Professor Ian Clark FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 1999
- Subjects
- Politics
Summary
Ian Clark was educated at the University of Glasgow and the Australian National University. He joined the University of Queensland as Professor of International Relations in 2014. Previously, he taught at Cambridge University and was E. H. Carr Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. He has held visiting appointments at Chuo University, Tokyo; RSIS, NTU, Singapore; the Australian National University, Canberra; University of Melbourne; and ASERI, Milan. He has published many books in nuclear history, the ethics of war, and the combination of international history and international relations theory. This work has recently focussed on problems of international legitimacy. He has held prestigious awards, including a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship and an ESRC Professorial Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and an Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Current post
Emeritus Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Past appointments
University of Queensland Honorary Professor, POLSIS
2017 - 2019
University of Queensland Professor of International Relations
2014 - 2016
Aberystwyth University E H Carr Professor of International Politics
1998 - 2014
University of Wales, Aberystwyth Professor of International Politics
1998 - 2008
University of Cambridge Assistant Director of Studies in International Relations
1984 - 1997
University of Western Australia Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Politics
1974 - 1984
Publications
Waging War: A New Philosophical Introduction
Ian Clark - Published in 2015 by Oxford University Press
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Neta C. Crawford FBA
International politics and normative change; causes of war and peace; ethics of the use of force; military doctrine; military greenhouse gas emissions; climate change and security
Professor Richard Ned Lebow FBA
The cultural and psychological foundations of political behaviour and its analysis
Professor Margaret Levi FBA
The relationship between narrow self interest and pro social behaviour; and when people come to believe their governments, organizations and leaders are legitimate and the consequences for compliance and consent
