Hello. I'm Sarah Marsden, a Lecturer in the department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.
I have a slightly unusual disciplinary background: I began my academic journey with a degree in Philosophy and English Literature (Liverpool), moving on to study Psychology and then Forensic Psychology (Middlesex) at postgraduate level, before completing a PhD in International Relations (St Andrews).
Before I joined Lancaster, I was a Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, and a Research Fellow, also at St Andrews, and before that, a Research Associate at Middlesex University, as well as teaching for the Open University and Middlesex University on their psychology programmes.
Somewhat unsurprisingly given my background, I'm committed to interdisciplinary research. My research draws on psychology, sociology, politics, international relations, and history, bringing together a range of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools to explore particular questions in innovative and interesting ways.
So what questions am I interested in? Primarily, my research looks at contentious politics. In exploring this broad field, I have examined the political, social, and cultural outcomes of political violence in the Middle East; the losses and gains achieved by different sides in the 'Global War on Terror'; the individual processes associated with disengagement from violence; and the ideological and cultural constraints that influence the form and subject of violence. I'm also interested in the relationship between space, place and protest, and how the urban environment influences the shape of activism in cities.
You can read more about my research here, and see some of my publications here.
When I'm not writing or teaching, I'm normally on the beach or in the Scottish hills with Willow. That's him there, in his element.
I have a slightly unusual disciplinary background: I began my academic journey with a degree in Philosophy and English Literature (Liverpool), moving on to study Psychology and then Forensic Psychology (Middlesex) at postgraduate level, before completing a PhD in International Relations (St Andrews).
Before I joined Lancaster, I was a Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, and a Research Fellow, also at St Andrews, and before that, a Research Associate at Middlesex University, as well as teaching for the Open University and Middlesex University on their psychology programmes.
Somewhat unsurprisingly given my background, I'm committed to interdisciplinary research. My research draws on psychology, sociology, politics, international relations, and history, bringing together a range of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools to explore particular questions in innovative and interesting ways.
So what questions am I interested in? Primarily, my research looks at contentious politics. In exploring this broad field, I have examined the political, social, and cultural outcomes of political violence in the Middle East; the losses and gains achieved by different sides in the 'Global War on Terror'; the individual processes associated with disengagement from violence; and the ideological and cultural constraints that influence the form and subject of violence. I'm also interested in the relationship between space, place and protest, and how the urban environment influences the shape of activism in cities.
You can read more about my research here, and see some of my publications here.
When I'm not writing or teaching, I'm normally on the beach or in the Scottish hills with Willow. That's him there, in his element.
