Martin Heneghan

Contact

• workRoom B12 Law and Social Sciences Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 74 84098
• Martin.Heneghan@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the School of Sociology and Sociology as Assistant Professor in Public and Social Policy in October 2021. Prior to this I was a Research Fellow for the ESRC's UK in a Changing Europe initiative at the University of Nottingham researching the impact of Brexit on financial services. Before this I worked as an impact associate at the University of Sheffield, where I completed my ESRC-funded PhD.

I am currently the programme convenor for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and the MA in Global Social and Public Policy.

Teaching Summary

I currently convene two modules: International Organisations and Global Governance (SOCI4110) and Investigating Social Policy (SOCI4067).

I have also taught across a broad range of modules including Welfare Policy, Policy Analysis Concepts and Theories, Why do Policies Fail and Research Methods and Research Management.

I have research expertise in elite interview and so deliver a masterclass on this advanced qualitative method to the University of Nottingham's Reseacher Academy.

Research Summary

My research sits at the intersection of political economy, public policy and economic geography. I am interested in how advanced capitalist democracies are using industrial policy to meet a series of… read more

Current Research

My research sits at the intersection of political economy, public policy and economic geography. I am interested in how advanced capitalist democracies are using industrial policy to meet a series of challenges including climate change, regional inequalities, low productivity, supply shocks and the emerging ruptures caused by AI.

Prior to this, my research was on Brexit and its impact on the service sector. It was during this research I developed an interest in contemporary social divisions and how they are leading to a rise in support for populist political parties, particularly on the right, and intense political polarisation. I am interested in how the knowledge economy has shaped this polarisation both culturally through the expansion of higher education, and spatially, with knowledge economies increasingly characterised by the concentration of high-value economic activity in a small number of places.

My research career began with my PhD, which analysed the role of international organisations in shaping national public policies. I explored a battle between the World Bank and International Labour Organization to shape national pension policies.