Dr Stuart McAnulla

Profile

Before coming to Leeds, I completed a PhD and taught at the University of Birmingham.

I also worked for a year as a researcher at the University of Central England, where I also taught a public policy course. My particular interests are in: contemporary British politics; ideological and institutional change; political atheism; religion and politics. I am co-convenor of the Political Studies Association specialist group on Religion and Politics. I am also a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life here at the University of Leeds.

Responsibilities

• Director of Student Education

Research interests

Key areas include:

• The ideological direction of the UK politics following Brexit
• Political leadership and rhetoric
• The politics of secularism and the ‘New Atheism’

Other areas of interest include the role of public intellectuals; theories of power, and the role of philosophy/social theory in political analysis.

Further links

Sell-by dates (Westminster Hour, BBC Radio 4 interview)

Interpretive Politics Specialist Group (Political Studies Association)

The Centre for Religion and Public Life

Qualifications

• PhD in Political Science, University of Birmingham
• BA Politics (Ist class honours), University of Strathclyde
• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and teaching in Higher Education, University of Leeds
• IOSH certificate

Professional memberships

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy
• Political Studies Association

Student education

Module leader:

• The End of British Politics?
• Advanced Political Analysis

I am also part of teaching teams on modules concerning Brexit and political methodologies

Research groups and institutes

• Leadership, Parties and Institutions
• Political Theory and Cultural Values
• Centre for Contemporary Political Theory

Current postgraduate researchers

• Ryan Swift
• Sara Kaizuka