Teaching & Supervision
Teaching
My teaching interests lie in the fields of Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Party Politics and European Union Politics. I also have experience in teaching research methods and design at all levels. I have taught several undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the University of York, Aston University, University College London and London School of Economics.
Selected modules include:
Undergraduate
Comparative Government
Comparative Political Analysis
Comparing European Institutions
Introduction to Democratic Politics
Introduction to the European Union
Political Enquiry
Political Parties and Party Systems
Politics and Institutions of Europe
The European Far right
Postgraduate
Comparative Institutions and Public Policy
Intro to Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis
Party Politics of European Integration
Quantitative Analysis: Description and Inference
PhD
Qualitative Research in Politics
Political Research and Analysis
External examiner appointments
MA, MRes MA in European Politics / MRes in Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Exeter (2019 to 2022).
MA Politics, MRes International Relations, PGCert Politics and International Relations, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University (2019 to 2023).
MSc Democracy and Comparative Politics, UCL Department of Political Science (2013 to 2017).
Supervision
I am interested in supervising research students in the broad areas of Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Party Politics and European Union Politics. I particularly welcome research applications in topics of political dissatisfaction, ranging from Euroscepticism, far right and representation.
If you would like to pursue a PhD under my supervision, feel free to contact me.
I have supervised the following PhD and Post-Doctoral researchers at the University of York
Current PhD students at KCL
Lukasz Risso 'First to Fight: An ethnography of the Polish far-right in martial arts'.
Past PhD students at the University of York
Steph Luke ‘The impact of Euroscepticism on party competition’ (Research Associate, University of Sheffield).
Omran Shroufi ‘The European Radical Right and the Arab-Israeli Conflict’ (Post-doctoral researcher Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
David Landon Cole ‘Bashing the Fash: Civil Society Opposition to the Far Right in Britain 2005-2015’ (councillor for East ward on Huntingdon Town Council and Coordinator of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism).
Fay Farstad 'The party politics of climate change’' (Senior Researcher at CICERO – the Centre for International Climate Research).
Yılmaz Kaplan 'Britain’s policy towards the EU’s enlargement process from 1975 to 2014' (Assistant Professor Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Turkey).
Sophie Moxon ‘Can money buy access? Political finance contributions and the impact on interest group access to legislative committees in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom'.
Stefanos Pentaras ‘ Extreme-right parties, de-radicalisation - radicalisation conditions & behavioural change: the case of the Golden Dawn’.
Paul Tobin ‘The factors shaping climate change policy in developed states’ (Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester).
Post-doc supervision
Liisa Talving 'Euroscepticism in times of crisis' (Research Fellow, University of Tartu)
My teaching interests lie in the fields of Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Party Politics and European Union Politics. I also have experience in teaching research methods and design at all levels. I have taught several undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the University of York, Aston University, University College London and London School of Economics.
Selected modules include:
Undergraduate
Comparative Government
Comparative Political Analysis
Comparing European Institutions
Introduction to Democratic Politics
Introduction to the European Union
Political Enquiry
Political Parties and Party Systems
Politics and Institutions of Europe
The European Far right
Postgraduate
Comparative Institutions and Public Policy
Intro to Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis
Party Politics of European Integration
Quantitative Analysis: Description and Inference
PhD
Qualitative Research in Politics
Political Research and Analysis
External examiner appointments
MA, MRes MA in European Politics / MRes in Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Exeter (2019 to 2022).
MA Politics, MRes International Relations, PGCert Politics and International Relations, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University (2019 to 2023).
MSc Democracy and Comparative Politics, UCL Department of Political Science (2013 to 2017).
Supervision
I am interested in supervising research students in the broad areas of Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Party Politics and European Union Politics. I particularly welcome research applications in topics of political dissatisfaction, ranging from Euroscepticism, far right and representation.
If you would like to pursue a PhD under my supervision, feel free to contact me.
I have supervised the following PhD and Post-Doctoral researchers at the University of York
Current PhD students at KCL
Lukasz Risso 'First to Fight: An ethnography of the Polish far-right in martial arts'.
Past PhD students at the University of York
Steph Luke ‘The impact of Euroscepticism on party competition’ (Research Associate, University of Sheffield).
Omran Shroufi ‘The European Radical Right and the Arab-Israeli Conflict’ (Post-doctoral researcher Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
David Landon Cole ‘Bashing the Fash: Civil Society Opposition to the Far Right in Britain 2005-2015’ (councillor for East ward on Huntingdon Town Council and Coordinator of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism).
Fay Farstad 'The party politics of climate change’' (Senior Researcher at CICERO – the Centre for International Climate Research).
Yılmaz Kaplan 'Britain’s policy towards the EU’s enlargement process from 1975 to 2014' (Assistant Professor Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Turkey).
Sophie Moxon ‘Can money buy access? Political finance contributions and the impact on interest group access to legislative committees in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom'.
Stefanos Pentaras ‘ Extreme-right parties, de-radicalisation - radicalisation conditions & behavioural change: the case of the Golden Dawn’.
Paul Tobin ‘The factors shaping climate change policy in developed states’ (Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester).
Post-doc supervision
Liisa Talving 'Euroscepticism in times of crisis' (Research Fellow, University of Tartu)
