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Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, and Director, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen

I came to Aberdeen as a Lecturer in Hispanic Studies in 2002, after completing a BA in History and a Masters in Social Anthropology at Oxford University, a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, and having taught Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. I have been doing research in Mexico since 1992, and I have also done research since 2008 in the East Bay Area of northern California.

As well as teaching in Hispanic Studies, I am Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law for which I have been responsible for the following recent and ongoing activities:

- Sense of Political Community research project in Scottish schools, which looks at the impact of 16- and 17-year old pupils voting in the Scottish Independence Referendum on pupils' political engagement

- Politics of Oil & Gas in a Changing UK: International Perspectives public conference in May 2013, which brought together leading figures from industry, unions, government, environmental movements and the academy to debate key topics in energy politics

- Political Community workshop and PhD summer school in June 2014, out of
which we are publishing a volume.

- editing a volume on Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty, which will come out in spring 2015.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, University of Aberdeen
  • 2009–present
    Director, Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen