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
Nuray Aridici Domestic actors and Russian energy policy towards the near abroad n.o.aridici@sheffield.ac.uk
Simon Bulmer and Tony Heron
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 Katharine Adeney
Esengul Ayaz TBC e.ayaz@sheffield.ac.uk Brian White and Simon Bulmer
Amy Barnes The Delivery and Management of Aid for Health a.barnes@sheffield.ac.uk Garrett Brown and Graham Harrison
Gemma Bird African Philosophy and Human Rights g.bird@sheffield.ac.uk
Graham Harrison and Garrett Brown
João Carvalho Impact of extreme right parties over immigration policy in the UK, France and Italy between 2000-2009 j.carvalho@sheffield.ac.uk Andrew Geddes and Charlie Lee
Ramón Igor Centeno Miranda Institutional framework in post-Fidel Cuba r.i.centeno-miranda@sheffield.ac.uk Steve Ludlam and Tony Heron
Mukhlesur Chowdhury Political impasses and the development of policy towards solving the problem of Bangladeshi governance mukhles.chowdhury@sheffield.ac.uk Katharine Adeney and Ian Bache
Shih-Yu Chou TBC poq06sc@sheffield.ac.uk Andrew Geddes and John Hobson
Amy Claridge The Governance of Ethnic Identity in South Yorkshire a.claridge@sheffield.ac.uk Rhiannon Vickers and Andrew Geddes
Murat Coskun TBC 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 Garrett Brown
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
Katharine Dommett Conceptualising Party Political Ideology: An Exploration of Party Modernisation in Britain k.dommett@sheffield.ac.uk Colin Hay and Maria Grasso
Mark Duncan The governance of labour rights in the United States garment industry: a commodity chains approach mark.duncan@sheffield.ac.uk Tony Heron and Georgina Waylen
Jose Angel Garcia Velazquez The Social Construction of Security Policy: The Battle against Drug-Cartels in Mexico jgarcia2@sheffield.ac.uk Martin Smith and Matthew Flinders
Hilal Gezmis TBC h.gezmis@sheffield.ac.uk Jean Grugel and Georgina Waylen
Defne Gunay Europeanisation of Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Middle East d.gunay@sheffield.ac.uk Simon Bulmer and Ian Bache
Victoria Hasson Gendered ceremony and rituals in parliament: Disciplining representation v.hasson@sheffield.ac.uk Georgina Waylen and Garrett Brown
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 TBC 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 TBC 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 TBC m.mogaki@sheffield.ac.uk Dave Richards and Martin Smith
Peg Murray-Evans Constructing the EU´s External Economic Policy: The Use of the Economic Partnership Agreements to Promote Regionalism p.murray-evans@sheffield.ac.uk Tony Heron & Tony Payne
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 TBC a.o.ozcelik@sheffield.ac.uk Ian Bache and Simon Bulmer
Antony Ou What is Living and What is Dead in Confucianism Today: Overinterpretation and Optimism of Confucian Classics ouantony@gmail.com Matt Sleat
Perla Polanco Leal Sustainable Development Promotion Policies: The Energy Sector in Mexico perla.polanco@sheffield.ac.uk Tony Heron 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 and Dave Richards
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
Romualdo Anselmo dos Santos Institutionalising Anti-Corruption in Brazil: The Path of Controladoria-Geral da Uniao (CGU) r.santos@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Steve Ludlam
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 TBC 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
Simon Staffell Religious discourses and violent outcomes in foreign policy and non-state terrorism s.staffell@sheffield.ac.uk Katharine Adeney and Rhiannon Vickers
Michal Tudorowski Between East and West? The Problem of ‘Transit’ with Reference to Chechen Refugees in Poland m.tudorowski@sheffield.ac.uk Andrew Geddes and Andrew Taylor
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 TBC p.tyler@sheffield.ac.uk Deborah Sporton (Dep. of Geography), Janine Clark and Andrew Geddes
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 TBC m.f.vidal@sheffield.ac.uk Alistair McMillan and Georgina Waylen
Christopher Wellbrook The Spark: Political Language and Social Change c.wellbrook@sheffield.ac.uk
Colin Hay and Matt Sleat
Jörg Wiegratz The cultural political economy of embedding neoliberalism in Uganda: an analysis of changes in moral norms and trade practices in the rural economy since 1986 j.wiegratz@sheffield.ac.uk Graham Harrison and Tony Heron
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 TBC pop09sjw@sheffield.ac.uk Garrett Brown and Rhiannon Vickers