Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University
Alex is French and Greek, grew up in Brussels and has lived in England almost continuously since 1997. He completed his academic studies at the University of Kent in Economics (BA), International Relations and European Studies (MA), and Politics and Government with some Theology and Religious Studies (PhD).
Before joining Loughborough University in 2010, he worked for the University of Kent and for Canterbury Christ Church University. He has a keen interest in pedagogical innovations, and publishes top essays from his students on Socratic Hive: https://socratichive.wordpress.com/.
His research interests include: religious (especially Christian) anarchism and pacifism; Leo Tolstoy's political thought; anarchist and anarcho-pacifist theory; religion and politics (national and international); political violence and non-violence; and more generally political and ethical theory, international political thought, and political theology.
Ukraine: nonviolent resistance is a brave and often effective response to aggression
Mar 07, 2022 11:06 am UTC| Politics
Responses to the Russian invasion have been swift. Thousands of people both in Ukraine and abroad are enlisting to fight against the odds. Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are being forcibly mobilised. An...
Stop calling coronavirus pandemic a 'war'
Apr 08, 2020 12:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In speeches, commentaries and conversations about the coronavirus pandemic, we keep hearing war-like metaphors being deployed. It happens explicitly (we are at war, blitz spirit, war cabinet) and implicitly (threat,...
Think the world's in a mess? Here are four things you can do about it
Nov 16, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Brexit. Trump. Climate change. The financial system. The arms trade. Hardliners. You name it, its causing anxiety. The state of the world upsets you, but what can you, a poor little meaningless individual lost in a...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do