Jane Kirkpatrick
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- Qualifications:
- BA(Hons), MSc, PhD
- Position:
- Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
- Department:
- HAS - Health and Social Sciences
- Telephone:
- +441179656261
- Email:
- Jane.Kirkpatrick@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Jane is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research focuses on civil society, international state-building, UK parliamentary politics, and the role of popular culture in teaching and learning. She is particularly interested in how civic actors engage with institutions of power, and how these relationships are shaped by conflict, external intervention, and changing political opportunities.
Jane teaches across Politics and International Relations, with a focus on resistance, civil society, and UK parliamentary processes. She leads UWE’s Parliamentary Studies module, delivered in partnership with the UK Parliament. In 2024, she was awarded UWE’s Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Development Award for the project Civil society and UK select committees: exploring engagement and impact through climate and environmental issues.
An ongoing strand of Jane’s research explores how videogames can be used as tools for teaching and learning in International Relations. She is interested in how games can engage students with issues including counter-insurgency, civilian experiences of conflict, resistance, and digital literacy. In 2022, she received the British International Studies Association Learning and Teaching Grant for her project Unlocking the potential for videogames as a tool for teaching international studies, which included classroom-based interventions and critical student reflections.
Her doctoral research examined how international state-building interventions shape civil society and grassroots political activism. Drawing on the cases of Vetëvendosje in Kosovo and the civil society organisation Afghanistan 1400, she explored how international actors influence the development and strategic choices of local political movements.
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