Michael Keating (born 2 February 1950) is a political scientist specialising in

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

European politics The politics of Europe deals with the continually evolving politics within the continent of Europe. It is a topic far more detailed than other continents due to a number of factors including the long history of nation states in the region as ...

, regional politics, and devolution. He is Professor of Scottish Politics at the

University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...

and Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

Early life

Keating was born in North East England to Scottish and Irish parents. He holds British, Irish, and Canadian citizenships. Keating holds a BA from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

and a PhD from Glasgow College of Technology, now the

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University ( gd, Oilthigh Chailleannach Ghlaschu, ), informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and G ...

Academic career

Keating was previously Professor of Political Science at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames R ...

, Canada and between 1979 and 1988, taught at the

University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

. He has been visiting professor in the US, Spain, France, Australia, and England. From 2000 until 2010, he was on

secondment Secondment is the assignment of a member of one organisation to another organisation for a temporary period. Job rotation The employee typically retains their salary and other employment rights from their primary organization but they work close ...

from Aberdeen as Professor of Political and Social Sciences at the

European University Institute The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...

, Florence, where he was head of the department between 2004 and 2007. He is author of eighteen books and editor of another eighteen, as well as numerous academic articles and chapters. His publications include ''Nations Against the State: The New Politics of Nationalism in Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland'' (Macmillan, 1996), ''Plurinational Democracy: Stateless Nations in a Post-Sovereignty Era'' (Oxford University Press, 2001), ''The Government of Scotland: Public Policy Making after Devolution'' (Edinburgh University Press, 2005), ''The Independence of Scotland'' (Oxford University Press, 2009), ''Rescaling the European State'' (Oxford University Press, 2013), ''Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences'' (edited with Donatella della Porta – Cambridge University Press, 2008), and ''Debating Scotland'' (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Awards and honours

Keating is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ...

, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, and Member of the European Academy.

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