Research output per year
Research output per year
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University of Manchester
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Manchester, M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
My research and teaching interests centre on global ethics, critical security studies, normative and critical international relations theory. Empirically, I am interested in UK and US foreign policy, human security, UN peacekeeping, and the politics of internationalised civilian protection.
My work has centred on the ways in which cosmopolitan commitments to human security and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) have been translated into the practice of UK and US national militaries. I have explored the ways in which military doctrine, training, organisation and procurement evolved after the Cold War, to help national armed forces perform more effectively in peace operations and the prevention of mass atrocity crimes. This research has been published in a number of leading international journals and formed the basis for my book The Cosmopolitan Military: Armed Forces and Human Security in the 21st Century, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015.
My current research project examines ideas of good statehood and the possibilities for progressive, 'remodern' internationalism, amidst the uncertainties of an emerging 'post-liberal' world order. It explores the potential for a reconstructed and more participatory cosmopolitan politics in foreign policy, conceptions of national citizenship and everyday societal practices.
In line with my own areas of expertise, I am particularly interested in supervising PhD projects that relate to:
Current Teaching:
POLI32132: United States Foreign Policy
POLI70401: Graduate Seminar in International Relations Theory
POLI71121: Critical Military Studies
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Manchester
2003 → 2008
Master of Arts, International Relations, The University of Manchester
2002 → 2003
Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies, University of Leeds
1999 → 2002
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review