Welcome to martincoward.net

This is the site for Dr Martin Coward.

Here you can find information regarding my research, publications and teaching.

I also write a sporadic blog, with updates on current projects and teaching as well as critical commentary on events and/or issues that are on my mind.

About me

I am a senior lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University. Prior to working at Newcastle, I was a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex. I completed a PhD at Newcastle (via Keele), an MA at Essex and a BA at Kent.

My most recent book is Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction (which is now available in paperback). In Urbicide, I examined the widespread destruction of cities in the post-Cold War era, especially in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. My current research investigates the relationship between cities, security and contemporary warfare: what I have referred to as the ‘urbanisation of security’. More broadly, my research interests are in political violence, security, global urbanisation, identity, community and poststructuralist international political theory. My work reflects on, and is inflected by, thinkers such as Martin Heidegger, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and William Connolly.

I currently teach courses on security, identity, international relations and film. I supervise doctoral students in areas associated with my research and teaching (but I am especially interested in supervising projects on global urbanisation, violence and poststructuralist international political theory). Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss whether I can supervise your project.

You can find a brief CV giving details of my qualifications, publications and courses taught here.