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Nicholas R. Micinski

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Maine

Dr. Nicholas R. Micinski is Libra Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Maine. His research focuses on global governance, particularly how states and international organizations respond to refugees, migration, climate change, and peacebuilding. Micinski has published two books: Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (University of Michigan Press, 2022) and UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees (Routledge, 2021). Previously, Micinski was postdoctoral fellow at Université Laval, ISA James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow, and visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Europe, Boston University.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Assistant Professor, University of Maine
  • 2020–2021
    Postdoctoral fellow, Université Laval
  • 2019–2020
    ISA James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University

Education

  • 2019 
    The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Ph.D.
  • 2017 
    The Graduate Center, City University of New York, M.Phil.
  • 2016 
    The Graduate Center, City University of New York, M.A.
  • 2008 
    Michigan State University, B.A.

Publications

  • 2022
    Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union, University of Michigan Press
  • 2021
    UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees, Routledge

Professional Memberships

  • International Studies Association
  • American Political Science Association