Dr Matthew Moran
Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS)
Department of War Studies
King's College London
StrandBridge House
London WC2R 2LS
Email: matthew.moran@kcl.ac.uk
Research Interests
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Nuclear issues with particular reference to France and Iran
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French politics and society
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Urban violence and the sociology of riots
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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Biography
Matthew Moran is a Research Associate at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He is currently working on a MacArthur-funded postdoctoral project that explores the relationship between nuclear weapons, nationalism and identity and how these issues impact on policy-making.
Before taking up his current fellowship, Matthew was based at the International Centre for Security Analysis (ICSA) where he worked on issues relating to nuclear non-proliferation in South-East Asia and North Africa. In this position, he also gained expertise in open source intelligence methodology and practice.
Matthew studied for a BA (Hons) and MA at the National University of Ireland, Galway before being awarded a doctorate at University College London. His doctoral project explored the nature and causes of the riots that occurred in French suburbs in 2005 and 2007. The project was based on qualitative field-work carried out in Paris and examined issues relating to identity as well as the links between national projections of unity and localized realities of disunity. Matthew has previously been employed as a Teaching Fellow at University College London and as a Lecturer at the University of Southampton.
Matthew was recently awarded an Innovation Fellowship by King's Business. The fellowship is aimed at promoting innovation through research.
Doctoral Supervision
Dr Moran is happy to offer doctoral supervision in the following areas:
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Nuclear proliferation, non-proliferation and counter-proliferation
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The relationship between nuclear programmes (civil or military) and questions of nationalism and identity
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Nuclear policy in the Middle East
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The history and politics of Iran’s nuclear programme
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Nuclear issues (civil or military) in the context of France
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French politics and society
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The sociology and politics of riots
Teaching
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Proliferation and International Security
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Open Source Intelligence: Theory, Collection, Analysis and Management
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Contemporary French Politics
Recent Publications
For a full list of publications, please see: Dr Matthew Moran - publications