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Robert Dickinson

Mr Robert Dickinson

Research Assistant (SPICES)
E: r.dickinson@sussex.ac.uk
T: 07380667211
Location: Arts C329, University of Sussex, BN1 9QF

Areas of expertise: Geopolitics, international relations, international development

Research areas: The far-right, US politics, African politics, authoritarianism, neoliberalism, the SDGs, corruption, geopolitics

Other relevant positions: Research Officer – ACPED, PhD Candidate in International Relations

Preferred gender pronouns: He/him

Biography

Robert is an international relations, geography, international development, and policy professional with six years professional and six years academic experience in research, management, teaching, communication, and project management/administration.

He is currently leading the African Cabinet and Political Elite Data project, assisting the Scaling-up Packages of Interventions for Cardiovascular disease prevention in selected sites in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa (SPICES) project, and researching how the Trump Administration may fit into historical patterns of neoliberalism as a candidate for a PhD in International Relations.

Robert is also pursuing an independent project alongside Tom Cowin examining PragerU as a far-right institution and media producer as well as broader questions regarding how the far-right is functionally radicalising people and manipulating new media sources to do so.

Research

Neoliberalism, coloniality, the far-right, neo-nazi movements, radicalization, the United States, the United Kingdom, contemporary politics, Africa, authoritarianism, democratization, social network theory, political violence, political science, economics, international development, trade, selectorate theory, autocratic ministerial shuffling and ethnic representation.

Teaching

International relations, international development, geography, sociology, politics, policy, economics, environmental studies, feminism, socialism, colonialism, gender studies, marxism.

Selected publications

The Kids are Alt-Right: An Introduction to PragerU and its role in Radicalization in the United States [forthcoming]

African Cabinet and Political Elite Data Version 2 [forthcoming]

SDG Indicator Localisation: The case of CIMA in Peru [forthcoming]

Critical Race Theory: the Role of PragerU and the Far-Right in the Construction of a Contemporary Moral Panic [forthcoming]

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