John Loughlin (political scientist)

John Loughlin is a British-based academic and educator from Northern Ireland, and a noted specialist in European territorial politics. He spent several years as a Cistercian monk at Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey, Portglenone, Northern Ireland, where he carried out the usual studies for the priesthood in philosophy, theology and biblical studies.[1] He is currently Fellow and Tutor at St Edmund's College, where he is Director of the Von Hügel Institute, and a Senior Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies, both at the University of Cambridge.

He was previously Professor of Politics at Cardiff University, where he remains an Honorary Professor.[2] He received his doctorate (Doctor of Political and Social Sciences) in 1987 at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy for a thesis, Regionalism and ethnic nationalism in France: a case study of Corsica.[3]

Visiting Professorships and Senior Fellowships

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Publications

He is the author of the authoritative Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe,[4] and numerous other books and conference proceedings, published in several languages.

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Peer-reviewed periodical articles (selected)

References

  1. Profile, Von Hügel Institute webpage]; accessed 1 March 2014.
  2. Profile, highbeam.com; accessed 1 March 2014.
  3. "Regionalism and ethnic nationalism in France: a case study of Corsica", worldcat.org; accessed 1 March 2014.
  4. Loughlin, John, Frank Hendriks, and Anders Lidström. The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780199562978 OCLC 587229800
  5. WorldCat
  6. The End of the French Unitary State? Ten Years of Regionalization in France, worldcat.org; accessed 1 March 2014.

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