region , online 2021-03-12 -
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Skandinavien hebt Corona-Einschraenkungen auf (quotes from interview in article). t-online Berlin/Germany t-online Berlin/Germany [Internet] 2021-10-01
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) In Schweden waechst die Wut auf den Pandemie-Sonderweg: "Unruhe ist eingekehrt" (quotes from interview in article). Focus Munich Germany Focus Munich Germany [Journal] 2021-05-18
  • Programme participation
    Etzold, Tobias. (2021) Podcast on the results and consequences of the German parliamentary elections . Podcast Leviathan Fagkomite NTNU Podcast Leviathan Fagkomite NTNU [Internet] 2021-10-01

2020

  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Liberaler Weg unter Druck: Warum sich Schwedens Corona- und Fluechtlingspolitik aehneln. Munich Germany Munich Germany [Journal] 2020-10-22
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Corona-Politik in Schweden: „Sonderweg noch nicht ganz verlassen“. Cologne Germany Cologne Germany [Radio] 2020-11-24
  • Interview
    Etzold, Tobias. (2020) Keine Verbote, nur Apelle: Schweden setzt auf lokalen "Soll-" statt "Muss"- Lockdown. Munich Germany Munich Germany [Journal] 2020-10-30
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