Dr Alex Miles
Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: A.Miles@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 5940
Director of Humanities and Social Science
Alex is the Director of the school of Humanities and Social Science, providing leadership of a vibrant range of subject areas (Criminology, English, History, Media, Communication and Culture, Sociology) and a portfolio of degrees from Foundation entry, through to undergraduate and post-graduate level.
His research interests lie primarily in the field of contemporary US foreign policy and, particularly, the approach to international affairs adopted by the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. His work on this topic is the subject of a monograph, The Rise of the Rogue States Doctrine, which is published by Routledge.
With an interest, more broadly, in US Foreign policy and presidential power from the Cold War to the present day Alex has taught previously at the universities of Southampton and Salford and been a visiting public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
Alex is willing to supervise doctoral candidates on issues relating to post-1945 US Politics and foreign policy or topics on specific presidents in the Cold War and post-Cold War era.
Degrees
2010, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PGCERT Higher Education
2009, University of Salford, United Kingdom, PhD
2003, Keele University, United Kingdom, MA US History & Politics
2001, Keele University, United Kingdom, LLB Law & American Studies
Certifications
2010, Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the HEA
Academic appointments
External Examiner, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014 - present
Books (authored)
Miles A. 2012. US Foreign Policy and the Rogue State Doctrine Routledge 9780415679749 DOI Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Liverpool John Moores University, Redmonds Building, Brexit in a changing Geopolitical Context, 'Not so special anymore? US-UK Relations ad the threat of Brexit. 2017
Research Grants Awarded:
Duration of research project: 1 year, Grant value (£): 1500, UACES, Carlo Panara, Rex Li, Matt Hill, David Lowe, Brexit in a changing Geopolitical Context Funds awarded to host conference. 2017
Duration of research project: 3, Grant value (£): 500, British International Studies Association, US and Rogue States.
Other invited event:
LSE, London, 'Obama and the Outlier States' presentation, BISA US Foreign Policy Working Group Conference. 2014
School of Law, LJMU, Roundtable discussion of US response to the Arab Spring, Arab Spring, Two Years on. 2014
University of Birmingham, ‘The Invisible Man: Anthony Lake and Democratic Party foreign policy’ paper presented., BISA US Foreign Policy Working Group Conference. 2013
School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, Invited lecture on 'Policymaking in the Shadows: Anthony Lake, from Vietnam to National Security Advisor’., Research Seminar Series, Durham University. 2013
Institute for the Study of Americas, London, 'US Foreign Policy and the Rogue States doctrine’, Panel and Book Launch, with Professor Inderjeet Parmar and Professor John Dumbrell., Book Launch. 2013
Harvard University, USA, 'Clinton, Bush and the Rogue States Doctrine’ paper presented, IJAS Conference. 2011
Award:
Woodrow Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Public Policy Scholar. 2011
Fellowships:
Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Washington, D.C., USA, Public Policy scholar in residence, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/alex-miles. 2011
Teaching qualification:
PG CERT HE. 2010