The IAEA History Research Project
The IAEA History Research Project, directed by Elisabeth Roehrlich, is based at the University of Vienna's Department of History. The project was originally launched in 2011 by Elisabeth Roehrlich and Oliver Rathkolb. Since then, it has served as an umbrella for different individual research activities on the history of the IAEA. Over the past decade, the project has hosted several guest researchers from across the world. Using historical insights based on multi-archival research and oral history interviews, the project seeks to inform the debate on the IAEA’s past, present, and future role in global governance.
Elisabeth Roehrlich (University of Vienna) and Director General Rafael Grossi (IAEA) in 2024.
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IAEA Oral History Series
Watch here: our interviews with former IAEA senior officials, managers, scientists, and diplomats, including former Director Generals Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei.
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Inspectors for Peace
Drawing on extensive archival research, including firsthand access to newly opened records at the IAEA Archives in Vienna, Inspectors for Peace by Elisabeth Roehrlich provides the first comprehensive, empirically grounded, and independent scholarly monograph on the history of the IAEA.
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Affiliated Projects
Explore collaboration partners and affiliated projects, including IAEA2KOREAS, headed by Dr. Se Young Jang. The project is supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe and examines several critical junctures in the historical development of the relationship between the IAEA and the two Koreas.
Se Young Jang