Matthew Rendall

Matthew Rendall is Visiting Research Fellow at IFSH and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK. He received his PhD in political science from Columbia University in New York City, and holds a certificate in Russian/Soviet/post-Soviet area studies from Columbia’s Harriman Institute. Before coming to Nottingham, he held visiting positions at Brown University, USA and the University of Rochester, USA.

Matthew Rendall’s early research focused on large-scale war and peace, including topics such as great power concerts, democratic peace theory and collective security. Much of this work tested theories of war and peace through historical case studies, with a focus on Russian foreign policy in the Concert of Europe (1815-54). In more recent papers, he has examined the ethics of climate change. At present, his research focuses on the philosophy and politics of existential risk.