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elations, law and politics from the American Political ScienceAssociation. Since 1966, this prize has been awarded annuallyto a doctoral thesis completed during the previous one or twoyears, selected from various nominated dissertations. It issupported by the Helen Dwight Reid Education Foundation andranks among the most prestigious for doctoral dissertations ininternational relations. ‘Winning this prize has been an honourand gives me huge motivation to continue my work to thehighest of academic standards,’ Dr Petrova says.aerial and missile warfare, direct participation of civilians inhostilities, and development of codes of conduct for privatemilitary contractors.Dr Petrova also eventually plans to concentrate more onenvironmental politics by studying environmental protests inEastern Europe with a specifi c focus on civil society mobilisationwithin the context of the EU legal and institutional framework.This motivation is visible in Dr Petrova’s future plans, whichinclude publishing a manuscript entitled: The Politics of NormCreation: State Leadership and NGO Partnerships in Curbingthe Weapons of War. She also intends to write articles andworking papers focusing on the prohibition of landmines andcluster munitions.For the future, she hopes to build upon her interests in warand NGO activism and extend them into new areas. ‘I willexplore the current challenges in warfare that affect militaryforces and international humanitarian principles and establishhow the military, NGOs, and countries have responded.’ Toreach this point, she intends to study recent processes aimedat developing existing international norms in three areas –Project acronymWeapons RestrictionsFull project titleEurope, the USA, and the shape of international legal order:a comparative study of international weapons restrictionsType of grantIntra-European FellowshipBudgetEUR 114 214Duration of project01-09-2007 - 30-04-2009Scientific disciplineSociologyHost institutionRobert Schuman Centre for Advanced StudiesEuropean University InstituteVia delle Fontanelle 19IT-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI)Tel. +39 055 4685 037339