Dr Peter Wilkin
Divisional Lead / Reader - Comms, Media & Cultural Studies

Research area(s)

 I have published articles in major academic journals (and monographs) in the following subject areas:

• Political economy and Globalisation
• World-Systems Analysis
• Security and Development
• Philosophy of social science
• Anarchist social thought
• Media, social change and democracy
• Hungary in the Modern World-System
• Critical Realism
• Social movements and protests
• Design practices and everyday life
• The work of Noam Chomsky
• Popular Culture and social criticism

Project details

My current research is a study of the Gilets Jaunes movement in France, situating it in its long-term social and historical context. This will be followed by a further monograph examining the concept of illiberalism, authority, and populism in the modern world-system.