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Louise Maythorne
- Name Louise Maythorne
- Organisation
- Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh - Address
- Rm 4.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
- Telephone
- +44 (0)131 6506618
- L.I.Maythorne-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- Europeanization,Environment,Social movements
- URL
- http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/research_student_profiles/politics_and_ir/louise_maythorne
** I am now an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology. You can find my current staff profile and contact details here**
Qualifications
- BA (Hons): French, Italian and European Studies, University of Bath
- MA: Culture and Politics of the European Union, University of Keele
- MSc by Research: Politics, University of Edinburgh
- PhD: Environmental Politics
Thesis
Title: The Europeanisation of Grassroots Greens: Mobilising in Italy, France and the UK
My thesis was successfully defended to Prof. Neil Carter and Prof. Charlie Jeffrey.
Research Interests
My research interests lie in europeanisation and the framework that is used to study it. I am particularly interested in how europeanisation affects the green movement at a local level and I am studying this dynamic through the lens of anti-road and anti-GM crop groups in Britain, France and Italy.
Additional bibliographic details and information about my research are available:
- Under my profile in the UACES Expert on Europe Directory
- Under my profile on Academia.edu
Supervisors
Dr. Elizabeth Bomberg and Prof. John Peterson
Awards
ESRC 1+3 Open Competition Research Award (2006-2010)
Publications/Conference Papers
Shaw, K; Maythorne, L. (2012) Managing for Local Resilience: Towards a Strategic Approach Public Policy and Administration - accepted for publication in 2012
Maythorne, L; Peterson, J. (2010) New Model Leadership in a New European Union Edinburgh Europa Paper Series 2010/01
Maythorne, L. (2010) What does europeanisation mean for green movement groups in Europe?, ETHRYN 1st Annual Conference, Edinburgh UK, 6-9 June 2010
Maythorne, L; Peterson, J. (2010) New Model Leadership in a New European Union, Council of European Studies Seventeeth Annual Conference, Montreal Canada, 15-16 April 2010
Maythorne, L. (2010) Europeanisation and the anti-road campaign in European green groups, Political Studies Association 60th Anniversary Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, 29 March-1 April 2010
Maythorne, L; Peterson, J. (2010) New Forms of Leadership in an Enlarged European Union, Political Studies Association 60th Anniversary Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, 29 March-1 April 2010
Maythorne, L; Peterson, J. (2009) New Forms of Leadership in an Enlarging Europe, UACES Conference 'Enlargement - Five Years After. The State of European Integration and New Challenges for the Discipline', Central European University, Budapest Hungary, 8-9 May 2009
Maythorne, L. (2008) Europeanization and Climate Protest in Cross-National Comparison, UACES 38th Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, 1-3 September 2008
Maythorne, L. (2008) Europeanization and Non-State Space: The Green Movement in Perspective, PSA Northern Postgraduate Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, 6 June 2008
Discussant: EU Norms and Relations Panel. PSA Northern Graduate Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK, 25 May 2007
Maythorne, L. (2007) What Does Europeanization Mean for the Environmental Movement? Postgraduate Research Showcase, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, 3 May 2007
Maythorne. L. et al. (2007) The Role of Community Councils in the Governance of the City of Edinburgh. Presented to The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh UK, March 13 2007
Teaching Experience
Most recently I have tutored to the honours-level course 'Environmental Politics in Europe' and have also lectured on the same course (January-May 2010).
I have also previously tutored on the first year core courses 'Introduction to Politics and International Relations' (September - December 2007) and 'Democracy in Comparative Perspective' (January - May 2008 and 2009).
Research Group Membership
I am a member of the Policy and Governance Research Group, the Climate Change Network in the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Europa Institute within the University of Edinburgh.
The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Green Politics and the Standing Group on the European Union.
Other Activities
I was Senior Research Associate at the University of Northumbria, School of Social Sciences, working on the project Local-level Resilience and Climate Change November 2010-March 2011.
I was Research Assistant to the ESRC-funded project The European Commission in Question: Challenge, Change and Performance conducted within the EU Consent Network of Excellence May 2009-November 2010.
I was Project Assistant to Prof. John Peterson for the University of Edinburgh (WP IV, Team 7) in the EU Consent Network of Excellence, May 2008-June 2009.
I was co-organiser of the PSA Northern Postgraduate Conference hosted by Edinburgh University, 6th June 2008.
This page was published on 3 April 2012