Biography
Michal Onderco is Full Professor of International Relations in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His current research concerns two main areas. Firstly, he is interested in informal state cooperation in institutionalised settings in international politics, particularly in the area of nuclear non-proliferation. Secondly, Professor Onderco is interested in domestic sources of foreign and security policy in Europe. During the academic year 2018-2019, Professor Onderco was CISAC Junior Faculty Fellow at Stanford University. Before coming to Erasmus University, he obtained his PhD in political science from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2014. In the academic year 2014-2015, he was Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. Between 2012-2013, he was a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Columbia University's Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. Research interests: nuclear non-proliferation, informal cooperation, public opinion
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Full professor | Policy, Politics and Society
- onderco@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Michal Smetana & Michal Onderco (2025) - “Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too”: Russian Public Support for the Use of Nuclear Weapons after the Invasion of Ukraine - Journal of Global Security Studies, 10 (3) - doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogaf012
- Alexander Sorg, Wolfgang Wagner & Michal Onderco (2025) - Fighting for their country: How proximate conflict shapes citizens’ attitudes - European Journal of International Security - doi: 10.1017/eis.2025.12 - [link]
- Jakub M. Godzimirski, Marthe Handå Myhre & Michal Onderco (2025) - Caught in the liberal pragmatic trap? How political parties viewed energy dependence on Russia in three European countries 2012–2022 - Journal of Eurasian Studies, 16 (1), 94-107 - doi: 10.1177/18793665241253281 - [link]
- Tobias Bunde & Michal Onderco (2024) - Nuclear Zeitenwende?: The consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for nuclear policies around the world - The Nonproliferation Review, 30 (4-6), 159-172 - doi: 10.1080/10736700.2024.2437290
- Tobias Bunde & Michal Onderco (2024) - Permissive dissensus: The nuclear dimension of the German Zeitenwende - The Nonproliferation Review, 30 (4-6), 221-240 - doi: 10.1080/10736700.2024.2435137
- Michal Smetana & Michal Onderco (2024) - What the Russian Public Thinks About the Use of Nuclear Weapons - Arms Control Today, 54 (8), 18-20 - [link]
- Valerio Vignoli & Michal Onderco (2024) - Leader ideology and state commitment to multilateral treaties - Review of International Organizations - doi: 10.1007/s11558-024-09563-2 - [link]
- Michal Onderco & Valerio Vignoli (2024) - Regional socialization and disarmament preferences: Explaining state positions on the nuclear ban treaty - Contemporary Security Policy, 45 (3), 525-554 - doi: 10.1080/13523260.2024.2376416
- Michal Onderco (2024) - Becoming a good ally: Slovak defence planning since independence - doi: 10.4324/9781003398158-11 - [link]
- Michal Onderco & Valerio Vignoli (2024) - Treaty legalization, security interests, and ratification of multilateral disarmament treaties - Conflict Management and Peace Science, 42 (3), 223-244 - doi: 10.1177/07388942241243259 - [link]
- Ellen Willio & Michal Onderco (2024) - Public opinion on nuclear weapons: is there a gender gap? - [link]
- Michal Onderco (2024) - Slovakia: Slovakia in Trump’s world - [link]
- Michal Onderco (2024) - Nuclear regime complex and state relations in nuclear ordering - Cambridge Review of International Affairs - doi: 10.1080/09557571.2024.2314116 - [link]
- Michal Onderco (2024) - Why Sanctioning?: The Rise and Purpose of Sanctions in International Politics
- Katja Creutz, Mahmoud Javadi, Michal Onderco & Ville Sinkkonen (2024) - The EU and military AI governance: Forging value-based coalitions in an age of strategic competition - [link]
- Mahmoud Javadi & Michal Onderco (2024) - What does global military AI governance need? - [link]
- Michal Onderco (2017) - Networks in nuclear diplomacy in Global South (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2017) - Why nuclear ban treaty is a bad idea (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2016) - Global South and Iran’s Nuclear Program (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2016) - How much damage did the crises make? (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2015) - What can we learn from the Iranian nuclear crisis? (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - PA van Hooft & Michal Onderco (2015) - Answering threats: when regional powers balance and when they do not (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2015) - Nuclear disarmament and Nuclear Deterrence: Bridging the Divide (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Michal Onderco (2015) - Why Do Europeans Differ on Ukraine? (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic
Slovak Research and Development Agency
- Start date approval
- juni 2022
- End date approval
- juni 2025
- Place
- BRATISLAVA
- Description
- Council on Social Sciences
PhD Program in Security, Risk and Vulnerability of
- Start date approval
- september 2023
- End date approval
- augustus 2026
- Place
- GENOVA, ITALY
- Description
- Member of PhD Board Security & Strategic Studies
Journal of International Relations and Development
- Start date approval
- januari 2025
- End date approval
- januari 2028
- Place
- LJUBLJANA
- Description
- Associate Editor
Prague Center for Peace Research
- Start date approval
- maart 2025
- End date approval
- maart 2028
- Place
- PRAAG
- Description
- Advisory Board & Research Affiliation (courtesy)
1.2C International Law
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ESSB-C1070
4.1C Global Governance
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-4076
4.3 Master's thesis/Final Res. Proj. IMP
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-4171
4.2C Europe in the World
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-4230
