Dr Stefan Andreasson

I am Reader (≈ tenured Associate Professor) in Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast where I currently teach undergraduate courses in American Politics and the Global Political Economy of Energy and contribute to postgraduate courses in International Political Economy, Geopolitics, and Research Methods. I hold a BA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, an MA from Louisiana State University and a PhD from Arizona State University (all in Political Science).

I specialize in comparative and international political economy. My research examines the relationships between states, corporations and economic transformation, with a particular focus on energy and development.

My earlier research focused on the political economy of African development, state - capital relations and postcolonial politics. My current work examines the historical and contemporary role of international oil companies in the global political economy, particularly their corporate strategies, geopolitical relationships and responses to the energy transition. I am especially interested in the approaches of American and European oil majors and the future of fossil fuels.

My research at Queen's has been funded by the ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, the British Academy, the Nuffield Foundation and the DfE (NI) Global Challenges Research Fund. 

Publications indicative of my key research interests have appeared in journals such as Political Studies, Political Geography, Business & Society, Review of International Political Economy, Third World Quarterly, Democratization, Energy Research & Social Science, The Extractive Industries and Society, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, and Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 

I am also the author of Africa’s Development Impasse: Rethinking the Political Economy of Transformation (Zed Books) and am currently writing a book with the working title The Resilience of Big Oil: Post-Colonial Politics, Petrocultures and The Energy Transition.

Outside of academia my hobby gig is sports photography (school rugby).

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