Section: Research Student Profiles

David Martí Tomàs

Name
David Martí Tomàs
Organisation
Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
4.16 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
E-Mail
Research Interests
Territorial Politics,nationalism,Political parties,Multi-level governance
URL
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/research_student_profiles/politics_and_ir/david_marti_tomas
David Martí Tomàs

PhD Title

Why have territorial demands from stateless nations persisted after accommodation strategies have been implemented by central governments in multinational states? The cases of Flanders, Catalonia, and Scotland

Qualifications

  • MSc in Nationalism Studies (University of Edinburgh)
  • BA in Political Science (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

Research Interests

 My research interests are territorial politics, multi-level governance in plurinational states and nationalism. My PhD looks at the reasons for the persistence of territorial demands in stateless nations after several territorial management strategies have been implemented to accommodate stateless nationalist demands in plurinational states. I particularly focus on the recent territorial demands raised by political parties in Flanders/Belgium, Catalonia/Spain, and Scotland/UK.

Supervisors

 Dr Nicola McEwen

 Dr Eve Hepburn

Publications and Conference Papers

Marti-Tomas, David (2010), 'National Identity and Constitutional Change: An Analysis of Scotland and Catalonia', Scottish Affairs, 73, Autumn 2010, pp. 11-35.

Other Publications

Martí i Tomàs, David, and Salellas i Vilar, Lluc (2010), 'Escòcia: una nació de camí cap a la independència', Lluc: Revista de Cultura i d'Idees, núm. 874, Any LXXXVII, octubre-desembre 2010, pp. 9-11.

Awards and Scholarships

Beca "la Caixa" 2011 per estudis de Postgrau a Europa ('la Caixa' scholarship 2011 for Postgraduate study in Europe), Obra Social "la Caixa" (Barcelona), 2011/2012

Sir Bernard Crick Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, 2010/2011

MSc in Nationalism Studies Scholarship, University of Edinburgh, 2009/2010

Beca Col.laboració (Internship grant), Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2009

Beca Col.laboració (Internship grant), Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), (granted by Spain's Ministry of Education), 2009

Beca d'estades curtes per al desenvolupament, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and Universidad Austral de Chile (Valdivia, Chile), 2008

Research Group Membership

  • Territorial Politics
  • Ethnicity, Nationalism & National Identity Network (ENNIN)
  • Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP)
 

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