Teaching and PhD Supervision
I have extensive teaching experience and enjoy working with students of all levels. Over the years I have successfully supervised students through to the completion of their PhDs. Please see the current courses below and the linked syllabi. Previous courses included among others: “International Organisations”, “Globalisation”, “International Political Economy”, “Human Rights”, “Special Topics in International Relations: The Causes and Consequences of Civil War”, “Introduction to International Politics”, “Politics of the Middle East and North Africa”, “Politics of Development”. Please contact me if you’d like to know more.
I welcome expressions of interest from potential PhD students in the areas of human rights repression and also the relations between states and international organisations. I am particularly keen to hear from potential PhD students who are interested in how governments evade the accountability.
Current Modules Taught
Graduate
Human Rights, Accountability and World Politics
This module explores the development of human rights norms and practices in international politics. We focus on civil and political rights. These rights are designed to protect individuals from a variety of repressive actions including killing, torture, arbitrary imprisonment and enforced disappearances. We will examine what social science can contribute to our understanding of these rights, why states violate them, and the role of international institutions, states, and non-state actors in protecting them.
Rebellion
Why do people rebel against their governments? We examine a variety of different theoretical explanations for how civil conflicts begin. The course begins with an overview of the disciplines knowledge about the determinants of civil conflict. The course then proceeds by introducing the student to different theoretical explanations for civil conflict and the empirical research undertaken to test these theories.
Undergraduate
Global Economic and Social Rights
The module provides students with an in-depth introduction to understand the topic of what are economical and social rights? We examine the international legal obligations governments have to realise these rights, and why governments vary in their efforts to do so. We also examine how other international factors like international economic organisations and domestic factors like democratic institutions affect the realisation of these rights.