- Tutor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Nick is a researcher and teacher of International Relations, politics and history at the University of Sussex International Study Centre and Brighton College. His book, 'Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse: The Island Race', is published with Routledge in July 2023. His research interests include critical geopolitics, British politics, foreign policy, national identity and discourse. He has written for the major academic journals 'Political Geography' and 'Geopolitics' and the 'Strategy in the Contemporary World' textbook. As a speaker, he has addressed a Labour Party branch meeting and several conference of Geography teachers on what Brexit means for British foreign policy and identity.
Experience
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2025–presentTutor of International Relations, University of Sussex International Study Centre
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2025–presentTeacher of Politics and History, Brighton College
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2021–2025Subject Lead in Social Sciences & Law, University of Sussex International Study Centre
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2017–2021Tutor of International Relations, University of Sussex International Study Centre
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2017–2020Convenor & Tutor of Foreign Policy Analysis, University of Sussex
Education
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2017University of Sussex, DPhil
Publications
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2023Geopolitics and Identity in British Foreign Policy Discourse: The Island Race, London: Routledge,
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2022Political Geography, Popular geopolitics and political memoir: Geopolitical expertise and force majeure as foreign policy justifications in Tony Blair’s A Journey
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2022Geopolitics & Grand Strategy, with Stefanie Ortmann in J. Baylis, J.J. Wirtz and J. Johnson (eds.), Strategy in the Contemporary World: an Introduction to Strategic Studies (seventh edn.), Oxford: Oxford University Press
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2018Geopolitics, The Island Race: Ontological Security and Critical Geopolitics in British Parliamentary Discourse
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- Location: Brighton
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