Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- political economy of development in Africa
- energy transitions and the future of fossil fuels
- international politics of oil
- politics and political economy of South Africa
- selected aspects of American Political Development, such as the evolution of energy politics and its interaction with questions of inequality and the dynamics of electoral politics
Public outreach & key achievements
My research at Queen's has been funded by the ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, the British Academy, the Nuffield Foundation and the DfE (NI) Global Challenges Research Fund.
Publications indicative of my key research interests have appeared in journals such as Political Studies, Political Geography, Business & Society, Third World Quarterly, Democratization, Energy Research & Social Science, The Extractive Industries and Society, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal of Contemporary African Studies and Commonwealth & Comparative Politics.
I am also the author of Africa’s Development Impasse: Rethinking the Political Economy of Transformation (Zed Books).
Research students
| PhD Title | Economic Diversification in Gulf States: Navigating the Precursor to Energy Transition |
| Name | Fawwaz Alabdulhadi |
| Years of Study | 2021 - Present |
| Country | Kuwait |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Impact of philanthropic and private donors on Irish foreign aid |
| Name | Dr Nicolas Marcoux |
| Years of Study | 2008 - 2011 |
| Country | France |
| Current Position | Senior Governance Specialist, Institute of Public Affairs, Dublin |
| PhD Title | State-Business Relations and Economic Transition in the Modern World-System: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Zimbabwe |
| Name | Dr Sinan Baran |
| Years of Study | 2016 - 2019 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Current Position | Assistant Professor, Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi |
| PhD Title | The Rise of 'Green' China: A Comparative Study of Beijing's Modern Energy Policy in the Global South |
| Name | Dr Ryan McLean |
| Years of Study | 2017 - 2022 |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Lecturer, American University of Beirut |