Michael Pugh

[email protected]

Senior Lecturer (Political History)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)

Research Interests (outline)

• Political and constitutional change, especially in Scotland and the UK
• Local governance and sociopolitical change

Current Teaching Interests (* = as Module Coordinator or Moderator)

L7: 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, Globalisation and Social Justice; Dissertation: Applied Social Sciences (supervisor)

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

Other information:

• Academic Admissions Officer for BA (Hons) Social Sciences
• FE-to-HE Direct Entrants Lead / personal tutor for BA Social Sciences
• UWS-NCL Social Science Franchise Link Tutor
• Member (one of ESS reps) Senate Disciplinary Committee and Fitness to Practice Panels
• Member of ESS School Learning and Teaching Group
• Assessor (MPhil to Phd transfer); PhD internal examiner
• PhD supervision team member; lead supervisor for (Dr) Oko Eigege (Nigeria herdsmen-farmer conflict) 
• PhD supervision team member, lead supervisor for Hugh Stewart - intergovernmental relations in the UK after Brexit
• Note: former roles include Programme Leader (PL) in undergraduate Social Sciences 2011-15; year leader L7 2010-12. interim PL for the Master of Public Administration January-June 2023.

• Ministerial codes
• Local Authorities in the international Nuclear Free Zones movement
• Transitional figures in politics

• Funding to develop and expand on current research activities, projects and collaborations
• Open to developing joint bids and projects where relevant

• Keen to collaborate on matters of mutual interest with fellow researchers and organisations interested in improving democracy, inclusion and political / historical literacy.
• Experienced in working with community / heritage groups and media organisations, delivering heritage talks and pre-production advice, respectively.
• Available for research and textbook peer review, with experience in both contexts for internationally recognised publishers, including Edinburgh and Oxford University Presses and learned societies.
• Open to consultancy and collaborations on learning and teaching issues, especially curriculum design and development, academic literacy, undergraduate peer review and options for sharing innovative practice, where I have expertise.