Jivanta Schottli

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Jivanta Schottli is Assistant Professor in Indian Politics and Foreign Policy at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. She holds a PhD in Political Science (Summa Cum Laude)  from Heidelberg University in Germany, a Masters in Economic History and a BSc in International Relations & History, both from the London School of Economics and Politics, UK. 

Her research interests include Indian foreign policy with a focus on the intersection between domestic politics and international relations; diplomacy and maritime governance in the Indian Ocean, the emerging strategic discourse about the Indo-Pacific and the role of China in South Asia. 

Jivanta's publications include Maritime Governance in South Asia (Ed.) World Scientific, Singapore, 2018; Power, Politics and Maritime Governance in the Indian Ocean (ed) Routledge, London 2014; Vision and Strategy in Indian Politics with Routledge, London 2012. She has written articles for Asian Survey, the Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore, 
Journal of Asian Public Policy, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region and Irish Studies in International Affairs 




Book

Year Publication
2012 Jivanta Schottli (2012) Strategy and Vision in Politics. Jawaharlal Nehru’s Policy Choices and the Designing of Political. London: Routledge.
2022 Mitra, Subrata K. Schottli, Jivanta (2022) India: Statecraft and Foreign Policy. Dublin: DCU Press.

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2022 Mitra, Subrata K.; Schottli, Jivanta; Pauli, Markus (2022) 'Critical Realignment and Democratic Deepening: The Parliamentary Elections of 2014 and 2019 In India' In: The 2019 Parliamentary Elections in India Democracy at Crossroads?. Oxfordshire : Routledge. [Link] [DOI]
2020 Jivanta Scottli (2020) 'Island States and Ocean Geopolitics: Lessons for Sri Lanka' In: Maritime Sri Lanka. Singapore : World Scientific.
2020 Schottli, Jivanta (2020) 'India's role in the Indo-Pacific – geopolitics in times of uncertainty and opportunity' In: Defence Forces Review 2020. Dublin : Defence Forces Printing Press.
2019 Mitra, Subrata K.; Schottli, Jivanta & Pauli, Markus (2019) 'Citizenship and the Hybrid State in India' In: Engaging Transculturality Concepts, Key Terms, Case Studies, 1st Edition. London : Routledge. [Link]
2018 Jivanta Schottli (2018) 'Introduction' In: Maritime Governance in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. Singapore : World Scientific.
2015 Jivanta Schottli (2015) 'India’s role in a multi-polar world: implications for multilateralism and global governance' In: China, The European Union and The Developing World. A Triangular Relationship. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar.

Edited Book

Year Publication
2018 Jivanta Schottli (Ed.). (2018) Maritime Governance in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. Singapore: World Scientific, [Link]
2015 Jivanta Schottli & multiple editors (Ed.). (2015) Politics in South Asia: Culture, Rationality and Conceptual Flow. Heidelberg: Springer,
2014 Jivanta Schottli, Jakub Zaj?czkowski & Manish Thapa (Ed.). (2014) India in the Contemporary World. New Delhi: Routledge, [Link] https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315662008
2014 Jivanta Schottli & Antje Fluechter (Ed.). (2014) The Dynamics of Transculturality: Concepts and Institutions in Motion. Heidelberg: Springer,
2006 Jivanta Schottli, Subrata K. Mitra, Siegfried O. Wolf (Ed.). (2006) A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia. London: Europa,

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2019 Jivanta Schottli & Markus Pohlmann (2019) 'India Inc. and globalization: The rise of neo-liberalism and a transnational managerial elite?'. India Review, 18 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2019.1576985
2019 Jivanta Schottli (2019) 'Security and growth for all in the Indian Ocean – maritime governance and India’s foreign policy'. India Review, 18 (5):568-581. [Link]
2018 Kwon, Jaok; Pohlmann, Markus & Schottli, Jivanta (2018) 'Corporate Elites in Japan: International Career Mobility and Education compared with East and South Asia'. International Journal of Japanese Sociology, . https://doi.org/10.1111/ijjs.12084
2016 Mitra, Subrata K. & Sch?ttli, Jivanta (2016) 'India’s 2014 General Elections: a critical realignment in Indian politics?”'. Asian Survey, .
2016 Sch?ttli Jivanta and Markus Pauli (2016) 'Modi-nomics and the Politics of Institutional Change in the Indian Economy’'. Journal of Asian Public Policy, .
2008 Subrata K. Mitra; Jivanta Sch??ttli; (2008) 'The new Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy and its Ambiguities'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, . [DOI]
2007 Jivanta Sch??ttli; (2007) 'Civil Society and Democracy: A Reader. Edited by Carolyn M. Elliott. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. xi, 508 pp. $45.00 (cloth)'. Journal of Asian Studies, . [DOI]

Other Journal

Year Publication
2022 Schottli, Jivanta (2022) '“India and the ‘great powers’: from Indian Ocean to the Indo-Pacific”' The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, .
2017 Sch?ttli Jivanta and Markus Pohlmann (2017) 'A ‘New’ Economic Elite in India: Transnational and Neoliberal?”' .

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2019 Jivanta Schottli (2019) Political Studies Association’s 69th Annual International Conference Roundtable on Narendra Modi and the 2019 Elections in India Nottingham, UK, .
2019 Jivanta Schottli (2019) Political Studies Association’s 69th Annual International Conference The Allure of the Indo-Pacific and India's Contribution to Ocean Governance Nottingham, UK, .
2021 Schottli, Jivanta (2021) British International Studies Association Annual Conference Governance in the Indo-Pacific: India’s contribution to maritime order online, .
2021 Schottli, Jivanta (2021) International Studies Association Annual Convention Governance in the Indo-Pacific: India’s contribution to maritime order online, .
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Research Interests

India's Foreign Policy 

Domestic Politics in India

International Relations of South Asia

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Land administration in EU Development Policy: nutrition, gender empowerment, equity and climate change resilience DCU PI 01/09/2019 31/08/2022
Assessing party politics in modern India and the extension of the voter base in the case of the Bharatiya Janata Party (Marcel M. Schwarz) DCU PI 01/09/2022 31/08/2025
EU-India Connect DCU PI 02/08/2021 31/12/2021
EU-India. Identity, Interests and Institutions DCU PI 24/08/2022 23/05/2023

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Dasari ,Nikhil Kumar PhD Supervisor
Ghosh ,Kusumika PhD Supervisor
Schwarz ,Marcel Maria PhD-track Supervisor
Yaqoob ,Asma PhD-track Supervisor
Kothenmaril ,Nithya PhD-track Supervisor

Teaching Interests

Foreign Policy and International Relations, with a focus on India and South Asia

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 The Politics of South Asia LG365
2022 War and Peace in South Asia LG599
2022 EU Foreign and Security Policy LG5037
2020 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy LG219