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MAP OF COMPETENCIES - UNITED KINGDOM

Jan Aart Scholte (University of Warwick)

Research key words:
Democracy, global governance
Louise Amoore (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
political economy, globalisation, workers, labour groups, contesting globalisation

Alison Anderson (University of Plymouth)

Research key words:
Media, environment, social movements, genetics

Geoff Andrews (The Open University, Walton Hall)

Research key words:
contemporary Italian politics and culture, including the populism of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian left, Italy's new social movements and associations and the politics of the Italian South
Helmut K. Anheir (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
Global civil society, globalisation, non-profit sector, organisational studies, policy analysis
Chris Atton (Napier University)

Research key words:
Alternative media, alternative literature, alternative internet

Barrie Axford (Oxford Brookes University)

Research key words:
globalization and democracy, global civil society; networks, communications networks, and theories of globalization, e-governance, new media

Paul Bagguley (The University of Leeds)

Research key words:
protest, social movements, economic sociology, urban sociology, racism, ethnicity, social theory

Michael Bailey (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Research key words:
media history, cultural theory, Foucauldian governmentality studies, New Left politics, media theory, alternative media, social movements, British cultural studies, and media policy
Vian Bakir (University of Cosenza)

Research key words:
Mass media, environmental pressure groups, interest groups

John Barry (European University Institute)

Research key words:
moral/political theory and the environment, ecofeminism, green theory justice, and theories of political economy in relation to the environment, risk and developments in biotechnology, moral/political issues such as citizenship, sustainability and national identity. A more recent interest is in the political and ethical aspects of reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
Camila Bassi (Sheffield Hallam University)

Research key words:
Anti-sweatshop movements
Jim Beckford (University of Warwick)

Research key words:
religious organisations, new religious movements, church-state problems, civic religion and religious controversies in several different countries
Derek Bell (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
Political liberalism, environmentalism, environmental justice, social justice; the relationships among metaethics, ethics and political theory; the philosophy of Thomas Nagel; liberal responses to diversity and disagreement; environmental politics

Ted Benton (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Ecological and environmental social movements, global issues, green/left social theory

David Berry (Loughborough University)

Research key words:
French labour history, anarchism, the Left in France

Richardo Blaug (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
Critical social theory and epistemology; History of political thought; Democracy, participation and deliberation; Public and social policy; Politics and Psychiatry; Knowledge and cognition in organizations
Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (University of East Anglia)

Research key words:
citizenship, democracy, political participation in the EU, politics of European integration

Keith Breen (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
political action and rationality, critical theorization in relation to civil society and the state, social and political ethics, the limits of communication and dialogue. multiculturalism and the politics of recognition, the ethics of institutions, theories of war and justice, Just War theory

Ed Brown (Loughborough University)

Research key words:
Southern economies, neo-liberalism, structural adjustment, Marxism

Ian Budge (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Democratic theory, democratic practice, direct democracy, mandate theory of party democracy

Paul Byrne (Loughborough University)

Research key words:
social movements, British government, public policy, political participation

Alex Callinicos (University of York)

Research key words:
Social and political theory (especially Marxism); philosophy; political economy, socialism, anti-capitalism
Neil Carter (University of York)

Research key words:
British politics; public policy; environmental politics
Matthew Caygill (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Research key words:
Anti-globalisation movement, Socialist Alliance, socialist movements, marxist movement
Andrew Chadwick (University of London)

Research key words:
Cyber politics, e-democratic practices, internet governance and regulation, privacy, surveillance

David Chandler (University of Westminster)

Research key words:
Global civil society, international relations, democracy, post cold war transformations, state building

Paul Chatterton (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
urban culture, youth cultures of resistance, end regeneration policies, protest and social movements, sustainable and international development, Argentinean popular rebellion, Zapatista uprising in Mexico

Graeme Chesters (University of Bradford)

Research key words:
Global social movements, global civil society, deliberative/discursive
democracy, complexity theory, anticapitalism, autonomism, radical
subjectivity, framing theory

Wayne Clarke (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College)

Research key words:
Political activism and social movements; public participation initiatives in local government; democratisation and civil society; work of Jurgen Habermas and Critical Theory; contemporary forms of spirituality

Alejandro Colás (University of London)

Research key words:
IR theory; social movements in IR; historical sociology, international politics of the Maghreb region, global civil society

Christine Collette (University of Lancaster)

Research key words:
Labour movement internationalisation, gender

Chris Corrin (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
Feminist thought, violence against women, women's political participation.

Laurence Cox (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)

Research key words:
Global justice movement, movement of movements

Peter Cox (University College Chester)

Research key words:
Environmental and social activism in India and UK

Gordon Crawford (The University of Leeds)

Research key words:
Democratisation, partnership, human rights policy, participatory development, NGOs, opposition to neoliberal orthodoxy

Nick Crossley (The University of Manchester)

Research key words:
social movements, the public sphere, citizenship, protest and social unrest

Vandana Desai (University of London)

Research key words:
non-governmental organisation and civil society, community participation, low-income housing for the urban poor, impact of globalisation and economic liberalisation on gender, urban poverty, survival strategies and livelihoods in urban context

Luke Desforges (University of Wales)

Research key words:
Transnational connections, social connections, tourism, heritage, NGOs, global citizenship

Andrew Dobson (The Open University, Walton Hall)

Research key words:
Environmental political theory, 'ecologism', modern political ideologies, environmental sustainability, deepening democracy, increasing social justice

Brian Doherty (University of Keele)

Research key words:
Green / environmental movements, protest and social movement theory, radical ideologies

Sara Rich Dorman (The University of Edinburgh)

Research key words:
Politics of NGOs, churches, elections, state society relations, post-liberation societies, democracy, democratization

John Drury (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Crowd dynamics, anti-roads protests, poll tax protests, football crowds

Mark Duffield (Lancaster University)

Research key words:
Political emergencies, humanitarianism and war, non-state actors and global governance

Bill Dunn (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
International Political Economy, labour and labour movements, globalisation and Marxism

Jason Edwards (University of London)

Research key words:
Social theory, political theory, radical political ideas, social movement

Dave Edwards (London South Bank University)

Research key words:
Politics and Crime Control, Criminology and Social Theory, Modernity, Modernism and Politics, Social Movements

Catherine Eschle (University of Strathcyde)

Research key words:
Feminism, globalisation, democracy, social movements, anti-globalisation movement, anti-war protest.

Tony Evans (University of Southampton)

Research key words:
Human Rights and Human Dignity; Globalisation; International Relations

Rosalind Eyben (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
human rights and citizenship, the politics of policy-making, organisational change and the sociology of donor-recipient relations

Adam Fagan (University of London)

Research key words: Civil society development and post-socialism; democratization and state building in the Balkans; EU intervention for NGO development; capacity building and knowledge transfer.

Kevin Farnsworth (London South Bank University)

Research key words:
Business organisation, power and influence on policy making; business opinion and involvement in social policy ; social policy theory, the policy making process, occupational welfare

David Featherstone (University of Liverpool)

Research key words:
Environmentalisms of the poor, geographies of resistance, spatiality and political identities, geographies of multi-ethnic political activity in the early modern, counter-globalisation movements

Lucy Ford (Oxford Brookes University)

Research key words:
international relations theory, IPE, environment, gender, social movements

Joe Foweraker (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Social movements, democracy, citizen rights, regional integration, constitutional design, comparative democratic performances

Roberto Franzosi (University of Reading)

Research key words:
Revolution / counter-revolution, Italian labour movement, effect of fascism on other movements, mobiliziation, narrative analysis

John Gaventa (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
citizen participation, power, participatory research, education methodologies and participatory governance

Robert Gibb (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
Social movements, racism, anti-racism, contemporary French social theory

Barry Gills (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
International political economy theory; historical analysis of social systems and social change; world economic history; globalization and the politics of resistance; globalization and reform in South Korea; and the political economy of development

Marlies Glasius (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
International law, human rights, global civil society, international criminal court.

Anne Marie Goetz (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
gender equity, democratisation, global social movements

Uri Gordon (University of Oxford)

Research key words:
Anarchist theory, Peoples' Global Action, anti-war, global justice movement.

Jean Grugel (University of Sheffield)

Research key words:
Democratisation, global governance, transnational activism, civil society, regionalism, rights, citizenship

Abigail Halcli (Oxford Brookes University)

Research key words:
Feminism, womens movements, AIDs activist movement, social movements, philanthropy

Sandra Halperin (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Macropolitical economy, the sociology of international relations, conflict and social change, nationalism, and Middle East politics, anti-globalization

Malcolm Hamilton (University of Reading)

Research key words:
Social movements, cultural movements, spiritual/ethical/holistic movements, vegetarianism, radical environmentalism, holistic healing, animal rights campaigns, new age movement

Anders Hansen (University of Leicester)

Research key words:
Political communication, news, media construction, media discourse, framing of social/political issues, media and social movements, culture, globalisation and advertising, science, health and environmental issues communication, media audiences, research methodology in communication and social research

Graeme Hayes (Nottingham Trent University)

Research keywords:France; environmental politics; social protest; counter-globalisation; film policy

Tim Hayward (The University of Edinburgh)

Research key words:
Political theory, human rights, global environmental justice, natural resources, ecological debt

Jamie Heckert (School of Social and Political Studies of Edinburgh)

Research key words:
identity politics, citizenship, social movement, intimate relationships, sexuality, feminism, queer theory, anarchism, poststructuralism
David Held (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
democracy; democratisation; global politics; globalisation; modern political theory; modern social theory

Sirkku Hellsten (University of Birmingham)

Research key words:
Bioethics, social justice, development ethics, human rights, civil ethics, ethics in public administration and governance

Lesley Hodgson (University of Glamorgan)

Research key words:
Human Rights, Civil Society, Public Services, Sociology of the Family

Barry Holden (University of Reading)

Research key words:
Global democracy, ethics, social justice, global warming

Jude Howell (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
Civil society, governance, policy making, international development policy, international development practice, anti-poverty policy, gender and political participation

Sarah Hyde (University of Kent)

Research key words:
Party politics, electoral systems, participation particularly with reference to Japan, Left-wing parties in Japan, E-democracy, e-voting and internet mobilisation

Yousaf Ibrahim (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
anti-capitalist movements

Armine Ishkanian (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
NGOs, civil society, globalisation, social policy, gender, post-socialist countries, poverty, labour migration

Peter Jones (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
Contemporary political philosophy, including the nature of liberalism, the foundations of democracy, welfare rights, freedom of belief and expression, human rights, group rights, international justice.

Tim Jordan (The Open University, Walton Hall)

Research key words:
politics and social movements, culture and politics of cyberspace, DiY culture, hactivism

Mary Kaldor (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
Global Civil Society; Humanitarian Intervention; New Wars; Oil and Conflict; Transcaucasus and the Balkans and Iraq; European Security.

John Karamichas (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
Risk and Social Capital; Social Movements; Party Systems and Political Parties; Political Culture; Environmental Politics and Sociology; Southern European Society and Politics

Anastasia Kavada (University of Westminster)

Research key words:
social movements, internet, participatory democracy, network theory

Zdenek Kavan (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Nationalism, democracy and citizenship in Eastern and Central Europe, human rights and issues of international legitimacy

John Keane (University of Westminster)

Research key words:
Global civil society, media, democracy, citizenship, global governance, fear, violence. Freedom of communication

Helen Kennedy (University of the West of England)

Research key words:
Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, The Body, New Technologies, Popular Culture,
Cyberculture & Feminist Cyberpunk

Michael Kenny (University of Sheffield)

Research key words:
Englishness, twentieth-century political radicals, political theory, identity politics, global civil society, global citizenship, global governance, intellectual history of political studies

Justin Kenrick (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
Central Africa: conservation and development, hunter gatherers; ritual, gender, political power and childcare. Central Scotland: service provision, drug use, sex work, and domestic violence; the use of non-conventional arts to build community in hospital contexts. Global movements, social justice and sustainability: global space, power relations

Mike King (Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences, Birmingham)

Research key words:
Public order policing; social transformation; police reform in Central Europe;
comparative policing systems.

Emil Kirchner (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Decision-making in the European Community, European interest groups, trade unions

Richard Kirkwood (London Metropolitan University)

Research key words:
(anti)racism, ethnicity & nationalism; "3rd. World" (under)development; social & political theory, radical/working-class politics and "social movements".

Svetlana Klimova (University of Strathclyde)

Research key words:
Social theory, political sociology, social conflict, collective action; discourse, language, communication

Shirley Koster (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College)

Research key words:
Women's political participation, political protest.

Todd Landman (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Human rights, international relations, citizenship, social movements, political methodology

Michael Lavalette (The University of Liverpool)

Research key words:
Child labour, popular protest, collective action, welfare policy

Lisa Law (University of St Andrews)

Research keywords:
Geographies of gender, sexuality and national identity, contract labour, globalisation and migration in East Asia, diasporic/transnational communities, transnational advocacy/politics, the global city and ethnic identities in Southeast Asia

David Lehmann (University of Cambridge)

Research key words:
Charismatic movements and religious fundamentalism, in a comparative perspective and especially in Latin America and Israel

Carl Levy (University of London)

Research key words:
comparative European history and politics, modern Italian politics and history, policymaking and regulation within the European Union

Isobel Lindsay (University of Strathclyde)

Research key words:
Democracy, voluntary sector, civil society, civic networks

Sarah Lister (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
civil society, development, social movements, anti-globalisation movement, NGOs, partnerships in development

Anthony Lott (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
International Relations Theory, Global Environmental Politics, National International Security, Normative Political Thought

Steve Ludlam (University of Sheffield)

Research key words:
British labour movement

Wainer Lusoli (European Studies Research Institute)

Research key words:
information society; Internet and elections; use of new media technologies for mobilisation, deliberation and citizen participation
Bice Maiguashca (The University of Exeter)

Research key words:
Feminism, social movements, postmodernism, world politics, international relations

Wendy Maples (The Open University, Walton Hall)

Research key words:
radical environmentalism, direct action, media in organizing and disseminating activism, mediatization of environmental issues, Earth First!

Eleanor McDowell (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Research key words:
Sustainable Development, Citizenship and Participatory Democracy, Environmental Justice and Grassroots initiatives, Sustainable Development in Rural Scotland, Environmental Sociology, Historical Development of Scottish Environmental Movement

Tony McGrew (University of Southampton)

Research key words:
Globalization, Global Governance, US Foreign Policy, Transnational Democracy

Susan McManus (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
utopian and radical political theory, contemporary political theory, post-structuralist and critical postmodern thought, post-structuralism, models of governance, critical utopia, emancipatory knowledges and resistance, opposition and resistance movements - from Red Clyde to Chiapas

William Miller (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
Elections and voters, Corruption, EU enlargement, Support/resistance to globalization, Multiculturalism versus nationalism

Kurt Mills (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
Human rights, Refugees and humanitarianism, international organizations, The Internet and international relations

Edouard Morena (King's College London)

Research keywords:
social movements, France, peasant movements, farmers movements, funding sources, Global Justice Movement.

Adam Morton (Lancaster University)

Research key words:
International political economy, globalisation and democracy in the Third World, Gramsci, rogue and failed states, agency-structure, anti-capitalist resistance.

Graham Murdock (Loughborough University)

Research key words:
Political economy of culture, mass media, terrorism, riots, political events, new communications

Amrita Narlikar (University of Cambridge)

Research key words:
areas of trade negotiations, developing countries and international economic organizations

Kenneth Newton (University of Southampton)

Research key words:
Comparative government and politics; the political impact of the mass media; citizenship and political participation in Europe

Peter North (University of Liverpool)

Research key words:
anti-capitalism, globalisation and social movements, complementary currencies, radical localist strategies for economic development, urban social movements, empowerment, participation and partnerships for urban regeneration, utopianism, community and the politics of alternative living

Darren O'Byrne (Roehampton University)

Research key words:
Human rights, globalization, global citizenship

Liam O'Hagan (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
politics of humanitarianism, philosophy and practice of international NGOs, Médecins sans Frontières, humanitarian intervention, international community in Rwanda, international relations theory, ethnic conflict

Denis O'Hearn (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
Social movements, economic change, transnational corporations, anti-systemic social movements, H-Blocks, Zapatistas

Charles Pattie (University of Sheffield)

Research key words:
electoral geography, local campaigns, elections, citizenship, participation, social capital

J. Martin Pedersen (Lancaster University)

Research key words:
globalisation, open source software, political economy, philosophy, law, and architecture of organisation in cyberspace.

David Pepper (Oxford Brookes University)

Research key words:
environmentalism

Sue Percy (London South Bank University)

Research key words:
Sustainable development, local agenda 21

Jenny Pickerill (University of Leicester)

Research key words:
Internet activism, environmental politics, radical protest, and alternative lifestyles, internet activism, political participation

Frances Pinter (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
Civil society, Information and Communication Technologies

Jeffrey Pratt (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
rural transformations and political movements

Melyvn Read (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
British political process, MPs vote, issues such as foxhunting, abortion and homosexuality, the legislative process, pressure groups, the decision-making process

Oscar Reyes (University of Essex)

Research key words:
European Social Forum, World Social Forum, including conceptions of the forum as a radically democratic space

Paul Reynolds (University of Lancaster)

Research key words:
Decline of political parties, political parties relationship to social movements, post Marxism, queer theory, radical democracy, discursive democracy, feminism.

Nick Robinson (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
Britain and its relations with the EU, Environmental policy, Politics of direct action, Politics of transport (Britain and EU), EU public policy

Christopher Rootes (University of Kent)

Research key words:
Comparative research, social movements, political participation, environmental movements

Sasha Roseneil (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
Feminist theory, queer theory , gender, sexuality, intimacy, sociability, collective action, social movements, cultural politics and public cultures

Paul Routledge (University of Glasgow)

Research key words:
People's Global Action, global justice networks, International Federation of Chemical Energy and Mining Workers.

Sheila Rowbottom (University of Manchester)

Research key words:
Womens' movements, labour movements, socialist history, anarchist history, anti-globalization.

Chris Rumford (University of London)

Research key words:
European civil society

Simon Rycroft (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Cultural geography, modernity and citizenship, countercultures, underground press

Lucy Sargisson (University of Nottingham)

Research key words:
political utopia, utopianism, feminist utopianism, green utopias and utopianism, utopianism political theory and intentional communities

Julian Sauren (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Global environmental change; global political economy with particular emphasis on environmental change; ecological theory; social and international theory of modernity; sociology of knowledge; neo-Marxist and Gramscian analysis; globalisation; global agriculture and food security; development studies.

Martin Shaw (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
war and military power; genocide and political violence; media, civil society and intervention; state and global political change; historical sociology and international relations

Stevphen Shukaitis (University of Leicester)

Research key words:
Global justice movement, self-managed systems of production
Leslie Sklair (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Research key words:
Consumerism; the Fortune Global 500; Globalising Corporations; Capitalist Globalisation and its Alternatives; Iconic Architecture & Global Cities

Graham Smith (University of Southampton)

Research key words:
Environmental politics, democratic theory and practice, social economy, urban politics

Stuart Speeden (University of Lancaster)

Research key words:
Civil forums, community democracy, consultation, local governance

Annabelle Sreberny (University of Leicester)

Research key words:
Globalization, democratization, media, internet tools, social movements, global feminist politics, diasporic communities, transnational media

Neil Stammers (University of Sussex)

Research key words:
Power, globalisation, human rights, social movements, radical politics

Gerard Strange (University of Lincoln)

Research key words:
Political economy, globalization, trade unions, labour movement, political ecology

Sian Sullivan (University of Warwick)

Research key words:
Global anti-capitalism, non-hierarchical network, reform governance

Philip W Suton (The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen)

Research key words:
sociological theory, historical sociology, social movements, environmentalism and green politics

Graham Taylor (University of the West of England)

Research key words:
Comparative labour studies, sociology of work and employment & political sociology

Tiziana Terranova (University of Essex)

Research key words:
Cyberactivism, network culture, information age, virtual social movements

Caroline Thomas (University of Southampton)

Research key words:
South/North relations; Global development policy; International organisations; Human security

Malcolm Todd (Sheffield Hallam University)

Research key words:
Voluntary and community sector studies, public sector reform (especially the marketisation of social and health care services), new social movements, households and families, internationalisation of the higher education curriculum and supported independent learning in higher education

Fabrizio Trifiro (Trinity College Dublin)

Research key words:
Transnational/global civil society, democratic practices of governance, deliberative democracy.

John Urry (University of Lancaster)

Research key words:
Mobility, complexity, environmental change, consumer services and their impacts, economic and social change in western capitalist societies

John Vail (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
political economy, egalitarian political economy, market society, commodification, class and political economy, global justice, and insecurity, political sociology, including social movements, contentious politics, democratic participation, and the state/civil society dynamic; political and social theory: including Marxism, deliberative democracy, and state theory.

Christien van den Anker (University of Birmingham)

Research key words:
international political theory, global distributive justice, global social policy, human rights and conflict resolution

Ann Vogel (The University of Exeter)

Research key words:
Gift economy, capitalist economy, civil society, organizational analysis, institutionalist theory, philanthropy, civic virtues, social movements

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University)

Research key words:
citizenship, democracy, media

David Walker (University of Newcastle)

Research key words:
Marxist political thought, Hegel's political thought, scientific methodology, nationalism, fascism, socialism and anarchism

Sara Waters (University of Leeds)

Research key words:
Social movements in France, anti-globalisation movement, social movement theory, Alain Touraine

Martin Weber (Oxford Brookes University)

Research key words:
Critical Theory & Normative Theory; International Political Theory; Social Movements; Global Governance; Green Political Thought; and Politics of Identity and Culture

Frank Webster (City University London)

Research key words:
Communication, new media, democratization, information war

Antje Wiener (Queen's University Belfast)

Research key words:
International Relations, European Integration theory, transnational law, constitutional norms in world politics: 'the rule of law', 'human rights', 'democracy' and 'citizenship'

Ian Welsh (Cardiff University)

Research key words:
global social movements, globalisation and risk, socio-environmental change

Paul Whitely (University of Essex)

Research key words:
British political parties, citizenship, social capital, democracy

Peter Wilkin (Lancaster University)

Research key words:
Global political economy, democracy, anti-globalisation.

Rorden Wilkinson (University of Manchester)

Research key words:
Global governance, development, the World Trade Organisation, the International Labour Organisation, international labour standards, and critical historicism

Peter Willetts (City University London)

Research key words:
Intergovernmental organisations, NGOs, diplomacy, civil society networks.

Andrew Wroe (University of Kent)

Research key words:
direct democracy; social inclusion and exclusion

Arata Yamamoto (The Bartlett School of Planning, London)

Research key words:
politics of sustainable development; deliberative democracy; urban governance and planning; British environmentalism

Steve Yearley (University of York)

Research key words:
Sociology of science; environmentalism; social movements and social change

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