As part of the Mind the Gap project, Anne Ingemann Johansen undertook a research stay as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Geopolitics, hosted by the University of Cambridge from 11-19 October 2025.

The research stay provided an opportunity to advance her ongoing work on Ukraine while also developing ideas for a new comparative research agenda on Security Transformation and Small-State Agency in the Nordic-Baltic Region.

Beyond individual research, the visit was explicitly oriented towards strengthening institutional cooperation between the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the University of Cambridge. Meetings and discussions focused on developing shared analytical frameworks and identifying concrete avenues for collaboration through the Baltic Geopolitics Network, of which SDU is now an active participant. This includes plans for joint workshops, publication-oriented activities, and closer engagement between scholars working on Nordic–Baltic security and European geopolitics.

The Centre for Geopolitics provided an intellectually rich environment that bridges historical scholarship and contemporary policy debates — closely mirroring Mind the Gap’s ambition to connect academic research with policy-relevant expertise. Conversations with Cambridge-based scholars reinforced the value of sustained, in-person exchange for building durable research partnerships and advancing comparative perspectives on European security.

The research stay was generously supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark through the Mind the Gap project and contributes directly to the project’s longer-term goal of anchoring SDU more firmly in international research networks linking academia and policy.