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Dr Mark Lacy
Lecturer in Politics
Degree: DPhill, University of Sussex, ESRC-funded
Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe)
Current Teaching
Research Interests
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I am currently working on a series of publications and projects on the political and technological implications of 'digital geopolitics' and Cybersecurity: in particular, I am interested in the methodological, political, social and ethical problems posed by the speed of technological transformation for security thinking; and on how alternative perspectives from 'critical design' and 'scenario planning' can be used to help us think about security politics, risk and global social change. This project emerges from the work I have done on Paul Virilio (Routledge, forthcoming) and from collaboration with colleagues in the InfoLab here at Lancaster University. More broadly, I am interested in twentieth century 'critical theory' - and the work of people like Guy Debord, Theodor Adorno, Zygmunt Bauman, Hannah Arendt and Paul Virilio.
I have taught courses at Sussex University, the University of Bristol and the Open University.
Publications
Books
Security,Technology, Politics: Thinking with Virilio (Routledge, forthcoming)
2008. The Geopolitics of American Insecurity: Terror, Power, and Foreign Policy (edited with Francois Debrix, PRIO New Security Studies, Routledge): http://www.routledgestrategicstudies.com/books/series/PRIO_New_Security_Studies
2006. Global Politics in the Information Age, edited with Peter Wilkin (Manchester University Press): http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogue/book.asp?id=1232
2005. Security and Climate Change: International Relations and the Limits of Realism (Routledge): http://www.routledge.com/books/Security-and-Climate-Change-isbn9780415460040
Articles in Journals/Edited Books:
2012. Entries on: 'Chronopolitics'; 'Control Space'; 'Terrorism'; 'Cybersecurity' (with Dr Dan Prince), The Virilio Encylcopaedia, John Armitage (ed), Edinburgh University Press.
2011. 'Intellectuals, International Relations and Constant Emergency,' Third World Quarterly, November.
2011. (with Cynthia Weber) 'Securing By Design,' Review of International Studies, .
2009. (with Cynthia Weber) 'Designing Security' in The Handbook of New Security Studies, Peter Burgess (ed) (Routledge): http://www.routledge.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?curTab=CONTENTS&id=&parent_id=&sku=&isbn=9780415484374&pc=
2008. (with Francois Debrix) 'Introduction: US Foreign Policy After Hype(r) Power,' in The Geopolitics of American Insecurity: Terror, Power and Foreign Policy (PRIO New Security Studies) (Routledge).
2008. 'Designer Security: MoMA's SAFE: Design Takes on Risk and Control Society' Security Dialogue, Special Issue on 'Security, Technologies of Risk and the Political,' Vol.39, Number 2-3, April/June.
2008. 'A History of Violence: Mearsheimer and Walt's writings from 'An Unnecessary War' to the Israel lobby Controversy' Geopolitics Vol.13, Issue 1.
2007. 'Responsibility and Terror: Violence and Visual Culture in the Precarious Life,' in The Logic of Biopower and the War on Terror, Cristina Masters and Elizabeth Dauphinee, (Palgrave Macmillan) http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403974659
2006. 'Introduction: The Excess of Information', in Global Politics in the Information Age, Mark Lacy and Peter Wilkin (eds) (Manchester University Press)
2003. 'War, Cinema and Moral Anxiety,' Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol 28. Number 5, Winter.
2002.'Deconstructing Risk Society', Environmental Politics, Vol 11, Number 4, Winter.
2001. 'Cinema and Ecopolitics: Existence in the Jurassic Park,' special issue of Millennium on 'Images and Narratives in World Politics,' Vol 30, No3, Winter.
Book Reviews:
Timothy W. Luke, Capitalism, Democracy and Ecology: Departing from Marx, Environmental Ethics, Fall 2000
Andrew Light (ed), Social Ecology After Bookchin, Environmental Ethics, Spring 2001
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Modernity, The Global site, Spring 2001
On-line writings:
'Narratives of Revenge', 911 InfoInterventions, Watson Institute, 1.10.02
Additional Information
PHD Students:
Olga Alekseyeva, War as a 'Transformation Event' (co-supervised with Michael Dillon)
Pia Nottebaum, Art,Technology and the War on Terror (co-supervised with Cynthia Weber)
Filipa Ramalho, France, the War on Terror and new security technologies (co-supervised with Michael Dillon)
Ian Jackson, Media and the Iraq War/War on Terror
Katja Jacobsen, Humanitarian Interventions, New Technologies and Experimentation (co-supervised with Cynthia Weber)-Completed 2011
Andy Higgins, Network Society, Music and Global Politics (co-supervised with Chris May)- Completed 2011
Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database
Mark Lacy has 7 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk
Lacy, Mark J. (2006) Introducion: the excess of information. In: Global politics in the information age. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 1-20. ISBN 0719067944
Lacy, M. J. (2003) War, Cinema and Moral Anxiety. Alternatives : Global, Local, Political, 28 (5). pp. 611-636. ISSN 0304-3754
Lacy, Mark J. (2002) Deconstructing risk society. Environmental Politics, 11 (4). pp. 42-62. ISSN 0964-4016
Lacy, Mark J. (2001) Andrew Light (ed.) Social ecology after bookchin. Environmental Ethics, 23. ISSN 0163-4275
Lacy, Mark J. (2001) Cinema and ecopolitics : existence in the Jurassic Park. Millennium, 30 (3). pp. 635-645. ISSN 0305-8298
Lacy, Mark J. (2001) Zygmunt Bauman, liquid modernity. The Global Site.
Lacy, Mark J. (2000) Timothy W. Luke Capitalism, democracy and ecology : departing from Marx. Environmental Ethics, 22. ISSN 0163-4275
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