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Michael Pugh

Dr, BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD, PGCE, SFHEA

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9266-9013

Accepting PhD Students

20112019

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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

Social Science Dissertation (Supervisor)

L10

UK Political History Since 1945 *

L11

Dissertation: Applied Social Sciences (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

Current research activities

  • 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

Desired research direction

  • 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

Target collaborative organisations

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

External positions

External Panel Member (Politics) for ELISR (departmental review), BA Social Sciences programme review and MSc Human Rights approval event, Glasgow Caledonian University

16 Mar 2021 → 18 Mar 2021

External Examiner, Leeds International Study Centre (Leeds and Leeds Beckett Universities, jointly) International Year One Programme

1 Nov 2017 → 1 Nov 2021

Executive Committee Member -cofounder Community Exchange blog series, Social History Society

1 Apr 2014 → 1 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • JN1187 Scotland
  • politics
  • government
  • elections
  • Govan
  • Partick
  • Glasgow
  • political change
  • 'Red Clydeside'
  • JN101 Great Britain
  • government
  • politics
  • constitutional history
  • parliamentary history
  • elections
  • JS Local government Municipal government
  • democratic renewal
  • historical development
  • historical institutionalism
  • local civic nationalism
  • D204 Modern History
  • Political history
  • HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
  • social class
  • JA Political science (General)
  • ideologies
  • political theory
  • Liberal party (UK, Scotland)
  • liberalism
  • Conservative party
  • Conservatism
  • Unionism and 'Unionist nationalism'
  • Political history
  • Labour party (UK, Scotland)
  • radicalism
  • socialism
  • LB2300 Higher Education
  • peer review / peer assessment
  • inclusive practice
  • teaching sensitive topics

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