Simon Sweeney
Dr Simon Sweeney is a Professor of International Political Economy in the School for Business and Society at the University of York.
Early life
Sweeney completed a Master of Arts in Linguistics and ELT at the University of York in 1990 and later a PhD in EU common security and defence policy at the University of Leeds in 2015.Lecturing
Simon Sweeney is Professor of International Political Economy and Business in the School for Business and Society at York. He was formerly at Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, and York St. John University. He lectures in IPE and International Business.Writing
Sweeney's writing includes work on European integration, security and defence, and on pedagogy. He is the author of 'Europe, the State and Globalisation' now extensively re-written and updated as 'European Union in the Global Context'.He is widely published on Higher Education and internationalisation, the European Higher Education Area, and the Bologna Process. He also writes on HE pedagogy, and the student experience. His research is mostly on the European Union, and security and defence. He writes for various thinktanks, especially UK in a Changing Europe and the DCU Brexit Institute.
He has written reports on the internationalisation of higher education, the European Higher Education Area and the Bologna Process, available from the Higher Education Academy.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Certified Management and Business Educator.
Selected publications
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