Aslak Veierud Busch is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Centre for Environment, Economy and Energy at Brussels School of Governance. He joined BSoG in 2019 as a PhD researcher, investigating the construction of international regions and the EU's developing role in the Arctic region. Aslak successfully defended his PhD on 1st March 2024. Next to his research, Aslak has been involved in teaching geopolitics at Vesalius College.
Aslak holds an MSc (Research) in European Studies from Maastricht University and an MA in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh. He has also studied at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. Aslak previously worked as an intern at the Norwegian Embassy in Tallinn and worked as a research assistant for a Jean Monnet research network examining security and trade relations in the EU and Asia.
Beyond the empirical focus on Arctic politics and EU external affairs, Aslak's research interests include political theory, the interplay between geography and spatial conceptions, and international actors' engagement in role dynamics. He is particularly intrigued by how written and visual discourse contribute to shaping global politics, both in formal speech and writing, as well as in online communication and in popular culture.
