Nation-branding in Practice: The Politics of Promoting Sports, Cities and Universities in Kazakhstan and Qatar - Paperback

by Kristin Anabel Eggeling (Author)

This book investigates the political implications of country promotion through practices of 'nation-branding' by drawing on contemporary examples from the sports, urban development and higher education sector in Kazakhstan and Qatar.

Author Biography

Kristin Anabel Eggeling is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests are in practice theory, identity politics, nation-branding, diplomacy, interpretive methods and methodologies, and fieldwork in International Relations. Kristin holds a BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht, a MLitt and a PhD from the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and has previously worked in the private and policy sector in Doha and Brussels. For her research on nation-branding, Kristin has been a visiting researcher at Nazarbayev University and Qatar University.