About

Valentin Clavé-Mercier is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI) at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). He previously completed a Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD in Politics & IR at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His overall research interest lies in how non-Western and decolonial political ontologies and praxis contribute to the rearticulation of contemporary political thought and political imaginaries. His most recent research focuses on discourses and practices of Indigenous sovereignty, more specifically on their deployment by Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand. His areas of interest include decolonial/postcolonial studies, Indigenous politics, contentious politics, critical political theory, sovereignty studies, political geography, and identity politics. He is the author of “Politics of Sovereignty: Settler Resonance and Māori Resistance in Aotearoa/New Zealand" (2022) and editor of Decolonising Political Concepts (2023, Routledge).

Research Interests

Contentious Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, Social Movements, Critical Theory, Identity, Political Activism, Protests

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Concepts
• Migration and Ethnicity
• Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict
• Participation and Mobilisation
• International Political Theory