Filip J. Scherf’s interdisciplinary research covers Christian ethics in international relations, with a particular focus on Russia and European security. Filip is based at the University of St Andrews, School of Divinity, where he earned a Master of Letters degree after having completed a Master of International Affairs degree at Columbia University. His professional experience includes Columbia University’s Harriman Institute for Eurasian Studies in New York, RAND Corporation in Cambridge (UK), NATO PA in Brussels, and political risk consultancy in St. Petersburg, Russia. Filip is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Margaret Beaufort Institute and an Associate Lecturer at Charles University. He is a recipient of multiple scholarships from the Columbia and St Andrews respective universities. Filip’s book on post-Cold War Russia, The Lost Land, was published by Host Publishing in Autumn 2024.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Lost Land: How the West Lost Russia and Russia Lost Itself. Host Brno (September 2024).
“Vetting Political Candidates in the Digital World,” in The SAGE Handbook of Political Marketing, edited by Paul Baines, Phil Harris, Costas Panagopoulos (to be published in 2024).
The Hidden Disciple: Towards a Christian Ethics of Spying. Studies in Christian Ethics, vol. 36, no. 1 (2023), online version available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09539468221108794
Theodicy in Christian Art: Händel, Bruegel, and dell’Arca. Transpositions (April 2021), available at: https://www.transpositions.co.uk/theodicy-in-christian-art-handel-bruegel-and-dellarca/