Michael Pugh

Michael.Pugh@uws.ac.uk

Lecturer (Political History)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Interests (outline)

Places:

Scotland

UK and British Isles

Europe and international comparisons

Themes:

political and constitutional change

local and urban history

local government and multilevel governance

ideas and ideologies

paradiplomacy and protodiplomacy

Nuclear Free Zones

public history

academic literacies

Periods:

c.1832 to present day

Current Teaching Duties (* as Module Coordinator or Moderator)

L7

Democracy in the UK

Making the Modern World*

L8

Foundations of Social and Political Thought

L9

Democracy and European Political Parties

L10

Social Science Dissertation (Supervisor)

UK Political History Since 1945 * (British and Irish Political History Since WW2 from autumn 2021)

L11

Dissertation: Applied Social Sciences (supervisor)

Other relevant internal roles:

Former programme leader for Cert HE Social Studies (2011-13) and BA Hons Social Science (2013-15)

Current Research Projects

British Isles Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLAs)

Local governance reform and democratic renewal debates in Scotland / British Isles

Peer assessment in the context of academic literacies and inclusive practice

• Development of, and challenges facing, Scotland's local state and democracy
• Scottish and British political and constitutional change
• Local Authorities in the international Nuclear Free Zones movement.
• Practice-based educational research with particular focus on undergraduate peer review in the enhancement of students' research / writing skills, and inclusive practice.
• Public history and policy engagement around the above issues, particularly local experiences of political change

• Political and contemporary history with especial emphasis on:
• Comparative and international perspectives on local government and local citizenship / local civic nationalism 
• Scottish and British party politics and constitutional developments
• Public history, knowledge exchange and policy engagement
• Practice-based educational research with particular emphasis on formative assessment,  learner development  and inclusive practice

• Scottish Government / Parliament
• Local authorities / LGIU, COSLA etc
• Community and Heritage organisations 
• CND