Christopher Huggins

Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Student Experience | Associate Professor in Politics

University of Suffolk

I am Associate Professor in Politics and Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Student Experience at the University of Suffolk.

I am also co-editor for Contemporary European Politics.

Interests

Local government EU engagement
Post-Brexit fisheries policy
Subnational politics

Education

PhD in European Politics, 2015

University of Portsmouth

Recent Posts

Jan 15, 2021 2 min read

Developing your online profile: A session for PhD students and early career scholars

Slides from my session on ‘Developing Your Online Profile’ session given as part of the University of Suffolk Graduate School’s Researcher Development Programme

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Dec 15, 2020 2 min read

Block teaching bibliography

A live bibliography of research into block teaching in higher education

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May 6, 2019 6 min read

Interpreting local election results

The quirks of local elections and an ever decreasing number of councillors means we should avoid assessing parties’ performance on the basis of seats won or lost

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Apr 24, 2019 4 min read

The UK's biggest fishing vessels

Is Kirkella really the ‘UK’s biggest fishing trawler’ and does vessel size matter in the Brexit and fishing debate?

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Dec 14, 2018 4 min read

Did EU regional spending affect the Brexit referendum?

Summary of my latest article published in Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Recent Publications

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van der Zwet, A., Connolly, J., Huggins, C., & McAngus, C. (2023). Network resilience and EU fisheries policy engagement in third countries: Lessons for post-Brexit governance. British Journal of Poltics and International Relations, 25(1), 121-138.

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Connolly, J., van der Zwet, A., Huggins, C., & McAngus, C. (2022). The governance capacities of Brexit from a Scottish perspective: The case of fisheries policy. Public Policy and Administration, 37(3), 342-362.

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van der Zwet, A., Connolly, J., Huggins, C., & McAngus, C. (2022). Brexit and the Common Fisheries Policy: opportunities for multi-level differentiated (dis)integration?. In B. Leruth, S. Gänzle, & J. Trondal (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union (pp. 310-324). Routledge.

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Flinders, M., & Huggins, C. (2020). Modes of state governance, populist pressures and public sector reform. In J. Connolly and A. van der Zwet (eds.), Public value management, governance and reform in Britain (pp. 87-114). Palgrave Macillan.

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Huggins, C. (2020). Channel Arc. In B. Wassenberg & B. Reitel (eds.), Critical Dictionary on Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation and European Integration (pp. 172-176). Peter Lang.

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Huggins, C., Barnard, C., Barnes, R., Beukers-Stewart, B., Bevington, M., Carpenter, G., Connolly, J., McAngus, C., Menon, A., van der Zwet, A., Rutter, J., & Cheung, A. (2020). Fisheries and Brexit.

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Huggins, C., Connolly, J., McAngus, C., & van der Zwet, A. (2020). Brexit and the uncertain future of fisheries policy in the United Kingdom: political and governance challenges. Ocean Yearbook, 34, 20-42.

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Huggins, C. (2019). Editorial: European Democracy in 2019. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 15(4), 327-330.

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Huggins, C. (2019). The impact of Brexit on English local government?. Regions, 5.

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McAngus, C., Huggins, C., Connolly, J., & van der Zwet, A. (2019). Brexit, Fisheries and Scottish Devolution: An Intergovernmental Disruption. The Political Quarterly, 90(4), 802-807.

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Projects

UK fisheries policy post Brexit

UK fisheries policy post Brexit: multi-level challenges and opportunities.

Brexit and local government

Investigating the impact of Brexit on English local government.

Local Government Transnational Networking

Investigating the transnational links developed by local authorities.