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Researching issues of transnational politics and societal interaction

The broad focus of this group is research into cross-border transnational and supranational dimensions of Europe, the European Union and the wider world past and present.

The group comprises researchers from political studies, history, sociology, ethnology and cultural studies fostering interdisciplinary debate and co-operation.

Research projects under way cover a number of strands. Within the field of European and EU politics and public administration work is being undertaken on European institutions and policy-making, civil society, socialisation and policy transfer; research in contemporary history addresses the growth and role of transnational political and policy networks, issues of cultural transfer and convergence, and the origins of new EU policy fields; work in sociology and ethnology covers issues related to cross-border migration, social and ethnic 'othering' and identity formation, for example; and research in cultural studies addresses questions such as representations of the EU and transnational aspects of European history in museums and transnational dimensions of films and film production such as inter-cultural encounters and cross-cultural transfers.

Our members focus on research areas including

  • Education in transnational spaces
  • Ethnicity in cross-border relationships
  • Expertise in supranational policymaking
  • Governance beyond the state
  • Identity
  • Migration
  • Non-governmental organisations
  • Politics and policymaking in the European Union
  • Revolution and gender
  • Transnational mobilisation and law
  • Transnational political parties

Publication highlights

Research group leads

Nandor Revesz Portrait

Dr Nandor Revesz

Lecturer

Nandor.Revesz@port.ac.uk

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Members 

Wolfram Kaiser Portrait

Media ready expert

Professor Wolfram Kaiser

Professor of European Studies

Wolfram.Kaiser@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Amira Abdelhamid Portrait

Dr Amira Abdelhamid

Lecturer

amira.abdelhamid@port.ac.uk

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Miss Janet Bryant

Principal Lecturer

Janet.Bryant@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Nian-Tzu Cockel Portrait

Dr Isabelle Cockel

Senior Lecturer

isabelle.cockel@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Angela Maria Crack Portrait

Professor Angela Crack

Professor of Civil Society

Angela.Crack@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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James William Dennis Portrait

Dr James Dennis

Senior Lecturer

james.dennis@port.ac.uk

School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies

Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries

PhD Supervisor

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Robert Carl Frith Portrait

Dr Robert Frith

Principal Lecturer

Robert.Frith@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Emmanuel Godin Portrait

Mr Emmanuel Godin

Principal Lecturer

Emmanuel.Godin@port.ac.uk

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Tonny Raymond Kirabira Portrait

Dr Tonny Kirabira

STF - HSS - SASHPL

tonny.kirabira@port.ac.uk

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Melita Elizabeth Lazell Portrait

Media ready expert

Dr Melita Lazell

Associate Head (Research)

Associate Professor in Political Economy & Development

melita.lazell@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Brigitte Leucht Portrait

Dr Brigitte Leucht

Reader in International History and Politics

Faculty Ethics Committee Chair

Brigitte.Leucht@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Zara Marie Martin Portrait

Dr Zara Martin

Senior Lecturer

zara.martin@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Business and Law

PhD Supervisor

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David Norman Portrait

Dr David Norman

Senior Lecturer

David.Norman@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Sue Marion Roberts Portrait

Dr Sue Roberts

Senior Lecturer

sue.roberts@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Patricia Daisy Shamai Portrait

Dr Patricia Shamai

Associate Head (Students)

Patricia.Shamai@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Edward James Armstrong Stoddard Portrait

Dr Ed Stoddard

Associate Professor in International Security

Ed.Stoddard@port.ac.uk

School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

PhD Supervisor

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Annabel Claire Tremlett Portrait

Dr Annabel Tremlett

Senior Lecturer

Annabel.Tremlett@port.ac.uk

School of Dental, Health and Care Professions

Faculty of Science and Health

PhD Supervisor

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Ostap Kushnir Portrait

Dr Ostap Kushnir

Lecturer

Ostap.Kushnir@port.ac.uk

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Pedro Dutra Salgado Portrait

Dr Pedro Dutra Salgado

Lecturer

pedro.dutra-salgado@port.ac.uk

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Dr Paul Flenley

paul.flenley@port.ac.uk

Associated PhD students

  • Adelicia Fairbanks
    First Supervisor: Angela Crack

  • Ahmed, Shamima: Rohingya Refugees. 
    First supervisor: Isabelle Cheng

  • Annette Rolfe
    First Supervisor: Angela Crack

  • Cefai Mercieca, Ryan: Regional and Local Government in Small Island States
    First supervisor: Mark Field

  • Cook, Peter
    First supervisor: Melita Lazell

  • Fairbanks, Adelicia: Military-Assisted Health Interventions in Conflicts
    First Supervisor: Angela Crack

  • Haji, Sivar
    First supervisor: Mark Field

  • Hiba Ben Larbi
    First supervisor: Melita Lazell

  • Holstein, Amandine: The Internet, NGOs, and Public Spheres
    First Supervisor: Angela Crack

  • Horne, Antony: Regionalism in the Wider Black Sea/EU External Relations
    First supervisor: Paul Flenley

  • Horne, Anthony
    First supervisor: Nora Siklodi

  • Islam, Aminul: European Refugee Crisis
    First Supervisor: Nora Siklodi

  • Kaye, Mark: Imagining multiple futures after Brexit
    First supervisor: Wolfram Kaiser

  • Khemissi, Zineb: Korean-American Transracial Adoption
    First supervisor: Isabelle Cheng

  • Kiousi, Dimitra: UK-Scandinavian networks in environmental policy-making
    First supervisor: Brigitte Leucht

  • Marunza, Dean: The Politics of Foreign Aid in Africa
    First Supervisor: Isabelle Cheng

  • Nolan, Kris 
    First supervisor: Jodi Burkett

  • Ouhamma, Ise: The Chemical Weapons Taboo
    First Supervisor: Patricia Shamai

  • Pericleous, Charlie: Prevention of Violent Extremism
    First supervisor: Mark Field

  • Shrimpton, Edward
    First supervisor:Patricia Shamai

  • Steffen, Charlotte
    First supervisor: Matthew Heaslip

  • Tezcakar, Behice: Foreign Investment and Technology in the Ottoman Empire
    First Supervisor: Wolfram Kaiser

  • Toby Meredith
    First supervisor: Nora Siklodi

  • Evangelos Palaskas
    First supervisor: Wolfram Kaiser

  • Ann Bajo
    First supervisor: Tom Smith

  • Ryan Cefai
    First supervisor: Emmanuel Godin