For his article “Mutual legitimation attempts: the United Nations and China’s Belt and Road Initiative”, Dr Sebastian Haug has been awarded the International Affairs Early Career Prize 2025.
Sebastian Haug ©IDOS
The Early Career Prize recognises outstanding research published in the journal International Affairs (Oxford University Press) by authors with less than seven years of post-PhD experience in the field of International Relations. Haug’s contribution unpacks the rise and fall of UN engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative and puts forward a conceptual argument about inter-governor legitimation attempts, i.e. agents trying to mobilise relations among them in order to be seen in a positive light by relevant audiences. The article is part of a broader IDOS-led research agenda on China and the United Nations.
