David Kelsey

I am a Senior Lecturer in International Business at York St John University, teaching on modules across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, specifically those heavily influenced by the activities of a range of international actors.

I am currently pursuing a PhD at the University of York (supervisor: Professor Tony Heron) on the political economy of resource-led development in sub-Saharan Africa, and my research interests include African agency, International Political Economy (IPE), International Business (IB), the role of the state, culture and strategy. My research draws on constructivist and historical institutionalist insights, particularly when addressing movement within a contested global economic environment.

I have lectured at a partner university in Rotterdam, and prior to my career in academia I worked in a number of European countries as well as both the public and private sectors in the UK.