School of Social and Political Science

Background

I am a Tutor in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the School of Social and Political Science and an Associate Fellow of Advance HE (AFHEA). I am also an IASH Affiliate 2026-27.

Publications

2027 | (forthcoming) Ivar Vargas, "Humane Rearmament in the Age of Killer Robots," Security Dialogue 

2026 | Ivar Vargas, "Fighting to be God: A Bourdieusian critique of the challenge of humanitarian disarmament to the State," Desde el Sur, 18(1), e0010

Work in Progress 

Building on my PhD research, I am writing my first monograph with Edinburgh University Press (under contract). The book, currently entitled 'Humanising War: Killer Robots, the United Nations and the Paradoxes of Humanitarianism,' will be published in the series Advances in Critical Military Studies.  

Modules 

• International Security | Sem 2, 2024/25
• Political Thinkers | Sem 2, 2025/26
• Politics and International Relations 1A: Concepts and Debates | Sem 1, 2026/27; Sem 1, 2024/25
• Research Design in Politics and International Relations | Sem 1, 2025/26; Sem 1, 2024/25; Sem 1 2023/24; Sem 1, 2021/22
• War and Justice | Sem 2, 2023/24; Sem 2, 2021/22

Previous Appointments

• Guest Lecturer & Tutor, University of Dundee, UK | 2024/25
• Teaching Assistant, University of Stirling, UK | 2023/24

Education

• PhD Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK | 2024
• Master of International Relations, University of Melbourne, Australia | 2015
• BSc Public Administration and Political Science, Major in Political Science, Universidad de Concepción, Chile | 2011 

Funding and Awards

• Teacher of the Year Nominee, EUSA Teaching Awards | 2026
• Teacher of the Year Nominee (longlisted), EUSA Teaching Awards | 2025
• Teacher of the Year Nominee, Stirling University RATE Awards | 2024
• IntroAP, Institute for Academic Development (IAD), University of Edinburgh, UK | 2024
• PhD Research Support Fund, SSPS, University of Edinburgh, UK | Nov 2021
• PhD Research Support Fund, SSPS, University of Edinburgh, UK | Jun 2021

Membership

• Advance HE
• Centre for Security Research (CeSeR)
• European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 
• Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH)
• International Relations Research Group (IRRG)