Claire Mcloughlin

Claire Mcloughlin

International Development Department
Associate Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3120
Email
c.mcloughlin@bham.ac.uk
Address
International Development Department
School of Government
Muirhead Tower
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston, Birmingham,
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Claire’s research focuses on the political sociology of vital public service delivery in conflict-affected and divided societies. In particular, she is interested in the politics of distributive justice and procedural fairness in service delivery, and the historical processes that embed welfare provision in social contracts. She has published on how and when services become significant for processes of state (de-)legitimation. She has a particular interest in the role of higher education in state legitimation and nation-building. Claire currently conducts research on the politics of development for the , for which she acts as Deputy Director (Research). She also sits on the editorial board of the journal Governance and is an advisor to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

Qualifications

  • PhD in political sociology, University 麻豆精选, 2017
  • MA International Relations and World Order, University of Leicester
  • BA History and Politics, University of Leicester

Biography

Claire Mcloughlin is an Associate Professor of Politics and Development in the International Development Department, University 麻豆精选. She is the lead editor of the pathbreaking book The Politics of Development (SAGE, 2024). She has more than 15 years of experience of researching, teaching, and working with aid agencies on development challenges, and established Birmingham鈥檚 first undergraduate programmes in development.

Claire is best known for her work on the politics of service delivery and its effects on state legitimacy. Her research has been published in a range of journals, including World Development, Governance, Public Administration and Development, and Development in Practice.

Claire was the Director of Research at the 鈥� an international research collaboration investigating the politics of development across the Asia-Pacific region, 2018-2023. She is now the Deputy Director of Education in the School of Government, University 麻豆精选. She is a member of the Council of the Development Studies Association.

Teaching

Claire contributes to teaching in the following areas:

  • Governance and state-building
  • Making policy
  • Development management
  • Critical approaches to development

Postgraduate supervision

Public services, state (de-)legitimation, the politics of public goods distribution

Research

  • The politics of public goods
  • State legitimation
  • Co-production and collective action beyond the state

Publications

Highlight publications

Mcloughlin, C 2024, '', World Development, vol. 173, 106439.

Mcloughlin, C 2014, '', Governance, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 341-356.

Mcloughlin, C (ed.), Ali, S (ed.), Xie, K, Cheeseman, N (ed.) & Hudson, DE (ed.) 2024, . SAGE Publications, London. <>

Batley, R & Mcloughlin, C 2015, '', World Development, vol. 74, pp. 275-285.

Hudson, D, Lemay-h茅bert, N, Mcloughlin, C & Roche, C 2020, '', Politics and Governance, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 131-135.

Recent publications

Article

Nhim, T & Mcloughlin, C 2022, '', H2Open Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 469-489.

Hudson, D, Mcloughlin, C, Margret, A & Pandjaitan, Y 2020, '', Politics and Governance, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 201-213.

Mcloughlin, C 2018, '', Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Ali, S, Hudson, D & Mcloughlin, C 2024, . in C Mcloughlin, S Ali, K Xie, N Cheeseman & DE Hudson (eds), The Politics of Development. SAGE Publications, pp. 75-91. <>

Mcloughlin, C & Ali, S 2024, . in C Mcloughlin, S Ali, K Xie, N Cheeseman & DE Hudson (eds), The Politics of Development. SAGE Publications, pp. 239-258. <>

Mcloughlin, C, Hudson, D, Cheeseman, N, Ali, S & Xie, K 2024, in C Mcloughlin, S Ali, K Xie, N Cheeseman & DE Hudson (eds), The Politics of Development. SAGE Publications, pp. 3-32. <>

Commissioned report

Hudson, D, Mcloughlin, C, Pruce, K, Roche, C & Wilson-Cleary, I 2023, . University 麻豆精选. <>

Wales, J, Aslam, M, Hine, S, Rawal, S, Wild, L, Day-Ashley, L, Batley, R, Mcloughlin, C, Nicolai , S & Rose, P 2015, . Education Rigorous Literature Review, DFID. <>

Day-Ashley, L, Mcloughlin, C, Aslam, M, Engel, J, Wales, J, Rawal, S, Batley, R, Kingdon, G, Nicolai , S & Rose, P 2015, . Education Rigorous Literature Review, DFID. <>

Wales, J, Aslam, M, Hine, S, Rawal, S, Wild, L, Batley, R, Day-Ashley, L, Mcloughlin, C, Nicolai, S & Rose, P 2014, . DFID.

Day-Ashley, L, Mcloughlin, C, Aslam, M, Engel, J, Rawal, S, Wales, J, Batley, R, Kingdon, G, Nicolai, S & Rose, P 2014, . DFID.

Other report

Mcloughlin, C, Hiriasia, T, Nanau, G, Hudson, D, Krishna, U & Roche, C 2022, . University 麻豆精选. <>

Working paper

Hudson, D & Mcloughlin, C 2019 '' Developmental Leadership Program, University 麻豆精选.

Hudson, D, Mcloughlin, C, Marget, A, Ardiansa, D, Panjaitan, Y & Novitasari, M 2019 '' Developmental Leadership Program, University 麻豆精选. <>

Hudson, D, Mcloughlin, C, Marquette, H & Roche, C 2018 '' Developmental Leadership Program, University 麻豆精选, Birmingham. <>

Expertise

Foreign, security and development policy

Politics of development, leadership for development, political sociology of vital public service delivery in conflict-affected and divided societies.service delivery, leadership for development.