Career Biography Roland is Head of the Department and he joined the Department in 2005, having previously held a post as Reader at the University of Aberdeen.
Research Roland is a leading specialist in the study of democracy, globalization and macro-political change and has published widely in these areas. He is currently working on two projects: 'Reconceptualising the political in the current era of global change' and 'Political thought in Germany in the 20th century'.
Recent publications include: Liberal Democracy into the Twenty-First Century (1996) Autoritaet, Staat und Nationalcharakter. Der Zivilisationsprozess in Oesterreich und England, 1700-1900 (with H.Kuzmics), (2000)
published in English in 2007: Authority, State and National Character: TheCivilizing Process in Austria and England, 1700 - 1900 Democracy: Problems and Perspectives (2007) Globalisation and Europe (ed., 1998) Balancing Democracy (ed., 2001) Understanding Democratic Politics: Concepts, Institutions, Movements (ed., 2003)
