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Prof Alex Colas

Positions held:
  • Professor of International Relations, School of Social Sciences
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Alejandro (Alex) Col谩s joined 糖心logo入口 from Sussex University in 2003 and is Professor of International Relations. He studied Politics at Bristol University and completed his Masters and PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Alex directs the MSc in International Security and Global Governance and the MSc in Food, Politics and Society. He teaches courses on Global Politics, Governance and Security; Food, Politics and Society, and How the West Was Made: Transformations in Global Politics. He is a member of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize Committee and has published on subjects ranging from piracy, food politics, Spanish responses to terrorism, imperialism, internationalism and global governance in journals like International Affairs, the Review of International Studies, Political Quarterly, Development and Change, Millennium, the European Journal of International Relations and Contemporary Politics.

    Office hours

    Please contact me at a.colas@bbk.ac.uk聽to arrange for a meeting.

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Director for Postgraduate Research Students, Politics Department
    • Undergraduate Dissertation Coordinator
    • Director, MSc International Security and Global Governance
    • Director, MSc Food, Politics and Society
  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Food Politics
    • Empire and Imperialism
    • Internationalism
    • International Historical Sociology
    • Geopolitics
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Foundations of Social and Political Science
    • Crossing Borders
    • Global Politics, Governance and Security
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Colas, Alex (2026) . Urban Geography ISSN 0272-3638. (In Press)
    • Colas, Alex (2024) . International Political Sociology 18 (2), pp. olae009. ISSN 1749-5679.
    • Colas, Alex and Campling, L. (2023) . Geography Compass ISSN 1749-8198.
    • Colas, Alex (2022) . Cooperation and Conflict 57 (3), pp. 384-401. ISSN 1460-3691.
    • Colas, Alex and Edwards, Jason (2022) . The Political Quarterly 93 (4), pp. 675-682. ISSN 0032-3179.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2019) . Political Quarterly 90 (4), pp. 620-628. ISSN 1467-923X.
    • Campling, L. and Colas, Alejandro (2018) . Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 36 (4), pp. 776-794. ISSN 1472-3433.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2016) . Review of International Studies 42 (5), pp. 840-857. ISSN 0260-2105.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Pozo, G. (2011) . Geopolitics 16 (1), pp. 236-238. ISSN 1465-0045.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Pozo, G. (2011) . Geopolitics 16 (1), pp. 211-220. ISSN 1465-0045.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2011) . International Affairs 87 (5), pp. 1051-1065. ISSN 0020-5850.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2010) . Development & Change 41 (2), pp. 313-333. ISSN 0012-155X.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2008) . European Journal of International Relations 14 (4), pp. 619-643. ISSN 1354-0661.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2005) . Contemporary Politics 11 (2-3), pp. 179-188. ISSN 1356-9775.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2004) . Historical Materialism 12 (4), pp. 231-260. ISSN 1465-4466.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2004) . Radical Philosophy 126, pp. 2-7. ISSN 0300-211X.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1998) . Ci锚ncias & Letras 21/22, pp. 173-190.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1997) . Global Society: Interdisciplinary Journal of International Relations 11 (3), pp. 261-277. ISSN 1360-0826.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1997) . Mediterranean Quarterly 8 (4), pp. 63-80. ISSN 1047-4552.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1997) . Journal of North African Studies 1 (3), pp. 211-233. ISSN 1362-9387.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1997) . Journal of North African Studies 2 (3), pp. 46-59. ISSN 1362-9387.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1996) . Nueva Sociedad 41, pp. 67-75. ISSN 0251-3552.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1994) . Millennium: Journal of International Studie 23 (3), pp. 513-534. ISSN 0305-8298.

    Book

    • Ranta, R. and Colas, Alejandro and Monterescu, D., eds. (2022) . Food and Identity in a Globalising World (FIGW). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030962678.
    • Campling, L. and Colas, Alex (2021) . New York, U.S.: Verso. ISBN 9781784785239.
    • Edwards, Jason and Colas, Alejandro and Zubaida, Salman and Levi, Jane (2018) . Oakland, U.S.: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520291959.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Mabee, B. (2010) . London, UK: Hurst. ISBN 9781849040884.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2007) . Key Concepts Series. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. ISBN 9780745632520.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Saull, R., eds. (2006) . Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780415354264.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2002) . Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. ISBN 9780745625560.

    Book review

    • Colas, Alex and Campling, L. (2023) .

    Book section

    • Col谩s, Alejandro (2022) . In: de Carvalho, B. and Leira, H. (eds.) The Sea and International Relations. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526155108.
    • Prieto Piastro, C. and Colas, Alex (2022) . In: Colas, Alex and Ranta, R. and Montersescu, D. (eds.) Going Native? Settler Colonialism and Food. Food and Identity in a Globalising World. London, UK and New York, U.S.: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030962678.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2017) . In: McCarthy, D. (ed.) Technology and World Politics: An Introduction. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138955875.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2016) . In: Berenskoetter, F. (ed.) Concepts in World Politics. London, UK: Sage. pp. 200-216. ISBN 9781446294277.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2014) . In: Teik, K. and Hadiz, V. and Nakanishi, Y. (eds.) Between Dissent and Power: The Transformation of Islamic Politics in the Middle East and Asia. IDE-JETRO Series. London, UK and New York, U.S.: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 224-247. ISBN 9781349488414.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Edwards, Jason (2010) . In: Pugh, J. (ed.) What is Radical Politics Today?. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 247-255. ISBN 9780230236257.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2010) . In: Denemark, R.A. (ed.) The International Studies Encyclopedia. Blackwell. ISBN 9781444336597.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Mabee, B. (2010) . In: Colas, Alejandro and Mabee, B. (eds.) Mercenaries, Bandits, Pirates and Empires: Private Violence in Historical Perspective. London, UK: Hurst Publishing. ISBN 9781849040884.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2006) . In: Dunn, B. and Radice, H. (eds.) 100 Years of Permanent Revolution: Results and Prospects. London, UK: Pluto Press. pp. 196-210. ISBN 9781849643207.
    • Colas, Alejandro and Saull, R. (2005) . In: Colas, Alejandro and Saull, R. (eds.) The War on Terrorism and the American 'Empire' after the Cold War. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 1-31. ISBN 9780415354264.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2005) . In: Saad-Filho, A. and Johnstone, D. (eds.) Neo-Liberalism: A Critical Reader. London, UK: Pluto Press. pp. 70-80. ISBN 9780745322988.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2005) . In: Baker, G. and Chandler, D. (eds.) Global Civil Society: Contested Futures. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 14-28. ISBN 9780415429788.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2004) . In: Armstrong, D. and Farrell, T and Maiguashca, B. (eds.) Governance and Resistance in World Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521546997.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2003) . In: Robertson, R. and White, K.E. (eds.) Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9780415302227.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2003) . In: T茅treault, M.-A. and Tomas, K. (eds.) New Odysseys in International Political Economy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 195-210.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2002) . In: Rupert, M. and Smith, H. (eds.) Historical Materialism and International Relations. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 191-210. ISBN 9780415263719.
    • Colas, Alejandro (2002) . In: Guerrero, D. (ed.) Manual de Econom铆a Heterodoxa. Madrid, Spain: Sistema.
    • Colas, Alejandro (1999) . In: Chafer, T. and Sackur, A. (eds.) Popular Front and Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333729731.

    Editorial

    • Colas, Alex (2024) . Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 32 (3), pp. 314-317. Bristol University Press. ISSN 1759-8273.