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Martin Shaw biography

Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex. A historical sociologist of war and global politics, with theoretical, empirical and political interests. Editor of the global site.

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academic posts

  • Professor of International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex, since 1995
  • Reader and Professor of Political and International Sociology, 1992-95, University of Hull
  • Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, 1972-92, University of Hull
  • Lecturer in Sociology, University of Durham, 1970-72
  • Tutor in Sociology, LSE (part-time), 1968-70

major responsibilities

  • Chair of the International Relations and Politics Subject Group, University of Sussex, 1996-99
  • Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Hull, 1992-95
  • Director of the Centre for Defence and Disarmament (later Security) Studies, University of Hull, 1989-92

member of editorial boards or editorial advisory boards

  • Review of International Studies
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Global Media-Global Culture
  • Review of International Political Economy
  • Global Society, Studies on Marxism
  • Renewal: Journal of Labour Politics
  • Millenium: Journal of International Relations

research and related activities

  • Leverhulme Research Fellow, January-September 2000
  • Director, Gulf War Project, Hull, 1991, funded by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Cadbury Charitable Trust
  • Member, International Screening Committee, SSRC-MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellowships on International Peace and Security, Social Science Research Council, New York, 1993-96

personal and educational

  • Born 30 June 1947, Driffield, East Yorkshire, England.
  • Attended state schools in Leeds, Bradford and Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Studied Sociology at the London School of Economics, graduating 1968.
  • Awarded PhD in the Sociology of War and International Relations, by published work, University of Hull, 1993.

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