School of Social and Political Science

Background

Principal interests

Loyalism in contemporary Scotland; Nationalism and national identity; the political sociology of Scotland; religious and irreligious identities in secularising societies; localised identities; media and nation; the politics of prejudice and 'sectarianism'.

Teaching

Nationalism Studies

I am Programme Co-Director for the MSc Nationalism Studies - you'll find more details on the programme here.

Details of our Masters courses which I co-convene can be found by clicking on the links below:

• Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism Studies
• Nations and Nationalism
• Theories and Theorists in Nationalism Studies

Scotland: Social Structure, Social Change

I convene the Honours course on Scotland: Social Structure, Social Change - you'll find more details on the course here.

Religion and Society

I convene the Honours course on Religion and Society - you'll find more details on the course here.

Publications

(For a more comprehensive list see my 'Google Scholar' profile here)

(2020) 'The Rise and Fall of Anti-Catholicism in Scotland' (with Tom Devine), in Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille & Geraldine Vaughan (eds): Anti-Catholicism in Britain and Ireland, 1600–2000: Practices, Representations and Ideas, Palgrave (Publisher's Note)

(2020) 'Religion, Policy and Politics', in Michael Keating & Craig McAngus (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics, OUP (Publisher's Note)

(2020) Review of the 2016 Independent Report on Marches, Parades and Static Demonstrations in Scotland, Scottish Government. Available here.

(2020) 'Religion', in Geoff Payne & Eric Harrison (eds), Social Divisions: Inequality and Diversity in Britain (Fourth Edition), Policy Press (Publisher's Note)

(2018) Final Report of the Working Group On Defining Sectarianism in Scots Law (co-author), Scottish Government. Available Online.

(2017) 'Sectarianism: What's the Problem?', Paper submitted to the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition, Belfast, September 2017. Available here.

(2017) 'Becoming independent: political participation and youth transitions in the Scottish referendum' (with Maddie Breeze, Hugo Gorringe and Lynn Jamieson), British Journal of Sociology 68 (4) (Abstract)

(2016) Independent Report on Marches, Parades and Static Demonstrations in Scotland, Scottish Government. Available Online.

(2015) '‘Everybody’s Scottish at the end of the day’: Nationalism and Social Justice Amongst Young Yes Voters' (with Maddie Breeze, Hugo Gorringe and Lynn Jamieson), Scottish Affairs 24(4) (Abstract)

(2015) ‘Tackling Sectarianism' (with Cecelia Clegg, Ian Galloway, Margaret Lynch & Duncan Morrow), Scottish Affairs, 24(3) (Abstract)

(2015) 'The Sectarian Iceberg', Scottish Affairs, 24(3) (Abstract)

(2015) Tackling Sectarianism and its Consequences in Scotland: Final Report of The Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland – April 2015 (co-author). Available Online

(2015) '"The Essence of the Union" …’: Unionism, Nationalism and Identity On These Disconnected Islands' (with Eve Hepburn), Scottish Affairs, 24(2) (Abstract)

(2015) 'Religion in Scotland and Norway' (with Arne Bugge Amundsen), in John Bryden et al (eds), Northern Neighbours - Scotland and Norway Since 1800, Edinburgh: EUP (Publisher's Note)

(2014) ' He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought: Religion and nationalism in Scotland', in Ferran Requejo and Klaus-Jürgen Nagel (ed), Politics of Religion and Nationalism: Federalism, Consociationalism and Secession, London: Routledge (Publisher's Note)

(2014) 'A’ the Bairns o’ Adam? The Ethnic Boundaries of Scottish National Identity', in Jennifer Jackson & Lina Molokotos-Liederman (ed), Nationalism, Ethnicity and Boundaries: Conceptualising and understanding identity through boundary approaches, London: Routledge (Publisher's Note)

(2014) ‘Tall Tales: Understanding Religion and Scottish Independence’, Scottish Affairs, 23(3) (Journal website)

(2014) 'Immigration, Nationalism and Political Parties in Scotland' (with Eve Hepburn), in Eve Hepburn & Ricard Zapata-Barrero (eds), The Politics of Immigration in Multi-level States: Governance and Political Parties, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher's Note).

(2013) Advisory Group On Tackling Sectarianism In Scotland, Advice To Scottish Ministers And Report On Activity 9 August 2012 - 15 November 2013 (co-author). Available Online

(2013) 'Outside the Hothouse: Perspectives Beyond the Old Firm', in John Flint & John Kelly (eds), Bigotry, Football and Scotland, Edinburgh University Press. Chapter available online / Preview at Google Books / Publisher's Note.

(2013) '"We will facilitate your protest": Experiments with Liaison Policing' (with Hugo Gorringe), Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Advance Access version online, February. Abstract

(2012) 'Who Are You? National Identity and Contemporary Return Migrants in Scotland' in Mario Varricchio (ed), Back to Caledonia: Scottish Return Migration from the Sixteenth Century to the Present, Edinburgh: John Donald. Publisher's Note

(2012) '"Areas cannot be selective": Caithness and the Gaelic Road-Sign Saga', Scottish Affairs 80. More information

(2012) 'Dialogue Police, Decision Making, and the Management of Public Order During Protest Crowd Events' (with Hugo Gorringe and Clifford Stott), Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 9 (2) Abstract

(2011) 'King Mob: Perceptions, Prescriptions and Presumptions About the Policing of England's Riots' (with Hugo Gorringe), Sociological Research Online, 16 (4) Abstract

(2011) 'It's Grim Down South: A Scottish Take On The "English Riots"' (with Hugo Gorringe), Scottish Affairs, 77 Draft Available

(2011) 'Facilitating Ineffective Protest? The Policing of the 2009 Edinburgh NATO protests' (with Hugo Gorringe, David Waddington & Margarita Kominou), Policing & Society, 22 (2). Abstract

(2011) 'Aye Right? Scotland's Far Right Parties in 2011', Scottish Affairs, 76. More information

(2011) '˜Who Are the Nationalists? A Profile of Scottish National Party Supporters' (with Ross Bond), in Trevor Harrison & Slobodan Drakulic (eds.), Beyond Orthodoxy: New Directions in the Study of Nationalism, University of British Columbia Press. Publisher's Note

(2011) 'Religion, Family Values and Family Law' (with Fran Wasoff), in Jane Mair & Esin Örücü (eds) , The Place of Religion in Family Law: A Comparative Search, Intersentia. Publisher's Note