Michael F. Keating
Professor of International Political Economy
Contact:
Email: keatinm@richmond.ac.uk
School: School of Communications, Arts & Social Sciences
Research centre: The State, Power & Globalisation / Wellbeing Research
About
Prior to working at Richmond, Dr Keating taught in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick (2001 to 2006), in Politics and International Studies at Murdoch University, Western Australia (2000), and in Political Science at the University of Western Australia (1998-2000).
Dr Keating graduated with a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick in 2006. Previously, he studied Political Science at the University of Western Australia, graduating with a BA (1st Class Honours) in 1998, and an MA (by Research) in 2000. Dr Keating is a member of the Political Economy of Energy in Europe and Russia (PEEER) Steering Committee, and an Associate Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR), at the University of Warwick. He is also a member of BISA’s International Political Economy Group (IPEG) and BISA’s Africa and International Studies Working Group, the UK’s African Studies Association (ASAUK), the Royal African Society, the Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEAUK), and is a Global Development Network registered researcher.
Research interests
Dr Keating’s research interests revolve around globalisation, governance and development, particularly as this relates to “global best practices”. This project combines comparative and international political economy with public policy, and has a regional focus on Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Policy areas he works on include how developing states manage energy reform (electricity sector), central banking, financial sector reform, and tertiary education policy. Further research interests include economic crises, international institutions and inter-state infrastructure cooperation.
My PhD Thesis was titled ‘Global Best Practice(s) and Institutional Reform in Developing States: Central Banks and the Electricity Sector in Malaysia and Uganda’, and my MA Thesis ‘The IMF, the World Bank and the Political Economy of Development: Inconsistency in the 1990s’. I co-edited Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia, which was released by Palgrave Macmillan in March 2012. He is currently working on a co-authored textbook for Palgrave, titled ‘The Global Energy Challenge’, which will come out in mid-2015.
Dr Keating has served as a peer reviewer for the African Journal of Business Management, City Culture and Society, Democratization, Development and Change, Global Policy, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies, Journal of Global Ethics, Journal of International Development, Pacific Review, Political Studies, and Polity.
Teaching & learning
Dr Keating teaches at Richmond on the International Relations, Political Science, and Development Studies undergraduate degree programmes, and on the MA International Relations and International Development programmes.
Research outputs
- The Global Energy Challenge: Environment, Development and Security, Palgrave. Forthcoming (May 2015) (with C. Kuzemko and A. Goldthau)
- ‘Asia Catches Cold, Russia Sneezes: The Political Economy of Emerging Market Crises in 1997/1998’, in Fouskas, V. (ed.) The Politics of International Political Economy, Routledge, 2014.
- ‘The Policy Brief: Building Practical and Academic Skills in International Relations and Political Science’, in Politics, 2009, (29)3: 201-8; republished 2013 as a special ‘Virtual Edition’ on Teaching and Learning (with J.D. Boys).
- ‘Global Best Practices, National Innovation Systems, and Tertiary Education: A Critique of the World Bank’s Accelerating Catch-up (2009)’, in International Journal of Public Policy, 2012, 8(4/5/6): 251-65.
- ‘Can Democratization Undermine Democracy? Economic and Political Reform in Uganda’, in Crawford, G. and G. Lynch (eds.) Democratization in Africa: Challenges and Prospects, Routledge, 2012.
Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia, Palgrave, 2012 (co-edited with C. Kuzmeko, A. Goldthau, A. Belyi). - ‘Re-Thinking EU Energy Security: The Utility of Global Best Practices for Successful Transnational Energy Governance’, in Kuzemko, C., A. Goldthau, A. Belyi and M. Keating (eds.) Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia, Palgrave, 2012.
- ‘Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia: Introduction’ (with C. Kuzemko, A. Goldthau and A. Belyi) in Kuzemko, C., A. Goldthau, A. Belyi and M. Keating (eds.) Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia, Palgrave, 2012.
- ‘Can Democratization Undermine Democracy? Economic and Political Reform in Uganda’, in Democratization, 2011, 18(2): 415-42.
‘The Policy Brief: Building Practical and Academic Skills in International Relations and Political Science’, (with J.D. Boys) in Politics, 2009, 29(3): 201-8.
