Dr Sean IrvingLecturer in Modern British HistoryEmail: s.irving@qmul.ac.ukRoom Number: Arts Two 3.04ProfileTeachingResearchPublicationsPublic EngagementProfile I am a historian of modern Britain, with a particular focus on the ideas and politics of neoliberalism. More broadly, I specialise in the history of political economy and the relationship between debates about market competition, freedom, and ownership. TeachingHST4330 – Unravelling Britain: British History since 1801 HST5700 – Crime and Punishment in London HST5901 – History Research Project HST6738 – Making Thatcher's Britain: The Thatcher Revolution, 1975-1997 HST7901 – Mastering the FieldResearchResearch Interests:My research interests can be categorised into four interrelated fields of study: The history of political economy and the concepts of ‘competition and competitiveness’ The Intellectual History of Neoliberalism and its relationship to Political Conservatism The concept of the ‘Anglosphere’ and associated visions of global political economy The Republican political tradition and its lessons for matters of power and ownership. In addition to historical work, I am also engaged in debates about ‘liberty’ that take place on the terrain of political theory. This arises from my interest in republicanism. I also write about the history of cooperative enterprise and reflect on how common ownership can embody republican ideas of freedom and popular power in the world of work.PublicationsMonograph Hayek’s Market Republicanism: The Limits of Liberty (London: Routledge, 2020) Journal Articles ‘Competitiveness, Civilizationism, and the Anglosphere: Kenneth Minogue's Place in Conservative Thought’, Modern Intellectual History published online (2024) ‘Moral Economy in a Time of Polycrisis’, Global Perspectives 5:4 (2024). With Patrick Doyle ‘Power, Plutocracy and Public Choice: James M. Buchanan, and the “Italian Tradition”’, Global Intellectual History 6:6 (2021), 956-976 ‘Hayek’s Neo-Roman Liberalism’, European Journal of Political Theory 19:4 (2020), 553-570 ‘Limiting Democracy and Framing the Economy: Hayek, Schmitt, and Ordoliberalism’, History of European Ideas 44:1 (2018), 113-127. Edited Journal Special Edition ‘Morality and Political Economy’ Global Perspectives 5:4 (2024). With Patrick Doyle. Public Engagement2024 - Review of ‘Challengers’, The Conversation 2023 - ‘What the SVB Bailout tells us about Tech and Finance’, Labour Hub 2022 - ‘More Austerity was Always the Plan’, Tribune Magazine 2021 - ‘What the European Super League fiasco taught us about “fair competition”’ University of Essex Blog 2017 - ‘Now that Labour is close to power, we need to work out what public ownership means in our brave new progressive world’ Labour List.