Role
Lecturer in International Relations
Joint International Relations Programme Manager
Qualifications & background
I joined the Department of International Relations at the University of Plymouth during January 2006. I hold an MA (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a DPhil from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa where I remain a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International and Comparative Politics. I have taught at universities in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Professional membership
British International Studies Association (BISA) - Africa Working Group.
Teaching interests
Module Leader:
SSP1202 (with Jamie Gaskarth) Contemporary Topics in International Relations
SSP3201 Africa in the International System
GGH3146 (with Richard Gibb) Southern Africa
IRL518 (with Richard Gibb) Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Political Economy
Research interests
My research interests are in global political economy with an African regional focus. I am concerned with migration flows, networks and diasporas and their implications for development and security on the African continent in particular. I am currently working on a book concerned with the migration-development link in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publications
Recent refereed papers and book chapters
‘Reconceptualising the Migration-Development Nexus: Diasporas, Globalisation and the Politics of Exclusion’ Third World Quarterly 2007; 28(1): 59-76.
‘Rebuilding the Future or Revisiting the Past? Post-apartheid Afrikaner identity politics in a globalised era’ Review of African Political Economy 2007; 112(34): 357-374.
‘Rwandese diasporas and the reconstruction of a fragile peace’ in M Pugh, N Cooper & M Turner (eds) Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2008: 206-221.
'Diasporas and Development' in R Denemark (eds) Global Development Studies: International Studies Association Compendium Project Oxford: Blackwell, 2010: 1027-1044.
'Reconsidering the African diaspora as a development actor' Progress in Development Studies 2010; 10(2): 131-144.
‘The Afrikaners’ in: S Jacobs & K Johnson (eds) Encyclopaedia of South Africa Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2011.
'African diasporas, development and the politics of context' Third World Quarterly 2012; 33(1): 91-108.
'The Liberation of Afrikanerdom: Neo-liberalism and transformation in post-apartheid South Africa' invited submission for special edition of African Studies 2012.
'Confronting the Missing State? The development potential of African diasporas in non-sovereign territories' (article in process).
'Rescuing the liberal peace? The role of diasporas in promoting liberal democracy in sub-Saharan Africa' (article in process)
With K Treasure 'Beyond the State? The changing nature of coping strategies in sub-Saharan Africa' (article in progress).
Books
‘Afrikaners in the New South Africa: Identity Politics in a Globalised Era’ London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
‘Diaspora politics in Africa: The Migration-Development Link’ Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner (forthcoming - 2013).
