CGSC is home to three major journals:
The European Journal of International Security, which is edited by two CGSC researchers – Professors Newman and Ralph (as well as Prof True, Monash). Published by Cambridge University Press, EJIS is an official journal of the British International Studies Association.
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, hosted by CDE, is edited by four CGSC researchers – Drs Honeyman, Hayton, and Anderson, and Prof Holland (as well as Dr Edyvane in CDE). BJPIR is an official journal of the UK’s Political Studies Association.
Civil Wars, which started here in 1998, has returned to Leeds, edited by Drs Worrall and Waterman.
Staff in the Centre contribute teaching to BA International relations, as well as MA/MSc programmes in Security, Terrorism and Insurgency, Conflict, Development and Security, and Security, Conflict and Justice, offering modules such as the popular second-year Security Studies, third-year Nuclear Weapons and Global Politics and postgraduate Terrorism module.
Our teaching is research-led, drawing on our own funded project findings and publications, as well as pedagogical publications and textbooks. We work closely with the Centre for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship and have a vibrant research community that includes taught undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. Our award-winning teaching has been recognised through several national teaching prizes and we regularly publish pedagogical research.
Some examples of our recent research projects which focus on security challenges around the globe.
Assisted by three RAs, Drs Holland, Fermor and O’Connor lead and execute a project analysing the emerging Biden doctrine.
Professor Edward Newman, with Professor Anna Mdee, is exploring the drivers of conflict in the Lake Chad basin region
Dr James Worrall is an expert on conflict in the Middle East, including Oman.
Dr Gordon Clubb is an expert on terroris and has written, with Dr James Worrall, on Hezbollah’s development.
Dr Holland has written about Australia’s foreign policy during the War on Terror
Dr Louise Pears analyses film and television depictions of terrorism and counter-terrorism, such as in Homeland and Bodyguard.
Dr Kingsley Edney is an expert on China’s politics and foreign policy
As part of her work on international nuclear politics, Dr Laura Considine attended the negotiations of the TPNW at the UN Headquarters in New York
Dr Sahla Aroussi is part of the Gender Resistance to Violent Extremism project with partners at The Technical University of Mombasa.
Dr Ian Shaw’s project the International Green Academy partners with the Universities of Glasgow and Arizona.
Dr Neil Winn’s research examines EU defence and security cooperation and management of global challenges.
Drs Emma-Louise Anderson and Laura Considine research the role of trust in health diplomacy in Malawi.
Dr Alex Waterman has researched counter-insurgency in Northeast India, visiting the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi during extensive fieldwork.
Estefania Pizarro‘s doctoral research explores distributive injustice during the War on Drugs in Colombia and Mexico.
Dr Adam Tyson regularly conducts empirical field research in countries such as democratic Indonesia
Gordon Clubb’s research on political violence has led to extensive collaborations and field work in Ghana
Dr Laura Considine has given invited talks on nuclear legacy in Japan, as part of her research into nuclear weapons and WMD
Dr James Worrall has run student-focused workshops on the complex history of Yemen, on the back of his extensive country and regional expertise
Dr Ben Fermor’s research includes extensive analysis of the lead-up to Obama’s policy of ‘leading from behind’ in Libya in 2011
Dr Holland’s research considers the US response to 9/11, including Bush’s use of language to justify military intervention in Afghanistan
Professor Ralph and Dr Holland have coauthored an article in Review of International Studies on UK foreign policy in Syria. Dr Holland has also written a book on the Syrian Civil War, with Cambridge University Press. Sam Mace’s doctoral research takes Syria as a case study for explorations of the political role of the exception in relation to sovereignty.
Marine Guegin’s doctoral research considers French counterterrorism strategy and its acceptance by the French public audience.
Migena Pengili’s doctoral research explores “Models of public-private partnerships in (inter)national defence policy: 5-D epistemic influence of Italian and Israeli industries”
Dr Neil Winn has longstanding expertise in the history and politics of European defence
Professor Ralph and Dr Holland have both written extensively about the Iraq War and its legacy
Dr Natalie James’ doctoral research explored the implementation of Prevent in further education in and around Manchester
Waad Arif’s doctoral research explores the contrasting framings of terrorist attacks on US and Arabic TV news outlets, such as CNN International and CNN Arabic
Drs Fermor and Holland have published three articles on Trump’s language and his relationship to the Jacksonian tradition in American political history
Markus Fraundorfer’s Research looks at global threats such as climate change, health epidemics, food insecurity. He is an expert, in particular, on Brazil and South American more broadly
Former Head of School Duncan McCargo is one of the world’s foremost experts on Thai politics and political violence
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Join the CGSC and EJIS on 18th - 19th May, University of Leeds. Full programme now available to view.