Helena Farrand Carrapico joined Northumbria University in April 2019, where she is Professor of International Relations and European Politics, as well as Jean Monnet Chair. She is also Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange for the Social Sciences Department.

She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles, 5 books (1 co-authored and 4 edited volumes), 15 book chapters and 7 special issues in the field of European internal security in high- raking Social Sciences journals (such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, The Journal of European Integration, European Security, Geopolitics, and Crime, Law and Social Change). She is one of the four editors for the UACES/ Routeldge Series on Comptemporary European Studies, and she is a BISA elected Trustee (2022- 2024).

She holds a doctoral degree in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute (Florence), where she developed her thesis on European Union organised crime policies, and an MA from the College of Europe. Prior to moving to Northumbria University, Helena was a Senior Lecturer at Aston University, where she also co-directed the Aston Centre for Europe. Previous academic positions were also held at the University of Dundee, James Madison University, the University of Coimbra and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Helena was also a visiting fellow at the DG. Justice, Liberty and Security of the European Commission, and at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS). She was an elected member of UACES (2016-2019) and a co-convenor for the BISA European Security Working Group (2014-2020).

Helena's research focuses on European security governance, in particular the governance of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, and comprises four strands:

1) The governance of specific policy fields within Justice and Home Affairs, namely organised crime and cybersecurity;

2) the governance of the external dimension of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice; 

3) the governance of Brexit in relation to internal security;

4) the modes of governance present in internal security, including for example privatisation and agencification.

Courses I teach on:

- IR7011 and AT7038- European Security Governance and Conflict

-IR6010- War Games- learning negotiation and diplomacy through simulations

-SO6002- Dissertation Module