Robert Frith

Robert Frith

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Telephone: (023) 8059 3668
Email: r.c.frith@soton.ac.uk

Biography

Academic Qualifications Ph.D. University of Southampton (2004) MSc. University of Southampton (1999) BSc. Hons. (First Class) University of Plymouth (1997)

Research interests

Rob's research in Politics and International Relations brings together interests in Globalisation and the Politics of the European Union (EU). He is particularly interested in the ways that these global and regional processes contribute towards new ways of thinking about territory, authority and community. Accordingly, his research focuses on a range of issues, including: sovereignty and the international order, governance and legitimacy, transnational democracy, European citizenship and the EU’s democratic deficit. Rob is a member of the Centre for Citizenship and Democracy http://www.ccd.soton.ac.uk/. He is also the secretary for the PSA Specialist Group in Citizenship and Democracy.

Roles

Library Liaison Officer

Teaching activities

INTR1003 Issues in Contemporary Politics (contributor) INTR2001 The Evolving EU (convenor) INTR2011/3003 Globalisation and World Politics (convenor) POLI6006 Philosophy and Methodology of Politics and International Relations (contributor) POLI6003 Citizenship and Democracy (contributor)

Work in progress

'Transnational Deliberative Democracy', conference paper delivered at 'Mind the Gap! Democracy in Theory and in Practice', Centre for Democracy and Governance, University of Huddersfield', 21st-22nd June, 2007. Deliberative Democracy and the EU: The Case of Biotechnology

Selected publications

Chapters in books
 Robert Frith 2007 Multinational Corporations and the Democratic State: Friend or Foe? In Anne Boran and Peter Cox (eds), Implications of Globalisation (pp. 52-87). Chester: Chester Academic Press., (ISBN: 978-1-905929-30-6)
Articles in journals
 Robert Frith to be published Cosmopolitan Democracy and the EU: The Case of Gender. Political Studies  On-line abstract