Biography

DR Mark Field

• Qualifications: PhD in European Politics; MA in Public Administration; PG Dip Social Research Methods; BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics; Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
• Role Title: Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy; Course Leader for Masters in Public Administration (MPA).
• Address: Milldam, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hants PO1 3AS
• Telephone: 023 9284 2163
• Email: mark.field@port.ac.uk
• Department: School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

SUMMARY

I started my academic career with a Masters in Public Administration (MPA).  Following this, I was awarded an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship and undertook a Ph.D on the Transparency of Expertise in European Union Policy-making.   I was appointed as a Lecturer in Public Policy in 2014 and took on the role of MPA course leader the following year. 

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

At postgraduate level, I coordinate the unit ‘Comparative Public Policy and Administration’.  This applies a range of theoretical perspectives to case studies drawn from the students’ own professional background.  At undergraduate level, I co-ordinate the unit ‘Analysing Politics: Britain and beyond’. This is a first year programme designed to introduce key political concepts by applying them to contemporary political topics.  I also contribute to the undergraduate units ‘Political Thought’; 'Policy in Action; and ‘End of the European Order’.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I have a number of distinct research interests.  Since completing my PhD, I have published on transparency at the EU institutions, with a particular focus on the role of Civil Society Organisations as both advocates for, and users of, institutional e-transparency.

As a member of the University’s Faculty-funded Research Project ‘Transnational Civil Society’, I research the structure and practices of Civil Society Groups in the EU’s policy-making process.  In addition, I am conducting a research project as part of the University’s Jean Monet Centre of Excellence for the Study of Transnational Europe.  This examines the way that British Civil Society Organisations are adapting their working practices to accommodate changes necessitated through the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.  I am currently planning a UK based project looking at the  role and contribution of the Bishops in the House of Lords (The 'Lords Spiritual').  

PHD RESEARCH SUPERVISION 

I  welcome PhD proposals on topics related to transparency, accountability, corruption/anti-corruption, higher education policy and the role of civil society groups in policy-making. 

I have previously supervised: 

• Thi Nguyen (as first supervisor).  Thu researched the internationalisation of higher education in Vietnam (awarded Dec 18).

I am currently supervising:

• Sivar Haji (as first supervisor).  Sivar’s research project analyses accountability in the healthcare system in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Daniel Neat (as first supervisor).  Daniel's project analyses the process through which the UK Higher Education sector is adapting to British withdrawal from the EU.
• Xi Li (as first supervisor).  Xi’s research looks at educational agents’ perspectives of Chinese students who choose to study in the UK.
• Julia Purcell (as second supervisor).  Julia's project analyses the efficacy of Universal Basic Income systems.
• Milan Kreuschitz (as second supervisor).  Milan is looking at public/private partnerships in the European Union since 2000
• Nandor Revesz (as third supervisor). Nandor is analsying the work of the European Parliamentary Research Service