Mr Lewis Birley

Working between theory building and empirical research on contemporary processes in international political economy and governance formations. I have just recently gained a PhD in international politics working out of Aberystwyth University. My PhD utilised a re-worked application of early world-systems approaches to apply to a contemporary analysis of China's recent transformative processes across political, economic, technical and social fields. Working from a basis of complexity, contingency and temporal ordering, I am primarily interested in understanding extended geospatial ordering and contestation. 

Second year undergraduate module. Perspectives and Debates in International Relations.

Masters module. Futures for International Relations

Current research project. China's contemporary industrial policy as geostrategic strategy.