Research output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Ethnographic (Fieldwork) and Discursive Methodologies
Democratization and Europeanization in Post-Communist Europe
Evaluating Democracy
Autocratic Regimes and Revolutions
Willing to speak to media
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James moved to Coventry University in 2018 from King’s College London, where he had lectured in Politics and International Relations since 2015. He holds a PhD in Political Science from UCL, where he also served as Director of MSc Democracy and Comparative Politics from 2013-15.
His research has focussed on the challenges of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on the clash of liberal and progressive norms on the one hand and ethnic nationalist and pro-authoritarian ideas on the other. His recent work has been published in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Democracy, East European Politics and Nationalities Papers and he is the author of one monograph – Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria: How Ideas Shape Publics (2014; paperback 2016), which was awarded the BASEES George Blazyca Prize. Consistent with his analytical focus on the spread of ideas, he uses methodologies such as sociological surveys, ethnography and discursive institutionalism. He has also written numerous journalistic articles for Foreign Policy magazine, Open Democracy, Balkan Insight and others.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Political Science, Doctorate, The Elusive Liberal Citizen: Democratization and Public Spheres in Serbia and Bulgaria, University College London
15 Sept 2009 → 28 Sept 2013
Award Date: 28 Sept 2013
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Dawson, James (Recipient), 3 Apr 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)