I welcome inquiries from students on dissertation topics related to my academic interests. In the 2017-18 academic year, I will be delivering lectures for the following papers at Royal Holloway, University of London:
PR2500: International Political Economy
PR5923: Theories and Qualitative Approaches in Politics and International Relations
PR5957: Development Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
PR2500: International Political Economy
- Production: National champions and multinational corporations
- Global commons: How to govern land and the environment?
- Place and space: Global cities and the urban poor
- Regionalism versus globalisation in the global economy
- Economic governance and democratic accountability: An impossible match?
- Development: North-South relations before and after the Washington Consensus
- Economic security: A return to imperialism?
- Ideas, paradigms and the rise of the rest: The international political economy of global health
- The future of international political economy: Perils and pitfalls
- Conclusion: What is international political economy?
PR5923: Theories and Qualitative Approaches in Politics and International Relations
- Formulating research questions and design
- Participant observation
- Analysing textual data: Content and discourse analysis I
- Analysing textual data: Content and discourse analysis II
PR5957: Development Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Development in Africa
- Theories of development
- Globalisation and structural change
- Institutions and legacies
- Authoritarianism and democracy
- Patrimonialism and corruption
- Violence and security
- Aid and humanitarianism
- International financial institutions
- Urbanisation and slums
