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Rasmus Salén

Rasmus Salén

Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations and Political Science
Spoken languages
Swedish, English, French

PhD Thesis

 

Title:  Uncertain Expertise — Foresight and the Politics of Knowledge in Global Governance (Provisional title)

PhD Supervisor: Annabelle Littoz-Monnet

Expected completion date: 2029

My research is about future-oriented knowledge, especially non-probabilistic approaches such as foresight (as opposed to forecasting), inquiring into the limits to and conditions of possibility for this knowledge as a mode of expertise in global governance. It answers questions related to the epistemological foundations of this future-oriented knowledge. For instance, which methodological traditions dominate, and how do these become considered superior? How are uncertainties and probabilities communicated? How does IR theory impact imagination of the future, and which theories are privileged?
 

profile
 

Rasmus Salén is a Ph.D. Researcher in International Relations and Political Science at the Geneva Graduate Institute. His research interests span the politics of expertise and knowledge, global governance, and international political economy. His dissertation examines future-oriented knowledge as a mode of expertise. He holds an MA in Transnational Governance from the European University Institute and a BSc in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
 

Areas of expertise
 

  • Futures Studies
  • Expertise
  • The Politics of Knowledge
  • Global governance
  • International Political Economy

 

Publications and Works
 

  • Salén, Rasmus, and Grace Ballor. “Business Forums and Industrial Policy: Toward a New High-Tech Economy in Late Twentieth-Century Europe.” Enterprise & Society, 2026, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2026.10128.
  • Hallak, Issam, and Rasmus Salén. Non-EU Countries’ Regulations on Crypto-Assets and Their Potential Implications for the EU. Brussels: European Parliamentary Research Service, 2023.
  • Salén, Rasmus. “The Sino-Russian Partnership: No Limits?” In Applying History III, edited by Rikard Westerberg and Carl Ritter, 83–98. Stockholm: Axess Publishing AB, 2022.
  • Marder, Guillaume, Rasmus Salén, et al. Towards a More Optimal Eurozone: A Student Initiative Report Supported by CIVICA. Paris: CIVICA, 2022. https://www.civica.eu/eurozone