Held, GPEP – Part B1.b
Section b: Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: Held, David
Researcher unique identifier: 9911370059530
Nationality: British
Date of birth: 27 August 1951
URL for web site: https://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/profiles/?id=10282
http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/staff/david-held
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Author of over 60 written or edited books and an extensive number of academic articles on
democracy, democratization, globalization, global governance and global policy – over a 30-year
period. One of the most cited international social scientists: according to one standard measure
regularly in the top 15 social scientists in the world; the highest H-Index (69) in the UK in Political
Science and International Relations, with over 35,000 citations. Among most cited books are Global
Transformations (1999) cited 6,636, and Democracy and the Global Order (1995) cited 4,449.
Regularly invited to make presentations to high ranking public officials including Heads of State,
diplomats, military leaders and other government officials, and intergovernmental organisations.
Far reaching administrative and management experience in both universities and the private sector.
Founder and Director of Polity Press (www.polity.co.uk), the Durham Global Policy Institute and the
Wiley-Blackwell flagship journal, Global Policy (www.globalpolicyjournal.com).
Wide ranging teaching experience at a diversity of university levels, including developing and
implementing new degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in both leading
research-driven universities and at the Open University, UK.
Organised over a 170 outreach and public engagement events, such as lectures, seminars and cultural
events.
Extensive fundraising experience for the benefit of both research and the wider university
community.
EDUCATION
1973 – 1976
1973 – 1975
1970 – 1973
PhD (Kennedy Scholar)
Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.
MSc (Grade A) (Kennedy Scholar)
Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.
BSc (First Class Honours)
Management Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester University,
UK
CURRENT POSITION(S)
2012 – Present
2012 – Present
2013 – Present
2011 – Present
Master, University College
Durham University
Professor of Politics and International Relations
School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK
Director
Institute of Global Policy, Durham University, UK
Visiting Professor of Political Theory
LUISS University, Italy
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2010 – 2012
2004 – 2011
2000 – 2011
1991 – 2000
Visiting University Professor of Global Policy, Central European University, Hungary
Co-Director LSE Global Governance, LSE, UK
Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science, LSE, UK
Professor of Politics and Sociology, Open University, UK
Held, GPEP – Part B1.b
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2012 – Present
2000 – 2011
2007 – 2009
Professor – MSc Global Politics and Doctoral Supervision, Durham University, UK
Professor – MSc Global Politics and Doctoral Supervision, LSE, UK
Courses: Democracy and Globalization (1-term), From Empires to Globalization (2terms)
Visiting Professor – Political Science, Sciences Po, Franc
Course: Global Governance Theory and Cases
FELLOWSHIPS
2001 – Present
1994 – Present
2001 – 2007
1977 – 1979
1977 – 1979
1976 – 1977
Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Fellow of the World Economic Forum
Fellow in Politics and Sociology, University of Wales,
based at University College Cardiff, UK
Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University, UK
Post-doctoral Fellow, Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge University, UK
RESEARCH GRANTS
2013 – 2015
2013 – 2015
2010 – 2012
2009 – 2012
2008 – 2011
2007 – 2012
2003 – 2006
2002 – 2004
Global Challenges Foundation, €200.000, Sweden
Durham University, £150.000, UK
Agence Française de Développement, €215.000, France
Seventh Framework Program of the EU (FP7) Project: SustainableRio, £125.000, EU
Soros Grant (with Mary Kaldor), £700.000, U.S.
KFAS (LSE group led by David Held), £5.6million, Kuwait
Ford Foundation, $500.000, U.S.
Leverhulme: Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, UK
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Present
2000 – 2011
PhD Students: 4, MSc Global Politics Students: 9 per annum
School of Government & International Affairs, Durham University, UK
PhD Students: 15, MSc Global Politics Students: 80 per annum
Department of Government, LSE, UK
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
From 1984
2008 – 2011
From 2009
From 2010
From 2011
From 2012
Co-founder and co-director of Polity Press
Managing Board of the American Political Science Review
Founder and general editor of Global Policy
Chair, Jury of the Distinguished Estorial Book Prize
Honorary President of Civitatis International
World Economic Forum – The Global Agenda Council on Global Governance
In addition, I have written numerous commissioned reports for government and
academic agencies. I have also been/am consulting, advisory or guest editor for several
journals including Political Studies, Government and Opposition, European, Journal of
International Relations, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Contemporary Politics,
Contemporary Political Theory, European Journal of Social Theory, Constellations,
Globalizations.
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
From 1982
From 1982
Political Studies Association
British Sociological Association