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Andrew has a PhD in American Political History (London Guildhall University), a BA (Hons) in American Studies and Politics (Keele University), and has taught at London Metropolitan University for almost thirty years. He is the Head of Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations. He is also a Professor of Politics and International Relations, a Senior Fellow of the HEA and a University Teaching Fellow.

Andrew has contributed to scholarly journals, such as 'Presidential Studies Quarterly', 'White House Studies', 'Diplomacy and Statecraft', 'Political Studies', 'Party Politics', and 'Democratization' (for which he was Book Reviews Editor for five years) and has appeared on BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN, the Voice of Russia, Bloomberg TV, and Faculti, as well as contributing to a variety of newspapers.

He has published book chapters on US politics, is co-author of the popular text book 'International Security Studies' (Routledge), and has also co-authored educational books, such as 'Help Your Kids with Study Skills' (Dorling Kindersley).

Andrew has been the recipient of the student-led award for ‘Most Inspirational Lecturer’ and London Metropolitan University’s Staff Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the University’. He was recently nominated for his 'Outstanding Commitment To An Inclusive Curriculum' and for 'Inspiring Leader Of The Year'.

He is also a Freeman of the City of London.

• Hough, P., Moran, A., Pilbeam, P. and Stokes, W., (2020) International
  Security Studies, 2 nd ed., Routledge.
• Moran, A. (2017) ‘Obama wasn’t weak on foreign policy’ - article in The
  Independent
• Moran, A. (2016) “Barack Obama and the Return of ‘Declinism’: Rebalancing
  American Foreign Policy in an Era of Multipolarity,” in Ashbee. E. and
  Dumbrell, J., The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Change, Palgrave.
• McGlinchey, S. and Moran, A. (2016) “Beyond the ‘Blank Check’: Arming the
  Shah of Iran during the Ford Administration,” Diplomacy and Statecraft.
• Moran, A., et. al. (2016) Help Your Kids with Study Skills, Dorling Kindersley.
• Hough, P., Moran, A., Pilbeam, P. and Stokes, W., (2015) International
  Security Studies, Routledge, Routledge.
• Moran, A. (2014) “A New Millennium” in The Children’s Encyclopaedia of
  American History, The Smithsonian/Dorling Kindersley.
• Moran, A. (2013) “Reassessing the ‘Accidental President’: Why Gerald Ford
  Mattered,” White House Studies, Summer.
• Moran, A. (2012) “Contemporary American Foreign Policy,” in Davies, P. and
  McKeever, R. Politics USA, Pearson.
• Moran, A., (2011) “More than a Caretaker: The Economic Policy of Gerald R.
  Ford,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, March.
• Moran, A. (2010), “Evolving Standards of Decency? The Death Penalty in the
  USA in 2008,” Amicus, Issue 21.
  Selected papers:
• ‘“About Bloody Time”’: Discussing menstruation with Politics and International
  Relations students’, presented at the Annual Learning and Teaching
  Conference, London Guildhall University, June 2019
• “Donald Trump and the End of the American Century”, presented at the
  Annual Conference of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies
  Association, St. Anne’s College, the University of Oxford, January 2018.
• ‘“To the Back of the Queue”: What Brexit Means to America’ presented at the
  Annual Conference of the American Politics Group of the Political Studies
  Association, University of Leicester, January 2017.
• “Be careful where you tread – raising student awareness of their digital
  footprint,” PSA Conference, University of the West of England, 2015.
• “Data Drenching and the Thirst for Knowledge: How BA International
  Relations students use the Internet,” BISA 40th Anniversary Conference,
  London, 2015.
• “Contextualising Ideas and Practices Through the use of Role Play,” the
  Learning and Teaching Conference, London Metropolitan University, July
  2013.
• “American Foreign Policy in an Era of Post-Unipolarity,” the University of the
  West of England, November 2012.
• “Deficit Politics During an Age of Stagflation”, the Institute for the Study of the
  Americas, the University of London, November 2010.
• “The Death Penalty during the Bush Presidency”, St. Anne’s College, the
  University of Oxford, March 2009.
• “Evolving Standards of Decency: The Death Penalty in the USA in 2008,” St.
  Anne’s College, the University of Oxford, January 2009, and available online
  at the Death Penalty Information Centre (USA).
• “A Cruel and Unusual Punishment? The Death Penalty in the USA since
  2001,” The Institute for the Study of the Americas, the University of London,
  January 2008.
• “The Caretaker President: Why Gerald Ford Mattered,” the University of
  Leicester, January 2007.

Andrew is a member of the Learning and Teaching Group of the British International Studies Association, which was founded in 2010 to promote scholarship and innovation in learning and teaching in international relations, and the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association. He is also a regular contributor to London Metropolitan University's Annual Teaching and Learning Conference.

Andrew has been a guest lecturer for the Political Studies Association, British Association of American Studies and the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. He regularly contributes to the ‘Congress to Campus’ programme organised by the Rothermere American Institute and the Eccles Centre at the British Library.

He has served on degree validation panels at the University of Northamptonshire, Middlesex University, Coventry University, and the American College in Thessaloniki, and has been an external examiner at the University of the West of England, Northumbria University, and Ruskin College, Oxford.

Andrew has appeared on BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN, the Voice of Russia, Bloomberg TV, and Faculti, as well as contributing to a variety of newspapers (e.g. On a No-Deal Brexit, on US-China relations and on the likelihood of a US-UK trade deal).

Professor Andrew Moran
Head of Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations
a.moran@londonmet.ac.uk