Dr Adam Fusco
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Adam Fusco's research and teaching focuses on topics in the History of Ideas and Modern Political Theory. Adam's research concentrates on the history of Irish political thought and the intellectual development of constitutional and territorial politics in Britain and Ireland, particularly throughout the 20th century. His present work examines the development of Ulster and British Unionist political thinking during the Northern Ireland Troubles.

Adam's research interests also include the politics of national self-determination, secession and republican political thought more generally.

Adam holds a PhD and Master's degree from the University of York in Politics, and a BA in Modern History and Politics from Queen's University Belfast.

Research

Overview

Adam’s research concentrates on the following areas:

History of Ideas
Political Theory
Constitutional status of Northern Ireland
Ulster Unionist Political Thought
Irish Republican and Nationalist Political Thought
Irish/UK/British Constitutional and Territorial Politics
Civic/Neo-Republicanism
Secession
National Self-Determination

I would be happy to receive PhD applications on these or related topics.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Constitutional and Territorial Ideologies in Britain and Ireland
Theories of the State
Introduction to Political Theory: State, Liberty and Revolution

Publications

Selected publications

(2022) 'Northern Ireland Independence Revisited', Nations and Nationalism, 1–17.
(2020) 'Is Irish Reunification Republican?' in C. Fischer & A. Mahon (Ed.) Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland. London: Routledge.

Full publications list

Beyond Defiance, Dublin Review of Books, Issue 155, June 2024.
The Good Friday Agreement 25 Years on and the 'Test' of the Alliance Party, Slugger O'Toole, April 2023.
A Step Change in Sinn Féin Strategy: Lessons Learned from the SNP Playbook?, Slugger O'Toole, May 2022.
Neither British nor Irish Rule: Arguments for Independence in Unionist Political Thought, LSE British Politics and Policy, December 2021.
Explaining Unionist Crises: The Protocol and the idea of Northern Ireland Independence, Writing the Troubles, December 2021.
Ireland has a Strange Relationship with the word ‘Republican’, Irish Times, 5 March 2020.
(2014) ‘After the Referendum: Why it can’t be Business as Usual’, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy, 22 (1-2), pp.38-46.

Dr Adam Fusco Lecturer