International Political Communication, Advocacy and Campaigning MSc: Who teaches this course

• Staff teaching on this course

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences teaches this course. Students benefit from a lively study environment, thanks to the wide range of postgraduate courses on offer.

Programmes cover everything from English literature and music to human rights and politics.

The Faculty provides a vibrant and forward-thinking environment for study with:

• courses designed in collaboration with industry professionals – keeping you up to date with the latest developments;
• established connections with the London arts and media scene – with a range of guest speakers, professors and lecturers visiting the University; and
• committed and enthusiastic staff – many of whom are expert practitioners as well as leading academics and researchers.

The Faculty's combination of academics and practitioners makes it a unique environment in which to further your studies and your career.

Where is the Faculty based? Most students are based at the University's Penrhyn Road campus, with our music and education courses taught at the Kingston Hill campus.

Anita Howarth

Anita worked for over ten years as a journalist on national and professional publications before entering academia. She has a masters degree in politics from Birkbeck College (University of London) and is currently completing a PhD in the intersections of media and public policy in the area of GM food at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Anita's research interests include the role of the media in public policy especially in areas of food policy, environmental policy and foreign policy. She is also developing a research expertise in political communication in South Africa.

Dr Robin Pettitt

Dr Robin Pettitt's research focuses on political organisations that serve as conduits between civil society and the state, particularly political parties. His interests have been largely based on national politics, but he is moving into the politics of representation at the EU level. Robin also has an interest in the uses and abuses of marketing techniques in politics and in research methodology.

Philip Spencer

Title: Associate Dean
Email: p.spencer@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects:

• Nationalism
• Politics in Eastern Europe
• The Holocaust

Recent publications:

• 'Marxism and the Shoah: Behind and Beyond Silence' in Re-presenting The Shoah for the 21st century, R. Lentin (ed.), (Berghahn Books, 2003)
• Nationalism: A Critical Introduction, ed. with Howard Wollman (Sage, 2002)
• 'Civic Nations, Civic Nationalism and the Problem of Migration' in Migration and Mobility: The European Context, A. Showstack Sassoon and S. Ghatak (eds.), (Palgrave, 2001)

Professor Brian Brivati

Title: Director of graduate studies
Email: b.brivati@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects:

• History of human rights especially genocide in the 20th century
• Contemporary history
• British political history from 1867
• Political biography

Recent publications:

• John Smith's Legacy (Progress, 2004)
• 'Internationalism' in The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thoughts Since 1945, ed. R. Plant (et al), (Routledge, 2004)
• The End of Decline (Fabian Review, 2003)

Brian Cathcart

Title: Senior lecturer
Email: b.cathcart@kingston.ac.uk 

Professional experience: Author and former foreign editor of The Independent. Read more.

Recent publications:

• Jill Dando: Her Life and Death (Penguin, 2000)
• The Case of Stephen Lawrence (Viking, 1999)
• Were You Still Up For Portillo (Penguin, 1997)