Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and the author of NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response. Her books, articles and chapters examine transatlantic security, European security and defense and international institutions, including NATO, the EU and OSCE. Issue areas include transatlantic security cooperation, collective defense, crisis management, military operations (e.g. Afghanistan), coalition warfare, strategy, learning, adaptation, organizational change, gender and diplomacy.
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Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research examines transatlantic security, European security and defense and international institutions, including NATO, the EU and OSCE. Issue areas include transatlantic security cooperation, collective defense, crisis management, military operations (e.g. Afghanistan), strategy, learning, adaptation, organizational change, gender and diplomacy. Hardt has authored two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). Her research appears in top journals, including the European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Politics, and Review of International Organizations. She has received funding from NSF, Fulbright, NATO and Carnegie.
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Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research examines transatlantic security, European security and defense and international institutions, including NATO, the EU and OSCE. Issue areas include transatlantic security cooperation, collective defense, crisis management, military operations (e.g. Afghanistan), coalition warfare, strategy, learning, adaptation, organizational change, gender and diplomacy. She has expertise in NATO, the EU, UN, crisis management, strategic decision-making, military operations, organizational learning, organizational culture, gender mainstreaming and gender in STEM. Hardt is the author of two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). Hardt’s research is published or forthcoming in the European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Politics, Global Governance, Review of International Organizations, PS: Political Science & Politics, the Journal of Global Security Studies, European Security and African Security. In addition to employing other quantitative and qualitative methods, Hardt has interviewed more than 250 political and military elites. She has received more than $438,000 in research funds from agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Fulbright Commission, the American Political Science Association (APSA), NATO Science for Peace and Security and the University of California, Irvine. Hardt received her PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and her MSc in European Studies from the London School of Economics. She has also worked as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington and as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CEPSI) at the Université de Montréal and McGill University.