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Lecturer in Politics
Richard joined the department in September 2009. Previously he worked in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield, where he also lectured at the Institute for Lifelong Learning. He teaches a range of courses at Huddersfield including Development, European Politics, and Policy and Society. His PhD, awarded by the University of Sheffield, examines contemporary Conservative politics, and he is currently developing this into a monograph. Richard is an Associate of the Higher Education Academy, and has published articles on British party politics, Conservative politics, national identity in Britain, and higher education politics teaching.
Richard is currently module leader and lecturer for:
He also supervises students on the Masters in Research (MRes) and MA in Public Sector Modernisation Programmes.
(2010) 'Towards the Mainstream? UKIP and the 2009 Elections to the European Parliament', Politics, Vol. 30(1): pp. 26-35.
(2010, with Timothy Heppell) 'The Quiet Man of British Politics: The Rise, Fall and Significance of Iain Duncan Smith', Parliamentary Affairs, 63, (forthcoming).
(2009, With Richard English & Michael Kenny) 'Englishness and the Union in Contemporary Conservative Thought', Government and Opposition, Vol. 44 (4): pp. 343-365.
(2009, with Richard English & Michael Kenny) 'Englishness in contemporary British Politics', Political Quarterly (special edition on Britishness), vol. 78 (s1), pp. 122-135.
(2008) 'Teaching Politics: Graduate Students as Tutors', Politics, Vol. 28(3): pp. 207-14.
(2008, with Michael Kenny & Richard English) Beyond the Constitution? Englishness in post-devolved Britain, London: Institute for Public Policy Research.
(2009, with Ian Bache) 'Inquiry based learning and the international student', University of Sheffield Learning and Teaching Conference, 12 January 2009.
(2008) 'David Cameron and the Politics of the Family', paper presented to the 'Cameron's Conservatives: Approaching Government?' conference, Centre for British Politics, University of Nottingham, 12 December 2008.
(2008, with Richard English & Michael Kenny) 'England and the Conservatives', paper presented to the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Boston, 28-31 August 2008 (presented to 1 of only 2 official related group panels sponsored by PSA UK).
(2008, with Richard English & Michael Kenny) 'The politics of Englishness in post-devolution Britain', paper presented to the PSA British and Comparative Territorial Politics Conference, University of Edinburgh, 10-11 January 2008.
(2007) 'The Conservatives and Globalisation: Cameron's Dilemma?', paper presented to the Political Studies Association 57th Annual Conference, University of Bath, 11-13 April 2007.
(2006) 'Conservative Party Strategy in Opposition: A strategic-relational analysis', paper presented to the Political Studies Association 56th Annual Conference, University of Reading, 5 April 2006.
Richard is keen to supervise promising research students in the following areas (broadly defined):
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