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)

British and Irish Political History Since WW2*

L11

The State in a Global Order

Dissertation: Applied Social Sciences (supervisor)

Other relevant internal roles:

Academic Admissions Officer for BA (Hons) Social Sciences

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

Assessor (MPhil to Phd transfer)

PhD supervision team member

In addition to the above current modules, I have extensive successful experience of teaching political theory, contemporary ideologies, Scottish, British, US, and international politics at undergraduate level. I'm also an experienced, effective undergraduate and postgraduate supervisor.

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