Dr Matthew Wood

PhD, FRSA

Department of Politics and International Relations

Senior Lecturer

Dr Matthew Wood
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m.wood@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Matthew Wood
Department of Politics and International Relations
Modular Teaching Village
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 1AJ
Profile

Matthew Wood is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research is focussed on collaborative governance and investigates how collaboration between diverse groups can be facilitated in the face of competing or conflicting political preferences.  He is interested in how collaboration can bridge cultural, psychological, ideological and geographical differences to enable healthy and sustainable societies.  His research uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to address these challenges.

Qualifications

PhD in Politics, University of Sheffield, 2014.

Research interests

I study the political conditions for effective collaboration, and the way in which collaboration can improve the quality of governance, especially in health and sustainability policy.  I am interested in the way in which deep political divisions and conflicts shape and challenge collaborative human relationships in this process

Publications

Books

  • Hervey T, Antova I, Flear ML & Wood M (2023) Not What The Bus Promised Health Governance after Brexit. Bloomsbury Publishing. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Research group

Governance and Public Policy

Grants

PI, ESRC Future Leaders Fellow, 2015-18; CI, ESRC Health Governance After Brexit: Law, Language and Legitimacy.

Teaching interests

I am passionate about ensuring that students gain employability skills from their degrees, and therefore integrate research design processes within the modules I teach.

Teaching activities

Level 3: Anti-politics and Democratic Crisis; MA: Democratic Governance in the Twenty-first Century.

Professional activities and memberships

Trustee of the UK Political Studies Association, 2017-18.

Supervision Expertise
  • Governance and public policy
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Britain and Europe
  • Local politics/government

Current supervisions

Hasrul Hanif 2017-present.