Dr Pier-Luc Dupont Picard

• Identity Politics: Examining the Inclusion of Religio-political Identity into Nigeria’s modern democracy (cyfredol)

  PhD

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Krijn Peters

• Low-skilled Migrant Workers in Thailand: A Nexus of Human Security and Human Rights. (cyfredol)

  PhD

  Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Alan Collins

• HUP309 The Philosophy and Politics of Identity

  This module examines how identity operates at an individual, collective and institutional level. In so doing, it explores key concepts concerning personal and group identity, such as authenticity, oppression and recognition. Among other things, students will consider the meaning and value of having identities, how these identities are constructed and challenged, and how they can be accommodated within modern, diverse societies. Students will engage with theoretical debates about self-respect, essentialism and multiculturalism, and their implications for contemporary politics.

• PO-131A Introduction to Politics

  This module introduces students to the core concepts, and intellectual and practical skills essential to the successful study of Politics and offers an opportunity to develop them by wrestling with big Politics questions. It primarily aims to give a grounding in the topics at the core of Politics, and equips students to navigate successfully within the field. The module also aims to improve students¿ practical academic skills, including how to find and use sources, read texts critically, and write to scholarly academic standards.

• PO-245 The History of Political Thought

  This module examines the history of political thought in the West, as it has developed through key political thinkers. In so doing, it traces the development of core political concepts and values, such as democracy, freedom and rights. The course thus has two main aims. First, to provide students with an understanding of pivotal political thinkers and their works. Second, to equip students with an appreciation of how the history of political thought has shaped the current political landscape. The module is designed to enrich the topics covered in the first-year module Political Philosophy by placing them within a historical context.

• PO-246 The History of Political Thought

  This module examines the history of political thought in the West, as it has developed through key political thinkers. In so doing, it traces the development of core political concepts and values, such as democracy, freedom and rights. The module thus has two main aims. First, to provide students with an understanding of pivotal political thinkers and their works. Second, to equip students with an appreciation of how the history of political thought has shaped the current political landscape. The module is designed to enrich the topics covered in the first-year module Political Philosophy by placing them within a historical context.

• PO-3121 Parliamentary Studies

  Parliamentary Studies is delivered in partnership between the Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations and Parliamentary officials from the Westminster Parliament Education Outreach Team. Swansea is one of only twenty-four universities in the UK sanctioned to provide this module, with the support of the Clerks of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. This module aims to equip students with academic and practical knowledge and skills around the UK Parliament, including detailed insights of the workings of Parliament and its relations with other parliamentary institutions. While Parliament remains a key body in the development and safeguarding of democracy in the UK, its functioning has also been subject to debate. It was at the heart of debates over the nature of the relationship between the executive and the legislature, the role of political parties, the reform of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the theory and practice of parliamentary behavior, representation, and accountability. The UK¿s previous membership of the European Union has also stimulated debates over sovereignty of a pre- and post-Brexit UK. Similarly, devolution has stimulated discussions over Parliament¿s role in making laws across a multi-level polity. This module seeks to engage with these and other issues. Teaching includes tuition both by lecturers in the department and parliamentary staff as well as a field trip to the UK Parliament. The module emphasizes significant and active learning through a combination of traditional lecture-elements with seminar- and small-group activities and exchanges with practitioners like parliamentary clerks.

Mae Pier-Luc wedi trefnu nifer o ddigwyddiadau rhanddeiliaid a oedd yn cynnwys gweithredwyr lleol, cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol, cynrychiolwyr undebau llafur, llunwyr polisi ac ymarferwyr cyfreithiol. Mae wedi darparu cipddarluniau o'i ganfyddiadau ymchwil yng nghyd-destun galwadau seneddol am dystiolaeth ar hawliau dynol yn y gwaith (2023) a phrofiad pobl ifanc o'r amgylchedd adeiledig (2024); Hyb Etholiad 24 a grëwyd gan Academi y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol cyn etholiad cyffredinol 2024; cyfarfodydd grŵp bach gyda'r Farwnes Thangam Debonnaire (AS ar y pryd) a Rapporteur Arbennig y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau Dynol Mudwyr; gweithdy gyda'r elusen ffoaduriaid ACH; a chyfweliad â chylchgrawn Wired. Bu hefyd yn trafod materion amrywiaeth ac addysg grefyddol ochr yn ochr â Phrif Swyddog Addysg Eglwys Loegr yn Sioe Ysgolion ac Academïau 2023 yn Llundain.

• Urban space perceptions and everyday youth intergroup contact

  Mehefin 2025

  Uwchgynhadledd Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Gyswllt Rhyngwladol, Prifysgol Rhydychen

• Secularism as equality of religious and non-religious beliefs in British education politics

  Mai 2025

  Sesiwn ar y cyd y Consortiwm Ewropeaidd am Ymchwil Wleidyddol, Prifysgol Charles ym Mhrag

• From the national curriculum to school inspections? Rethinking the decolonisation of history learning in England

  Ebrill 2024

  33ain Gynhadledd Flynyddol y Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Ethnigrwydd a Chenedlaetholdeb. Prifysgol Caeredin

• The anti-racist critique of multiculturalism after neoliberalism

  Mawrth 2024

  74ain Gynhadledd Ryngwladol y Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Gwleidyddol. Prifysgol Strathclyde, Glasgow.

• Exploring ethno-religious segregation and mixing in urban spaces through participatory photography

  Rhagfyr 2023

  Cyfres Seminarau Cymunedol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol, Prifysgol Abertawe.

• How space shapes adolescents’ contact with ethno-cultural ‘others’

  Medi 2023

  Cynhadledd Flynyddol Cymdeithas Ymchwil Addysg Prydain, Prifysgol Aston, Birmingham.

• An intergroup model of place identity and contract

  Awst 2023

  17eg Symposiwm Rhyngwladol y Rhwydwaith Rhyngwladol ar gyfer Seicoleg Heddwch, Prifysgol Pécs (Hwngari).

• Conceptions of (in)equality in minority religious organisations’ political claims

  Gorffennaf 2023

  Cynhadledd Flynyddol Grŵp Astudio Cymdeithas Gymdeithasegol Prydain ar Gymdeithaseg Crefydd: Crefydd a phŵer, Prifysgol Bryste.

• Understanding the facilitators and inhibitors of youth intergroup contact in divided societies

  Mehefin 2023

  Cyfarfod Grŵp Bach Cymdeithas Seicoleg Gymdeithasol Ewrop. Prifysgol y Frenhines Belfast.

• Diversity politics in the UK: Combining multiculturalism, interculturalism and cosmopolitanism

  Ebrill 2023

  32ain Gynhadledd Flynyddol y Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Ethnigrwydd a Chenedlaetholdeb. Prifysgol Loughborough.