Debasish Das, Adjunct Researcher

Debashis is a M.Phil. scholar at the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta, supported by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. He has recently submitted his M.Phil. dissertation titled “Critical Social Theory and Complementarity Constraints in International Relations: Redefining Brexit negotiation through complementary limitations”. His dissertation has dealt with identifying the dynamics of conflict resolutions in supranational setup viz. European Union and how to develop a new theoretical framework with regard to Brexit from a Critical Theory perspective. The ideas of Max Horkheimer and Jurgen Habermas of the Frankfurt School have been highly influential for this purpose. The theoretical framework has been developed as a major conditional measure corresponding to the dysfunctionality of the “Institutional Complementarity” theory. The dissertation has been carried out under the supervision of Dr. Shibashis Chatterjee, Professor and Director of the Department of International Relations & Strategic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Debashisis also a Junior Research Fellow under the auspices of National Fellowship for Scheduled Castes by University Grants Commission. He has attended Polish Summer Language and Culture Programme at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland in July 2017 under the collaboration of Polish Institute in New Delhi and Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta.

His major interests include exploring European economic and political affairs, multilateral institutions, energy diplomacy and theories of International Relations. He acquired basic knowledge of polish language at A-1 level and earned 5 European credits. Debashis has presented research papers in national and international conferences. His aspiration is to achieve excellence in the field of academics.