The University of Sheffield
Department of Politics

Research Student Profiles

The Department has a thriving research culture and was ranked first equal in the last national Research Assessment Exercise undertaken on behalf of the UK higher education funding councils. This rating makes it one of the leading research departments in Politics in the UK.

These are the profiles of the students who are currently undertaking postgraduate research at the Department.

Name Research Area E-Mail Supervisor
Shazelina Abidin The Politics of Responsibility to Protect: Why states are not authorising the United Nations to implement R2P shazelina.abidin@sheffield.ac.uk Rhiannon Vickers and Ross Bellaby
Nuray Aridici Domestic actors and Russian energy policy towards the near abroad n.o.aridici@sheffield.ac.uk
Rhiannon Vickers and Simon Bulmer
Su Arnall Protecting Paradise: Exploring the Drivers for a Sustainable Tourism Industry s.arnall@sheffield.ac.uk Tony Heron
Darlington Ashamole Youth, Masculinity and Intergenerational Conflict: Investigating the Crisis between Niger Delta Youth and Elders from Gender Perspective d.ashamole@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Hayley Stevenson
Esengul Ayaz The Impact of Turkey on the European Union's External Security e.ayaz@sheffield.ac.uk Brian White and Simon Bulmer
Gemma Bird African Philosophy and Human Rights g.bird@sheffield.ac.uk
Graham Harrison and Garrett Brown
Ramón I. Centeno Miranda The Birth of Post-Communist Cuba. r.i.centeno-miranda@sheffield.ac.uk Steve Ludlam and Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Martin Craig Thesis Title: The Construction of the Crisis of the Post-2008 Context in the UK martin.craig@sheffield.ac.uk Colin Hay and John Hobson
Murat Coskun The Collaboration of the EU and Domestic Party Contestation: The Democratic Reform Process of Turkey since 1987 m.coskun@sheffield.ac.uk John Hobson and Simon Bulmer
Asa Cusack The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America: The Birth of Post-Neoliberal Regionalism? a.k.cusack@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Nicola Phillips
Recep Demir The Role of Europeanisation in the Transformation of the Nation State and Its Impact on the National Identities: Poland as Case Study recep.demir@sheffield.ac.uk Simon Bulmer and Ian Bache
Sofia De Sousa British National Identity and National Symbols sofia.desousa@sheffield.ac.uk Alistair McMillan and Matthew Flinders
Patrick Diamond Interpreting change in the UK core executive: The nature and contingency of New Labour’s approach to governance poq10pd@sheffield.ac.uk
David Richards and Martin Smith
Alix Dietzel Global Justice and Climate Change a.dietzel@sheffield.ac.uk Garrett Brown and Hayley Stevenson
Mark Duncan The governance of labour rights in the United States garment industry: a commodity chains approach mark.duncan@sheffield.ac.uk Tony Heron
Jose Angel Garcia Velazquez The Social Construction of Security Policy: The Battle against Drug-Cartels in Mexico jgarcia2@sheffield.ac.uk Matthew Flinders
Hilal Gezmis Turkey and Argentina in the Economic Crisis of 2000/01 h.gezmis@sheffield.ac.uk Nicola Phillips and Jean Grugel
Defne Gunay Europeanisation of Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Middle East d.gunay@sheffield.ac.uk Simon Bulmer and Ian Bache
Meera Inglis How much is wildlife worth? A study of ‘values’ in the context of hunting in Southern Africa. meera.inglis@sheffield.ac.uk Hayley Stevenson and Alasdair Cochrane
Aalok Kanwar Demystifying the Eurocentric Oriental Despot thesis of the Ottoman Empire: Was the Ottoman Empire (1300-1650) a first 'pre-modern' state? a.kanwar@sheffield.ac.uk John Hobson and Andrew Taylor
Yunjong Kim The Failure of Socialism in South Korea: 1945-2007 pop08yk@sheffield.ac.uk Martin Smith and Steve Ludlam
Chris Kitchen Constructing Atlanticist and European Identity in British Foreign Policy towards Iran c.j.kitchen@sheffield.ac.uk Rhiannon Vickers and Simon Bulmer
Robert Langton After Liberalism, what? The Political Economy of Post-Neoliberalism in Latin America r.langton@sheffield.ac.uk Colin Hay and Steve Ludlam
Xavier Mathieu Decolonising Sovereignty? A Critical Analysis of the Civilisational Discourse of Sovereignty in International Relations x.mathieu@sheffield.ac.uk John Hobson and Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Masahiro Mogaki The Transformation of the Japanese State in an Era of Governance: A Case Study of the Evolving Regulatory Framework m.mogaki@sheffield.ac.uk Dave Richards and Martin Smith
Jewellord Nem Singh States, Markets and Labour Unions: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Extraction in Brazil and Chile j.nemsingh@sheffield.ac.uk Jean Grugel and Graham Harrison
Ali Onur Ozcelik An Institutional Approach to Sub-National Mobilisation in the European Union: The Turkish Case a.o.ozcelik@sheffield.ac.uk Ian Bache and Simon Bulmer
Perla Polanco Leal Sustainable Development Promotion Policies: The Energy Sector in Mexico perla.polanco@sheffield.ac.uk Hayley Stevenson and Colin Hay
Janosch Prinz Realist Political Theory as a Critical Activity j.prinz@sheffield.ac.uk
Matt Sleat and Garrett Brown
John Quinn New Labour and the Disability Social Movement j.quinn@sheffield.ac.uk Steve Ludlam
Louise Reardon Quality of Life and Transport Policy l.reardon@sheffield.ac.uk Ian Bache & Greg Marsden (Uni. of Leeds)
Florian Reiche Confounding Modernisation: Development and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa f.reiche@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Alistair McMillan
Clara Sandelind Nationalism and Attitudes to Immigration c.sandelind@sheffield.ac.uk Garrett Brown and Alistair McMillan
Louisa Shilton Participatory Development and the Psychosocial: Pushing the Politics of Happiness into Conversations about Development l.j.shilton@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Colin Hay
Young Jae Shim The Analysis of the Growth of the Size of the Korean State: A Historical Institutionalist Approach y.shim@sheffield.ac.uk Matthew Flinders and Martin Smith
Holly Snaith Can European monetary and fiscal governance be conceptualised as a case of multi-level governance? h.snaith@sheffield.ac.uk Colin Hay and Ian Bache
Silke Staab (En)gendering the Post-neoliberal State: Change and Continuity in Latin American Social Policy s.staab@sheffield.ac.uk Georgina Waylen and Jean Grugel
Michal Tudorowski Between East and West? The Problem of ‘Transit’ with Reference to Chechen Refugees in Poland m.tudorowski@sheffield.ac.uk Andrew Taylor and Ian Bache
Joe Turner Secure Citizenship: Beyond the Territorial Border, the Imagery of (Dis)Order in the UK Citizenship Test and the ‘Work-fare’ Reform Agenda joe.turner@sheffield.ac.uk Martin Smith and Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pip Tyler The Effects of Deportation upon Individual Failed Asylum Seekers, their Families and their UK 'Host' Community p.tyler@sheffield.ac.uk Deborah Sporton (Dep. of Geography) and Janine Clark
Mario Thomas Vassallo Europeanisation from a New Institutionalist Outlook: Decoding changes in Maltese and Irish interest groups mario.t.vassallo@um.edu.mt Simon Bulmer and Ian Bache
Maria Fernanda Vidal The Representation of Women in Mexican State Politics m.f.vidal@sheffield.ac.uk Alistair McMillan and Georgina Waylen
Matthew Wood 'The Return of Politics?' Political Crises and (De)politicisation in British Politics m.a.wood@sheffield.ac.uk Matthew Flinders and Colin Hay
Sam Wyatt Cosmopolitan Humanitarian Intervention pop09sjw@sheffield.ac.uk Garrett Brown and Rhiannon Vickers