Simon Massey
Main Duties:
- Programme Manager – ISS postgraduate programme
Qualifications:
- Ph.D., Coventry University
- M.A., Coventry University
- B.A (Hons), University of Ulster at Coleraine
Research Interests:
- International Security, especially peacekeeping and the evolution of the concept of African self-policing and Western peacekeeping capacity enhancement initiatives in Africa
- African Politics, especially the democratisation process in Africa with particular reference to current developments in Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Comoros
- African Studies
- International Relations
- Terrorism
- Border and territorial disputes in Africa
- The political/electoral process in Francophone and Lusophone Africa
- Extractive industries in Africa
- Human trafficking between Africa and Europe
- British settlement migration
- Indigenous dispute management practice in Africa
Selected Outputs:
- Massey, S. (2012) 'Ties that bind and ties that don’t: France’s role in bringing together and pulling apart the people of the Comoros archipelago'. In France in Africa. Chester: Chester University Press
- Massey, S., and May, R. (2011) Chad: Social, Political and Economic Situation. WRITENET for UNHCR/CDR
- Massey, S., and Baker, B. (2011) The constitutional crisis in Madagascar. Chatham House Briefing Paper
- Massey, S. (2010) Dead End. drama-documentary produced as part of EC-UNDP-funded project Migration Aware
- Massey, S., and May, R. (2009) 'Oil and war in Chad'. In The New Scramble for Africa. Ed. by Southall, R., and Melber, H. Durban: UKZN Press
- Massey, S. (2006) 'Guinea-Bissau'. In Ending Africa's Wars. Aldershot: Ashgate Press
- Massey, S., and May, R. (2006) 'The Crisis in Chad'. African Affairs 105 (420)
- May, R., and Massey, S. (2005) 'Dallas to Doba: Oil and Chad, external controls and internal politics'. Journal of Contemporary African Studies 23 (2)
- May, R., and Massey, S. (2002) 'The Chadian party system: Rhetoric and reality'. Democratization 9 (3)
- Massey, S. (2001) 'Intervention in Guinea-Bissau'. In African Interventionist States. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited
- May, R., and Massey, S. (2000) 'Two steps forward, one step back: Chad's protracted 'transition to democracy''. Journal of Contemporary African Studies 18 (1), 107-132
- May, R., and Massey, S. (1998) 'The OAU interventions in Chad: Mission impossible or mission evaded?'. International Peacekeeping 5 (1), 46-65
Selected Funding:
- 2009-2011, Irregular Migration: Filling the Information Gap, EC-UNDP, £196,000
- 2008-2009, Criminal networking in the human trade between North Africa and Italy, British Academy, £7,280
- 2007-2008, Collaboration with the University of The Gambia, Coventry University Applied Research Fellowship, £4,950
Research Students:
PhD: 1 completion 5 current students
MSc/MA by research: 1 completion
Teaching:
- BA International Relations - Introduction to International Relations
- MA Terrorism International Crime and Global Security - International Terrorism
- MA Terrorism International Crime and Global Security - Governance for Security in a Developing World
- MA Diplomacy, Law and Global Change - Diplomacy in the International System
- MA Diplomacy, Law and Global Change - Foreign and Security Policy Formulation in Africa
- BA Politics - Comparative Governance
- BA Politics - International Organised Crime
- BA Politics - World Politics since 1945
Other Responsibilities:
- Programme Manager for ISSS Post-graduate Programme
- Course tutor (MA Diplomacy, Law and Global Change; MA African Governance and International Relations)
- ISS Strategic Development Support for Business Development, Applied Research and Curriculum Development/Course Design
- ISS Internationalisation Champion
Senior Lecturer in International Relation
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Building: George Eliot
Room: GE110
Email: lsx167@coventry.ac.uk
