Christine Gajo, PhD
Publications
Books
Andreeva, C., (2023), The Evolution of Information-sharing in EU Counter-terrorism: A post-2015 Paradigm Shift?, European Security and Justice Critiques, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., ISBN: 978 1 80392 829 6. Available at: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-evolution-of-information-sharing-in-eu-counter-terrorism-9781803928296.html
Academic Articles
Andreeva Gajo, C. and Heidebrecht, S. (in progress), Geopolitics, Member States, and Supranational Authority: The Case of the EU Digital Omnibus, TBC.
Andreeva Gajo, C. and McCafferty, S. (in progress), Securing AI, Securing Europe? The EU AI Act’s Role in Addressing Extremist Threats, TBC.
Andreeva Gajo, C., (accepted), From Insider to Outsider: The UK’s Shift to External Differentiated Integration in Law Enforcement, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
Andreeva Gajo, C., (under review), Making Differentiation Work: Criminal Justice Cooperation in the EU–UK Post-Brexit Framework, International Criminal Justice Review.
Bures, O., Andreeva Gajo, C. (2026), Interoperability: A Paradigm Shift in EU Counterterrorism? Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, online first. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2026.2618982
Andreeva, C. (2023), The Zerkani Network and the 2015 Paris and 2016 Brussels Attacks: An Illustration of Counter-Terrorism Dysfunction in Europe, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2023-02 1–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2023.2178078
Andreeva, C., (2021), The evolution of information-sharing in EU counter-terrorism post-2015: a paradigm shift?, Special Issue: Collective Securitization of EU Policy Change: Two Decades of EU Counterterrorism Policy?, Global Affairs 7(5), 751–776. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2021.1983728
Andreeva, C., (2020), Мерки на Европейския съюз за борба с тероризма, ‘Европейски правен преглед’, Том XXVI (Translation: Measures of the EU in counter-terrorism), Bulgarian Association for European Law. Available (in Bulgarian) at: https://evropeiskipravenpregled.eu/26-2/
Andreeva, C., (2020), The EU’s counter-terrorism policy after 2015—“Europe wasn’t ready”—“but it has proven that it’s adaptable”, ERA Forum 20, 343–370. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12027-019-00570-0
Andreeva, C., (2019), EU counter-terrorism policy after 2015. In: Emerging Voices: A Future of Europe Anthology. The Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA), Dublin (2019)
Andreeva, C., (2016), The future of the EU’s Pooling & Sharing and NATO’s Smart Defence, Atlantic Voices, Atlantic Treaty Association, June 2016
Andreeva, C., (2014), The EU-NATO relationship – with new leadership to new impetus, Atlantic Voices, Atlantic Treaty Association, December 2014
Book Chapters
Andreeva Gajo, C., (submitted), “The nature and issues of EU counter-terrorism information-sharing across borders and institutional cultures – post-2015 harmonisation approaches in the public interest?”, Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest, Asser University Press, TBC.
Andreeva, C., (2023), “Counter-terrorism, Information Sharing and Law Enforcement Cooperation Post-Brexit”, in Costello, R., Celeste, E., Harbinja, E. and Xanthoulis, N., (eds.) Data Protection and Digital Sovereignty Post-Brexit. Bloomsbury Publishing, Oxford. ISBN 9781509966486. Available at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/data-protection-and-digital-sovereignty-postbrexit-9781509966486/
Ongoing Projects
Twenty-Five Years of EU Counterterrorism Policy: New Challenges, Old Problems? Principal Investigator: Prof. Oldřich Bureš, Metropolitan University Prague, Grant no. 24-10160S, Czech Science Foundation.
Project Outcomes
Andreeva, C., Trevisan, F., (2024), Fully functional focal points and harmonised framework, CEASEFIRE Project deliverable D2.6., (Public)
Andreeva, C., Trevisan, F., (2024), Applicable legal/ethical framework social impact assessment, CEASEFIRE Project deliverable D1.4., (Sensitive, not publicly available)
Andreeva, C., Murphy, E. (2024), ELSI Impact Assessment, EINSTEIN Project deliverable D2.1., (Public).
Public Outreach
Andreeva Gajo, C., (2025), Can the EU and UK forge closer cooperation on internal security? LSE-Blog, Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/07/21/can-the-eu-and-uk-forge-closer-cooperation-on-internal-security/
Andreeva Gajo, C., (2025), The UK-EU summit: towards a “common understanding” in internal security or window dressing TCA-plus arrangements?, TBC.
Andreeva, C., (2019), Brexit’s Implications for UK-EU Relations in Justice and Home Affairs, DCU Brexit Institute blog, Available at: http://dcubrexitinstitute.eu/2019/07/brexits-implications-for-uk-eu-relations-in-the-remit-of-justice-and-home-affairs/
Conferences and Public Lectures
Advanced Summer Programme on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Rule of Law, Asser Institute, “EU Counter-terrorism post-2015 – An Evolution in Information Sharing”, 31 August 2023, The Hague
Summer school on EU counter-terrorism EUCTER/ DCU, “The impact of the Paris and Brussels Attacks on EU Counter-Terrorism Cooperation”, 23 August 2023, virtual
EUCTER Annual Conference, “So far so good: The Impact of Brexit on EU-UK Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Cooperation” 19-20 June 2023, Augsburg
US and European Responses to the Russia-Ukraine War (Bulgaria), Roundtable and Discussion, Metropolitan University Prague, 11 April 2022
Towards a new UK data protection model? Cross-border cooperation challenges after Brexit, Cross-DPN Conference, “The Evolution of information-sharing in EU counter-terrorism and law enforcement cooperation post-Brexit”, DCU Brexit institute, 7-8 April 2022, Dublin
“The evolution of EU counter-terrorism after the terrorist attacks of 2015-2016”, Public lecture, Metropolitan University Prague, 14 December 2022
C4SS Post-Doc Roundtable European Security and Beyond, “The evolution of information-sharing in EU counter-terrorism”, Metropolitan University Prague, 8 November 2021
Cross-DPN conference: data protection, law enforcement and intelligence sharing, 17 September 2021
Changing Landscapes in the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, EUCTER/VIRTUE, University of South Wales, “EU counter-terrorism’s gradual institutionalisation: information-sharing and cooperation in law enforcement and intelligence post-2015”, 14-16 June 2021, virtual
Presenter at the Academic association for contemporary European Studies’ (UACES) Annual Conferences 2018-2023
The Jagiellonian Interdisciplinary Security Conference, Jagiellonian University, 2018, Krakow
Tutoring and Lecturing
Policing, intelligence and counter-terrorism (Metropolitan University Prague)
European Security (University College Cork)
International Political Economy (Dublin City University)
Organisation and Engagement
Co-organiser of Political Science Association of Ireland (PSAI) 2017 Annual Conference, hosted by DCU
Facilitator to European Citizens’ Dialogues, organised by the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Movement Ireland
Moderator to the 2016 Security Jam, on Foreign Military Engagement 2025, with high-level participants
Accolades
Paddy Moriarty Memorial Scholarship 2018
UACES Scholar 2019
DCU Publishing Scheme Grant 2018
Memberships
Member of UACES Association for European Studies
Former member of the Emerging Voices Panel of the Institute for International and European Affairs and the Future of EU27 Project
Former member of the Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
