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Phone: 0121 204 5266

Danny joined the department as a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in September 2016. Before coming to Aston he was a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Politics at the University of Manchester. He has also held research positions at the University of Sheffield and has been a Visiting Fellow at Boston University.

Danny’s research explores theories of the state, nationalism and identity, the politics of sport, representation and governance, and higher education policy and reform. His book on The Politics of UK Regulation: Between Tradition, Contingency and Crisis was published by Palgrave in 2016.

Programme Director of Aston Social Science Foundation Year

• LSS0WP The World of Modern Politics (Foundation in Social Science)
• LP1029 Introduction to Studying and Researching Politics
• LP3124 Sport and Politics
• LPM048 Philosophy of Social Science Research

• PG Diploma in Higher Education, Aston University (2019)
• PG Certificate in Higher Education, Aston University (2017)
• PGCE in Citizenship and Social Science, Sheffield Hallam University (2011)
• PhD in Politics, University of Sheffield (2011)
• MA in Research Methods in Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield (2007), with Distinction
• BA in Politics, University of Liverpool (2004) First Class Hons.

Danny is a co-founder of the Football Collective and co-convenor of the Political Studies Association Sport and Politics specialist group.

Danny is keen to supervise PhD students interested in the theory and practice of regulation, the politics of sport, representation and democracy, and British politics.