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Prof. Heidi Hardt is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council via their Transatlantic Security Initiative. Her research focuses on NATO, European security, alliance politics, international organizations, knowledge, learning, change, gender and climate security. Prof. Hardt is the author of two books: NATO’s Lessons in Crisis: Institutional Memory in International Organization (Oxford 2018) and ​​Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response (Oxford University Press, 2014). She has published articles in PLOS One, Journal of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Organizations, International Politics, European Security, Global Governance, African Security, Journal of Global Security Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, as well as publishing research in edited volumes and other venues. NSF, Fulbright, NATO, Carnegie and the IGCC have funded her research. She was a Fulbright Schuman Scholar and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, during which time she worked for a Congresswoman, Senator and the State Department.

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