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Malte Breiding

Doctoral Student

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Contact details
  • Email: malte [dot] breiding [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Department of Political Science
  • Service point: 35
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Political Science

Main research areas

  • Normative Political Theory 
  • European and Global LGBT Politics 
  • Queer International Relations

Current research

Breiding conducts research on LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans) politics in the European Union (EU), queer international relations and political theory. In his research he is especially interested in international polarization and divisions regarding LGBT equality, currently with a focus on the EU. Pro-/anti-LGBT divisions have become more noticeable in recent years within the EU and in international relations due to the emergence of so-called anti-gender politics and campaigns. Drawing on agonistic political theory, the project asks what it means for the EU to be ‘LGBT-friendly’ in a time where the value of sexual and gender diversity is increasingly up for debate. Doing so, the project explores how best to study the legitimacy of the EU's supranational efforts to promote and enforce LGBT equality in a way that takes into account such high levels of disagreement over sexual and gender diversity. It also studies how the European Commission and the European External Action Service justify their promotion and enforcement of LGBT equality, both within the EU and at the United Nations. 

Publications

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Introduction

Malte Breiding holds a BSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a MSc in Social Studies of Gender with a major in Political Science from Lund University and has been a visiting researcher at Atelier Genre(s) et Sexualité(s) and the Institute for European Studies at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Research groups

 Press/media

  • Sexual and gender minority politics in Denmark as well as in inter- and supranational organizations.
  • Far-right and illiberal populist opposition to women’s and LGBTI movements.
18 Sep 2024