Caroline Varin

Caroline Varin is lecturer in International Organisations and Security at Regent's University London and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). She is also a co-founder of the non-profit Professors Without Borders. Caroline is a member of the Geneva Consultation for Security Policy and has previous experience working in Intelligence Analysis, the Swiss armed forces and the UNHCR. Her academic interests lie in African security and the networks and strategies of violent non-state actors. She has published three books and numerous articles and presented her research on Boko Haram and Nigerian security to the UK government. Prior to joining Regent's University, Caroline taught at the London School of Economics where she was an Associate and conference coordinator at the Global South Unit.

Qualifications

• PhD International Relations (London School of Economics), London, UK. 2012
• LLM in International and European Law (Università di Bologna), Bologna, Italy 2008
• MSc in Comparative Politics (London School of Economics), London, UK. 2007
• BA in Political Science (University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, USA 2006

Relevant Past Employment

• 2016- Member of the Geneva Consultation for Security Policy, Switzerland
• 2015-2018 Associate Fellow, Global South Unit, London School of Economics, UK
• 2013-2014 Visiting Lecturer in International Relations, Regent’s University London, UK
• 2013-2014 Adjunct Professor in International Relations, Richmond American University, London, UK
• 2013 Intelligence Analyst for Sub-Saharan Africa, Risk Advisory Group, UK
• 2010-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics, UK
• 2011 Visiting Fellow, South African Institute of International Affairs, South Africa
• 2009-2010 Swiss Military Service (Sanitätssoldat), Switzerland

Publications

Books

• Varin, C (2020) Security in Nigeria. I.B Tauris Bloomsbury
• Varin, C (2017) Violent Non-State Actors in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan
• Varin, C (2016) Boko Haram and the War on Terror. Praeger
• Varin, C (2015) Mercenaries, Hybrid Armies and National Security: Private Soldiers and the State in the 21st Century. (LSE International Studies Series), London: Routledge

Book Chapters

• Varin, C (2020) “A Convergence of Territory: Warlords, Rebels and Terrorists in the Modern African State” in Sandhurst Trends on Violent Non-State Actors. Howgate Military Publishers
• Varin, C (2020) “The Rise and Fall of Boko Haram”. In Smith. Exporting Jihad. Palgrave Macmillan
• Varin, C (2020) “Violent Non-State Actors: the Challenges of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-insurgency in Africa” in Tar. Routledge Handbook of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency in Africa. Routledge
• Varin, C (2019) “Drone Pilots in Contemporary Warfare” in Alexandre Vautravers (Eds). Security Forum, From Drones to Killer Robots
• Varin, C (2018) “Violence and the Securitization of Inequality”. In Gruszcsak. Protocols of Modern War. Palgrave Macmillan
• Varin, C (2018) “Violent Non-State Actors: the Challenges of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-insurgency in Africa” in Tar. Routledge Handbook of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency in Africa. Routledge
• Varin, C (2018) “The Rise and Fall of Boko Haram”. In Smith. Exporting Jihad. Palgrave Macmillan forthcoming
• Varin, C (2018) “The Perfect Storm”. In Steiner and Onnerfors. Exercises in radicalization Palgrave Macmillan
• Varin, C (2015) “The Inhumanity of War” in Alexandre Vautravers (Eds). Security Forum, 2014: The Great War
• Varin, C (2012) “Mercenaries: motivations and functions of a non-state combatant” in Fidel Gómez Ochoa and Daniel Macías Fernández (Eds), El combatiente a lo largo de la historia; Imaginario, preceptción, representación; Universidad de Cantabria. Chapter 14.