Research Areas of Academic Staff
Sir Mike Aaronson's main research looks at why and how states intervene in the affairs of other states, the international instruments they create to facilitate and regulate this, the consequences of their intervention on international society, and how society might approach intervention differently in future. He is interested in developing a cross-disciplinary approach to these matters, involving colleagues from, for example, international relations, law, economics, sociology, anthropology, refugee studies and forced migration, security studies, and development studies.
Dr Cristiano Bee carries out research into the European public sphere, European citizenship, public and political communication and health and sustainable mobility.
Professor Marie Breen-Smyth has written and researched political violence including its impact on civilian populations and is one of the initiators of a critical approach to terrorism studies and a founding editor of the Taylor and Francis journal Critical Terrorism Studies. Her interests in international intervention include processes of militarization and demilitarization, transitional justice, armed conflict and children. She has also written on field research methods and ethics in violent contexts. Her regional interests include South Africa, Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland and former Yugoslavia.
Dr Tereza Capelos is a specialist in political psychology, electoral behaviour, and public opinion with a particular interest in American Politics. Her current research examines the determinants of candidate evaluations and impression formation, reputation management, political scandals and accountability, the role of affect and emotions in politics, political tolerance, political knowledge, mass media and civic competence. Tereza is a co-chair of the ECPR Political Psychology Section, and Director of the International Society of Political Psychology Summer Academy (ISPP-SA).
Dr Laura Chappell's research focuses broadly on the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy from both an EU and Member State perspective. In particular;German and Polish Security and Defence Policies, the European Defence Agency and Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence, EU Crisis Management Operations and Strategic Culture
Dr Maxine David is a specialist in Foreign Policy Analysis and Russian foreign policy in particular. Her published work includes research into Russia as a Marginal state and she has an article forthcoming on Russia as Victim in the New Cold War. She is also interested in the externally directed policies of the European Union, particularly the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU’s relationship with Russia.
Dr. Tom Dyson is a specialist in defence, security and foreign policy analysis. His published work includes research on the British core executive in World War Two and German foreign and security policy. His current and future projects include research into the implications of the 2004 EU enlargement for European integration in the field of defence and security policy, the role of the EU as an international actor and a comparative study of armed forces reform in post-Cold War Europe.
Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos's current research interests include Europeanization of foreign policy, politics of austerity, issues of policy implementation and political trust, the current Eurozone crisis from the perspective of the rise in populism.
Professor Chris Flood has carried out theoretical and empirical work on political ideology and mythology. He has also published extensively on the subject of extreme right-wing nationalism, particularly in France, as well as on the politics of French intellectuals. He is currently carrying out research into party positions and public attitudes towards European integration.
Dr Roberta Guerrina, author of Europe: History, Ideas, Ideologies, is a specialist in European Union government and politics, with a particular interest in citizenship, social policy and gender issues, reflected in her forthcoming book, Mothering the Union: Gender Politics in the EU. She is an active member of the British International Studies Association's 'Gendering International Relations' Working Group and has published in a number of international journals.
Dr Jack Holland's research analyses foreign and security policy, specialising in American, British and Australian foreign policy during the War on Terror.
Professor Peter Jarvis is a sociologist with research interests in lifelong learning. He has published on European Union policy on lifelong learning, active citizenship and globalisation. He is author and editor of about thirty books and many papers on a wide variety of subjects and editor of the International Journal of lifelong Education.
Dr Malte Kaeding is a specialist in international politics with a regional focus on East Asia and the Greater China region. He is an Associate Fellow at the European Research Centre on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT) and a member of the Hong Kong Transition Project.
Dr Luca Mavelli has just finished an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship. He is a specialist in the area of religion and international politics, with a particular interest on Middle Eastern Politics
Professor Mark Olssen specialises in aspects of political philosophy and policy studies with relation to social issues and education. His recent books are on Michel Foucault, critical theory, and education policy related to citizenship, globalisation and democracy. His recent articles have been in areas of political philosophy of liberalism, notably on multiculturalism, and the politics of utopianism.
Dr Simon Usherwood, a specialist in European government and politics, has published on various aspects of opposition to the European Union in France and the United Kingdom. His current research interests include the European dimension of national politics and the constitutional development of the EU.
Visiting Researcher
Rev'd Nicholas Walters has research and development interests in social exclusion and unemployment. He has wide experience in EU and international contexts, and is currently working on the relationship between discrimination and employability, the implications of the draft EU constitution on immigration policy across the EU, the social exclusion of children, gender issues in the workplace and new employment prospects for Roma communities.
