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Professional Activities

Amongs others:

• I am involved in a range of external partnerships and activities including sitting on an advisory board for the London based CPTM - Smart Partnership and acting as a professor mentor to junior members of staff at other European Universities.
• I act as an expert member of two committees for the Polish Government's grant funding body NCN
• I sit on PHD scholarship granting committees
• I am an active member of the department engaged with media consultations relating to the movement and development of urban water management, and US politics and government (particularly elections).
• I have actively work with a range of governmental and NGO actors, including Northern Virginia Regional Commission, Australian based NGOs and several American and Canadian based NGOs.

Conference Roles

  • Policy Transfer in Latin America at International Conference on Policy Difussion, by Invitation (online, 2021)
  • II International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Sao Paulo, 2020)
  • International Organisations and the Globalisation of Public Instruments and Ideas, by Invitation (Strasburg, 2018)
  • International Conference on Policy Diffusion and Development Cooperation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2018)
  • Invited to participate in a workshop on the experiences of transferring governing institutions , by Invitation (Istituto Per Gli Studi Di Politica Internazionale, Milan, Italy , 2010)
  • ‘Where have we gone in Political Science’s Understanding of Policy Transfer’, by Invitation (Universitá Degli Studi Di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 2010)
  • Distinguished Speaker, by Invitation (European Health Forum, 2009)
  • Workshop , by Invitation (Sciences Po Recherche Grenoble, France , 2009)

Editorships

  • Migrations and Identities Book Series, Liverpool University Press (Joint Editor, 2009 - present)
  • Migrations and Identities (Editor, 2006 - 2009)
  • H-TEACHPOL (Editor, 2006 - present)
  • Liverpool Future (Editorial Board Member, 2005 - 2006)

Examination Roles

  • External Examiner for MPP Bristol University (PGT, 2018 - 2021)
  • University of Bristol, MSc Public Policy (PGT, 2018 - 2019)
  • University of Bristol, MPP External Examiner (2017)
  • University of Manchester, PhD (2010)
  • University of Limerick (Ireland), PhD (2009)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • External Expert, Invited (National Science Center, 2021 - present)
  • Member of Scholarship Committee, Invited (Phi Kappa Phi, 2021 - present)
  • Professor Mentor Scheme, Invited (Phi Kappa Phi, 2021 - present)
  • Member of the Selection Committee, Invited (Global Undergraduate Awards, 2021 - present)
  • Expert Reviewer, Invited (National Science Center, 2020 - present)
  • Advisory Board Member, Invited (2016 - 2023)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Post-submission (National Science Center - Poland)
  • External Post-submission (National Science Center - Poland)
  • Internal Pre-submission (University of Liverpool)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Faculty of HSS Internationalisation Committee (Faculty, 2021 - present)
  • Member of the Curriculum Review Committee (Department, 2021 - present)
  • XJTLU coordinator (Department, 2020 - present)
  • HSS Faculty Director of Post Graduate Studies (Faculty, 2019 - present)
  • Member of the LDC Oversight Committee (University, 2019 - present)
  • HSS Research and Impact Committee (Faculty, 2019 - present)

Media Appearances

  • multiple appearances, Radio (Invited)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Global Undergraduate Awards (2021 - present)
  • MPSA - PH.D. Scholarship Committee (2021 - present)
  • MPSA - Professor Mentor Program (2021 - present)
  • APSA Mentor Program (2008 - present)
  • University of Puget Sound - ASK Program (2000 - present)
  • Advisor - Facilitator (2000 - 2017)
  • Cheadle Hulme - talks on US government and politics (2004 - present)
  • Voluntary work in the local community (2001 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Midwest Political Science Association (Member, 2008 - present)
  • Academy of Political Science (Member, 2000 - 2020)
  • American Political Science Association (Member, 1996 - 2011)

Student Recruitment or Widening Participation

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Member of the Department of Politics Curriculum Review Committee