Paul Luif

Paul Luif

Paul Luif (born May 7, 1948 in Mattersburg ) is an Austrian university lecturer in political science. Between 1974 and 1980 he was a university assistant at the Senate Institute for Political Science at the University of Salzburg. From 1980 to the end of July 2013 he was a Senior Fellow at the Austrian Institute for International Politics in Vienna. He is also a lecturer at the University of Vienna, Institute for Political Science. His research focuses on the European Union, in particular the internal and external security of the EU and the foreign policy of smaller countries in Europe.

Life

Paul Luif was born on May 7, 1948 in Mattersburg in Burgenland. Between 1954 and 1966 he attended elementary school and secondary school in Mattersburg. From 1966 to 1972 he studied law and sociology at the University of Vienna . In 1971 he received his doctorate as Dr. jur. From 1972 to 1974 post-graduate studies followed at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Political Science Department. From 1974 to 1980 Luif was an assistant at the Senate Institute for Political Science in the field of international politics at the University of Salzburg. From 1980 to 2013 he was a research assistant at the Austrian Institute for International Politics in Vienna, where he was responsible for the European Union, with a special focus on the EU's common foreign and security policy. In May 1997 he obtained his habilitation in the entire field of political science at the University of Salzburg. Luif also works as a lecturer at the University of Vienna.

Memberships in scientific associations

Paul Luif is a member of the following scientific associations:

• Austrian Society for Political Science
• ECSA-Austria
• International Studies Association (ISA)
• EU Studies Association (EUSA)
• Member of the editorial board of the Austrian Journal for Political Science
• Editorial Board of Perspectives. The Central European Review of International Affairs (Prague)
• Member of the International Advisory Board of Politics in Central Europe (Prague)

Publications

• On the Road to Brussels: The Political Dimension of Austria's, Finland's and Sweden's Accession to the European Union. Braumüller, Vienna 1995.
• EU cohesion in the UN General Assembly. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris 2003 (= Occasional Papers , No. 49).
• (Ed.): Austria, Sweden, Finland. Ten years of membership in the European Union. Böhlau, Vienna – Cologne – Weimar 2007.

• The movement of the non-aligned countries and Austria. Austrian Institute for International Politics, Laxenburg 1981 (= information on world politics , No. 3).
• Neutral in the EC? Western European integration and the neutral states. Braumüller, Vienna 1988 (= information on world politics , No. 11).
• Hanspeter Neuhold / Paul Luif (ed.): The foreign policy consciousness of the Austrians. Current international problems as reflected in opinion polls. Braumüller, Vienna 1992 (= Laxenburger Internationale Studien , Volume 4).
• On the Road to Brussels: The Political Dimension of Austria's, Finland's and Sweden's Accession to the European Union. Braumüller, Vienna 1995 (= Laxenburg Papers , No. 11).
• The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects- South Jutland University Press, Esbjerg 1997 (= Thorkil Kristensen Institute Working Papers on European Integration and Regime Formation , No. 36/97).
• The change in Austrian neutrality. Is Austria a “free rider” in terms of security policy? 2nd, amended version, Austrian Institute for International Politics, Laxenburg, April 1998, (= working paper , No. 18).
• Paul Luif / Karin Oberegelsbacher (Eds.): Austria, Finland and Sweden: The Initial Years of EU Membership, Federal Academy of Public Administration. Vienna 1999.
• (Ed.): Security in Central and Eastern Europe. Problems - Perceptions - Policies- Braumüller, Vienna 2001 (= The Laxenburg Papers , No. 12).
• The role of the non-allied states in the EU security policy. Austrian Institute for International Politics, Vienna 2003 (= working paper , No. 44).
• EU cohesion in the UN General Assembly. European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris 2003 (= Occasional Papers , No. 49, PDF ).
• Austria and the European Union 1993 to 2004. A compilation from the “Yearbook of European Integration”. Austrian Institute for International Politics, Vienna, February 2005 (= OIIP-Reprint , No. 5).
• The Austrian EU Presidency: A Midterm Report. Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, Stockholm 2006.
• (Ed.): Austria, Sweden, Finland. Ten years of membership in the European Union. Böhlau, Vienna – Cologne – Weimar 2007 (= series of publications by the Herbert Batliner European Institute, Volume 10).
• China and India as a challenge for economic and political action in European small states: The development of strategies in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. Austrian Institute for International Politics, Vienna 2007 (= working paper , No. 57).
• Paul Luif / Sabiha Senyücel Gündoğar / Ceren Zeynep Ak: How common is the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union? Where does Turkey fit in? TESEV Publications, Istambul 2009 (= Foreign Policy Analysis Series 9).
• (together with Martin Berger, Bernhard Elias and Georg Zahradnik): Strategies of smaller European states in technology policy in response to the challenge posed by China and India: The development of strategies in Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Austrian Institute for International Politics, Vienna 2009 (= working paper , No. 61).
• Challenges for Integrated Peacekeeping Operations Concerning Socio-Economic Aspects and the Capability for a Comprehensive Assessment of the Effects on Existing UN Policies in the Conflict Area. Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna 2010 (= working paper , No. 63).

Web links

• Luif, Paul , on the EU-Consent website.