Staff profile

Dr Judith Koch’s research lies at the intersection of International Political Economy and International Relations Historical Sociology with an empirical focus on Brexit, European (financial) integration, the City of London, processes of financialisation, and global financial hierarchies.

Judith joined SGIA as a Career Development Fellow in IPE in January 2026. Prior to coming to Durham she was a Research Associate in the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex. She received her PhD (no corrections/summa cum laude) from Sussex in March 2025.

With a professional background in journalism, Judith specialises in research communication and knowledge transfer, creating and producing academic podcasts (including Voices: The EISA Podcast and others) and providing media and podcasting training for academics.

• Capitalist Development
• Financialisation
• Global Financial Governance
• Geographies of Finance
• International Relations Theory
• Historical Sociology
• Brexit and EU–UK relations in historical perspective

Book review

• Balancing pressures and Crisis cycle - Joint Book Review
  
  Koch, J. (in press). Balancing pressures and Crisis cycle - Joint Book Review. International Affairs.
• Balancing pressures: the politics of governing the European economy
  
  Koch, J. (2026). Balancing pressures: the politics of governing the European economy. International Affairs, 102(2), 721-724. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag020
• Inside the deal: how the EU got Brexit done Purchased Inside the deal: how the EU got Brexit done. By Stefaan De Rynck. London: Agenda Publishing. 2023. 288pp. £25.00. Isbn978 1 78821 568 8.
  
  Koch, J. (2024). Inside the deal: how the EU got Brexit done Purchased Inside the deal: how the EU got Brexit done. By Stefaan De Rynck. London: Agenda Publishing. 2023. 288pp. £25.00. Isbn978 1 78821 568 8. International Affairs, 100(4), 1797-1799. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae163

Journal Article

• Commissioned Book Review: Nick Whittaker, Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse. The Island Race
  
  Koch, J. (2024). Commissioned Book Review: Nick Whittaker, Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse. The Island Race. Political Studies Review, 22(4), NP7-NP8. https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299241252387
• The making of the Single European Act reconsidered: IPE, UCD and the challenge of supranationalism
  
  Koch, J. (2023). The making of the Single European Act reconsidered: IPE, UCD and the challenge of supranationalism. Global Political Economy, 2(1), 98-120. https://doi.org/10.1332/qloc4375

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• Grüner Krieg? Das Militär vereinnahmt den Klimaschutz
  
  Koch, J. (2025, November 10). Grüner Krieg? Das Militär vereinnahmt den Klimaschutz. Surplus - Das Wirtschaftsmagazin.
• Trotz EU-Deal: Großbritannien verfolgt weiter eigensinnige Wirtschaftspolitik
  
  Koch, J. (2025, September 6). Trotz EU-Deal: Großbritannien verfolgt weiter eigensinnige Wirtschaftspolitik. Surplus - Das Wirtschaftsmagazin.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• What is...Brexit, if not a Shock? - Voices: The EISA Podcast
  
  Koch, J. (2025). What is...Brexit, if not a Shock? - Voices: The EISA Podcast. On https://voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/34-new-episode [Podcast].