English: Please see my bio below for my expertise. On my UCI Expert page here, you can review videos from talks and interviews. For more information, see my CV. To request an interview or talk, please contact me here. Français: Veuillez s'il vous plaît trouver les liens aux vidéos de mes présentations en français à mon CV (p. 31-32).
Short Bio
Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a non-resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council. Her research focuses on NATO, US and European security, alliance politics, organizational change, learning, international organizations, gender and climate security. Hardt has authored two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization (Oxford 2018) and Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford 2014). In addition to contributions in edited volumes, her scholarship appears or is forthcoming in journals, including Security Studies,Journal of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, PLOS One, European Journal of International Relations, International Politics, Review of International Organizations, Contemporary Security Policy, European Security, among others. NSF, Fulbright, NATO, Carnegie and IGCC have funded her research. As a CFR International Affairs Fellow, she worked for the State Department (NATO Desk), a US Senator and US Congresswoman. She completed a CFR term membership, has been a Fulbright Schuman scholar and is on the executive board of the World Affairs Council of Orange County.
Medium Bio
Prof. Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council via their Transatlantic Security Initiative. Her research examines NATO, US and European security and defense and international organizations. Issue areas include alliance politics, crisis management, collective defense, military operations (e.g. Afghanistan), climate security, strategy, learning, adaptation, change, gender (e.g. WPS, DEI) and political and military decision-making. Prof. Hardt is the author of 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). The NSF, Fulbright, NATO, Carnegie and the IGCC have funded her research, and she has published or has research forthcoming in many journals, including Security Studies, the Journal of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Organizations, European Security, Global Governance, International Politics, African Security, Journal of Global Security Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, PLOS One, among other venues. Previously, she has been a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow (CFR-IAF TIRS), during which time she worked for the NATO Desk at the US State Department, for a US Senator and a US Congresswoman. She has also been a Fulbright Schuman Scholar at the European University Institute and a CFR term member. She is on the executive board of the World Affairs Council of Orange County and is a member of Sweden's 2025-2029 FBA (Folke Bernadotte Academy) International Research Working Group on NATO.
Long Bio
Prof. Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council via their Transatlantic Security Initiative. She 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). she has published or has research forthcoming in journals, including Security Studies, theJournal of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Organizations, European Security, Global Governance, International Politics, African Security, Journal of Global Security Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, PLOS One. Her research examines NATO, US and European security and defense and international organizations. Issue areas include alliance politics, crisis management, collective defense, military operations (e.g. Afghanistan), climate security, strategy, knowledge management, organizational change (e.g. adaptation, learning), gender (e.g. WPS, DEI) and political and military decision-making.She also has expertise in organizational culture and diversity and inclusion in academia. In addition to her work for the State Department, Hardt's recent government experience includes advising U.S. Congresswoman Katie Porter and, subsequently, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen on foreign policy as part of her current fellowship. She has interviewed more than 300 political and military elites, and she has received more than $438,000 in funding for her research. Funders include the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Fulbright Commission, the Carnegie Foundation, the American Political Science Association (APSA), NATO Science for Peace and Security, the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) 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. She has also been a Fulbright Schuman Scholar at the European University Institute and a CFR term member. She is currently on the executive board of the World Affairs Council of Orange County and is a member of Sweden's 2025-2029 FBA (Folke Bernadotte Academy) International Research Working Group on NATO.