Teaching

I am a Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof) in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of York, where I teach BA and MA courses broadly in the fields of Politics, IR and Peace and Conflict Studies.

In 2024/25, I teach the 3rd year module POL00068H Politics of Peace after Civil War and the MA module POL0010M The Politics of Peacebuilding.

Complete module list (York):

PhD supervision

Potential PhD students should apply through the Department Politics and IR PGR Application system (more information here). Be mindful of the deadlines for applying if you are also looking for funding. I am interested in supervising PhD projects that are broadly aligned to my research interests and expertise primarily related to war-to-peace transitions, armed insurgencies and governance. These include rebel-to-party transformation, peacebuilding, peace mediation, mass atrocities (prevention thereof), post-war politics, state-building, democratisation, rebel groups (including politics of liberation), political parties (in transitional contexts) and humanitarian interventions. I am primarily interested in grounded approaches that apply qualitative comparative method.

If you are interested in working with me, you are welcome to send me your CV and a 1-2 page proposal but as a general policy I do not solicit advice on PhD proposals. I get a lot of proposals from eager applicants, and it is not possible for me to reply to you all unfortunately. If I think the application is good, and a good fit with my expertise and interest, I will reply and advise you to submit an application to the department and list me as a potential supervisor. This does not mean I have confirmed an offer of place or confirmed that I will supervise the project , simply that I will review the full application together with colleagues and the PGR director. We will then make a decision together of whether to make an offer of a place.

If I think that the application is good, but just not a good fit for my research expertise, I might refer you to a colleague in the department or ask our PGR director to take a look. If you don’t hear from me within reasonable time , it means that unfortunately I won’t be taking the application further. I do not mean to be rude, but I simply receive so many enquiries that I can’t reply to them all.

Please be mindful that even though we might correspond about your application, this does not mean that I will ultimately agree to supervise the project or that the University of York will accept you as a PhD student. Also, be mindful that funding is extremely competitive and acceptance into the PhD programme at the University of York is not a confirmation of receiving one of the university’s grants. If you are accepted into the programme and are looking for funding, the department administrators will share with you information about the university grants and how to apply for them.