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- karen.treasure@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Dr Karen Treasure
Associate Lecturer
Plymouth School of Government (HP) (Faculty of Business (HP))
Role
Associate Lecturer: International Relations and Politics
Also Associate Lecturer with the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Qualifications
2004 BSc International Relations with Politics (First Class Honours) - University of Plymouth
2005 MA Global Security and Development (Distinction) - University of Plymouth
2010 PhD: The Power of Empowerment: Recognising Power Relations Within 'Development' for Communities in Zambia - University of Plymouth
Professional membership
Member: British International Studies Association (BISA)
Teaching interests
IRL 1202 - Introduction to Contemporary International Relations
GGH 203 - The Third World
POL 2302 - Democracy and Globalisation: Modern Citizens and the State
IRL 2201 - Understanding Global Politics
IRL 3201 - Africa in the International System
IRL 518 - Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Political Economy
IRL 503 - Research, Professional Skills and Methodology
Nominated for an SSTAR Award for 'Inspirational teaching' in 2014
Research interests
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, International Political Economy, Theorising International Power and Empowerment, Theories of International Social Justice I have also recently been involved with research on educational development and the arts in higher education.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2014
'Contemporary art as extra-curricular learning: Lessons from
a university art gallery'
The International Journal of Arts Education
2014
'From Colonial Administration to Development Funding: Characterisations of SACU as a Governance Mechanism'
JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES
40,
(4)
819-838
, DOI
2011
'SACU at centenary: Theory and practice of democratising regionalism'
South African Journal of International Affairs
18,
(1)
1-21
Chapters
2014
'Connecting state citizen and society: The externalised context of community groups in Zambia'
in Gabay C; Death C
Critical Perspectives on African Politics: Liberal interventions, state-building and civil society
Oxon
Routledge
Conference Papers
2015
'Using a university arts gallery to enhance the student learning experience'
SEDA annual conference
Cardiff
19/11/2015
20/11/2015
2015
'Learning beyond traditional disciplinary contexts: Using a contemporary art gallery to enhance subject based learning'
The 10th International Annual Conference of the Arts in Society
London
22/07/2015
25/07/2015
2015
'Exploring the experiences of arts practitioners engaging with Educational Development programmes'
Vice Chancellor's Annual Teaching and Learning Conference
Plymouth University
26/06/2015
2015
'Teaching and learning in the Peninsula Arts Gallery'
PedRIO annual conference
Plymouth University
17/04/2015
2010
'The Theory and Practice of Empowerment in Africa: From 'Subjective' Emancipation to 'Objective' Subjugation'
BISA Annual Conference 2010
Edinburgh
29/03/2010
01/04/2010