Professor Clare McManus
- Professor of Central and East European Studies (Political & International Studies)
- Dean for Global Engagement (External Relations)
telephone:
01413302849
email:
Clare.McManus@glasgow.ac.uk
R302 Level 3, Cees, 8 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ
Research interests
Research Interests
Internationalisation of Higher Education
Erasmus+
- Internationalisation of higher education
- Erasmus+
- Democratisation of higher education (Poland)
- Civil societies and states in Central and Eastern Europe
- Policy-making within the European Union in the aftermath of EU enlargement
- Democratic consolidation
Research groups
- Central & East European Studies
Grants
Research Projects
2011 - 2018 – Author of the bid for Erasmus Mundus recognition of the International Master Russian, Central and East European Studies double degree programme. Award: €4.7 million
2012 to 2016 – Co-author (with Professor Richard Berry) of 2 bids to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to fund the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES). Awards: £600,000.
2001 - 2003 - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) award 'Poland's Third Transition: Beyond 2001 (R/000/22/365) with Professor William L Miller, Professor Radoslaw Markowski and Professor Jacek Wasilewski.
Supervision
I have successfully supervised these PhD students to completion:
- Laura Cashman, Integrating Romani communities in the Czech Republic: an analysis of policy implementation at the local level (with Dr Jan Culik)
- Dae Soon Kim, A Political Biography of Arpad Gonz: Hungary's First Post-Communist President (with Professor Terry Cox)
- Jackie Kirkham, Sexual and reproductive health services in Romania and the Republic of Moldova: contexts, actors, challenges (with Professor Rebecca Kay)
- Kinga Komorowska, The Impact of EU Membership on Domestic Regional Policy (with Professor Richard Berry)
- Olga Mausch-Dębowska, Local government and civil society in a post-socialist city: a case study of Poznań (with Professor Ronan Paddison, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)
- Amy Watson, Every day gendered experiences of welfare and neoliberalism in the Czech Republic (with Professor Rebecca Kay)
External PhD Examiner
- 2013 External PhD Examiner, University of Durham.
- 2008 External PhD Examiner, University of Sussex
Additional information
Roles
Within Central and East European Studies:
Postgraduate Programme Leader
- MSc in Russian, Central and East European Studies
- MRes in Russian, Central and East European Studies
Beyond Central and East European Studies:
- Co-Director, Language Based Area Studies Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES) (since 2010)
- Member of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies
- Member of the Universities UK International Outward Student Mobility(2014 - present)
- External Examiner for School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (2015 - 2018)
- Adviser of Studies, MA Social Sciences.
- College International Dean, College of Social Sciences
Able to comment for the media on:
- Poland in the European Union
- Internationalisation of Higher Education
- Erasmus+