Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Brighton
Dr Aidan McGarry is a Principal Lecturer in Politics and the Subject Leader for Politics in the School of Applied Social Science. Since joining the University of Brighton (UoB) in 2008, he has been awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2010, a University Research Sabbatical in 2012 and a 'Rising Star' award in 2014. In 2011, he conducted research at the European Centre for Minority Issues and in 2013 he spent his sabbatical at Columbia University, New York at the Department of Government as a Visiting Scholar. He chairs the UoB's Social Movement Network which convenes monthly research seminars and is on the organising committee of the Political Studies Association conference to be held in Brighton in 2016. In 2011-12, he chaired an Independent Scrutiny Panel on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council for the creation of a Traveller Strategy. The panel won a national prize for innovation at the Scrutiny Awards.
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