I am a Senior Lecturer in °®Âþµº Politics at the °®Âþµº . I take a keen interest in all things international politics, from big picture thinking around the nature of world order, great powers and polarity, to the finer details of multilateral nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament efforts. I am an occasional media commentator on topics such as international security, diplomacy, and foreign policy.
My research is closely mirrored in my teaching where I aim to bring the outside international context into the classroom wherever possible through active learning methods like simulations or role-play exercises. I advocate a strong employability focus in my teaching, with emphasis on the transferable skills helpful to a competitive international politics job market. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2019 I received a student nominated RATE runner-up award for Innovation in Online Teaching as well as a Teaching Impact Award from the °®Âþµº for my work on active learning simulations to mimic real world international negotiations. In 2025 I was shortlisted for the RATE Teacher of the Year (Arts and Humanities) Award.
My research is situated within the broad camp of global governance and international negotiation, specialising in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and wider nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament governance and diplomacy. I take particular interest in global nuclear (dis)order, effective multilateralism and minilateralism, and diplomatic discourse and framing.
My research interests also extend to the EU as a global actor, and to the broader role of international and regional organisations in systems of global governance.
Best Paper Prize, European Foreign Affairs Review
Best Paper Prize for the Paper 'The EU's Performance in the 2015 NPT Review Conference: What went wrong'
Teaching Impact Award
Awarded by the °®Âþµº for excellence in teaching innovation.
Recognising and Advancing Teaching Excellence (RATE) Runner-Up Award for Innovation in Online Teaching
Shortlisted for the RATE Teacher of the Year (Arts and Humanities) Award
External Examiner, European and °®Âþµº Politics MSc, °®Âþµº
University of Edinburgh
P5 Young Professionals Network on Strategic Affairs (P5-YPN)
The P5-Young Professionals Network on Strategic Affairs (P5-YPN) aims to increase long-term interactions and enhance channels of communication between young professionals in the strategic communities of the P5 members to build mutual understanding of respective strategic cultures and contribute to the overarching objective of strategic risk reduction. The network is composed of 15 researchers and academics. Members of the network operate with no official mandate from the P5 allowing them to engage in exchanges of ideas and to present original research findings and analytic work at regular meetings of the network.
Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations
British °®Âþµº Studies Association
www.bisa.ac.uk
Political Studies Association
www.psa.ac.uk
The European Network of Independent Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Think Tanks
Trade and Public Policy Network
Associate Fellow, UK Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Fellow, UK Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Senior Fellow, UK Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Member of Faculty of Arts and Humanities Ethics Committee
Member of Faculty of Arts and Humanities Athena Swan Working Group
Programme Director, °®Âþµº Politics
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Director of Learning and Teaching, History Heritage and Politics
Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK
PI: Dr Megan Dee
Funded by: The Scottish Council on Global Affairs
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Audio
NukeChat: Talking Nuclear Responsibilities in a Third Nuclear Age
Dee M (2026) NukeChat: Talking Nuclear Responsibilities in a Third Nuclear Age. [https://rss.com/podcasts/nukechat-talking-nuclear-responsibilities-in-a-third-nuclear-age/#episodes] 08.04.2026.
Book Chapter
Justification and critique in the global nuclear order: Nuclear (ir)responsibility as practice
Dee M (2026) Justification and critique in the global nuclear order: Nuclear (ir)responsibility as practice. In: Nuclear Responsibility: Defining Responsible Nuclear Statecraft in an Era of Great Power Competition. Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nuclear-responsibility-9798216258964/
Book Chapter
Coalitions and Multilateral Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Negotiations
Dee M (2025) Coalitions and Multilateral Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Negotiations. In: Svensson I & Moller U (eds.) Nuclear Negotiations. Perspectives on Global Affairs. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03565-3_10
Research Report
Nuclear responsibilities and the NPT: Advancing the nuclear responsibilities approach
Dee M (2025) Nuclear responsibilities and the NPT: Advancing the nuclear responsibilities approach. °®Âþµº and BASIC. https://doi.org/10.34722/R91E-C303
Blog Post
Minilateralism and the third nuclear age: in pursuit of dialogue
Dee M (2025) Minilateralism and the third nuclear age: in pursuit of dialogue. [Blog post] 17.04.2025. https://basicint.org/minilateralism-and-the-third-nuclear-age/
Authored Book
Understanding °®Âþµº Politics: the student toolkit
Dee M (2024) Understanding °®Âþµº Politics: the student toolkit. London: Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/understanding-international-politics-9781350381650/
Article
Minilateralism and effective multilateralism in the global nuclear order
Dee M (2024) Minilateralism and effective multilateralism in the global nuclear order. Contemporary Security Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2024.2373658
Teaching Resource
Brief Your Boss: NPT Review Conference
Dee M (2024) Brief Your Boss: NPT Review Conference. https://highlynriched.com/downloads/brief-your-boss-2/
Project Report
Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK
Dee M, Crilley R & Intropido S (2024) Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK. The Scottish Council on Global Affairs. Glasgow. https://scga.scot/2024/10/23/scga-report-networking-nuclear-research-in-scotland-and-the-uk/
Article
Super-Networks Shaping °®Âþµº Agreements: Comparing the Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons Arenas
Schapper A & Dee M (2024) Super-Networks Shaping °®Âþµº Agreements: Comparing the Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons Arenas. °®Âþµº Studies Quarterly, 68 (1), Art. No.: sqad105. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad105
Video
Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums
Dee M (2023) Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums. Faculti [Video interview] 14.04.2023. https://faculti.net/group-dynamics-and-interplay-in-un-disarmament-forums/
Article
Between role adaptation and contestation: the UK¡¯s status as a nuclear weapon state after Brexit
Dee M & Kienzle B (2023) Between role adaptation and contestation: the UK¡¯s status as a nuclear weapon state after Brexit. °®Âþµº Politics. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-023-00463-7
Article
EU orchestration in the nuclear weapons regime complex
Dee M (2023) EU orchestration in the nuclear weapons regime complex. Politics and Governance, 11 (2). https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i2.6323
Book Chapter
Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums
Dee M (2020) Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums. In: Laatikainen K & Smith K (eds.) Group Politics in UN Multilateralism. Diplomatic Studies, 16. Leiden: Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004384446_011
Newspaper Article
NATO meeting: solidarity reinforced despite uncomfortable time for alliance to be in the spotlight
Dee M (2019) NATO meeting: solidarity reinforced despite uncomfortable time for alliance to be in the spotlight. The Conversation. 04.12.2019.
Newspaper Article
Nehring H & Dee M (2019) We war-gamed an escalation of the Ukraine-Russia crisis - here's what it taught us about the real world. The Conversation. 20.03.2019.
Website Content
¡°Special relationship¡± showmanship to be expected ¨C but contentious issues brew
Dee M (2018) ¡°Special relationship¡± showmanship to be expected ¨C but contentious issues brew. °®Âþµº news blog [Blog Post] 13.07.2018. https://blog.stir.ac.uk/category/latest/
Newspaper Article
US-UK 'Special Relationship is under threat
Dee M (2018) US-UK 'Special Relationship is under threat. The Scotsman. 13.07.2018. https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/megan-dee-us-uk-special-relationship-is-under-threat-1-4768114#comments-area
Website Content
Getting to Yes: Media training to dispel the fear
Dee M (2018) Getting to Yes: Media training to dispel the fear. °®Âþµº Research and Innovation Blog [Blog post] 27.03.2018. https://researchandinnovationblog.stir.ac.uk/2018/03/27/getting-to-yes-media-training-to-dispel-the-fear/
Book Chapter
Dee M (2017) Standing together or doing the splits? Evaluating European Union Performance in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Negotiations. In: Tonra B, Young A & Whitman R (eds.) Foreign Policy of the European Union Volume 3: Core Foreign Policies. SAGE Library of °®Âþµº Relations. London: SAGE. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/foreign-policy-of-the-european-union-4v/book246135#contents
Book Chapter
The EU in UN Disarmament Forums
Dee M (2017) The EU in UN Disarmament Forums. In: Blavoukos S & Bourantonis D (eds.) The EU in UN Politics: Actors, Processes and Performances. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 165-186. http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781349951512
Article
Group interplay and dynamics in UN Disarmament Forums: In Search of Consensus
Dee M (2017) Group interplay and dynamics in UN Disarmament Forums: In Search of Consensus. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 12 (2-3), pp. 158-177. https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-12341364
Article
UK Diplomacy at the UN after BREXIT: Challenges and Opportunities
Dee M & Smith KE (2017) UK Diplomacy at the UN after BREXIT: Challenges and Opportunities. British Journal of Politics and °®Âþµº Relations, 19 (3), pp. 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117710208
Website Content
Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU?
Dee M & Smith KE (2017) Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without recourse to the EU?. LSE British Politics and Policy, 03.08.2017. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/post-brexit-diplomacy-at-the-un/
Other
Dee M (2016) Written evidence to the House of Lords °®Âþµº Relations Committee Inquiry into UK Priorities for the new UN Secretary General. Written evidence to the House of Lords °®Âþµº Relations Committee Inquiry into UK Priorities for the new UN Secretary General [Written Evidence] UK Parliament.
Authored Book
The European Union in a Multipolar World: World Trade, global governance and the case of the WTO
Dee M (2015) The European Union in a Multipolar World: World Trade, global governance and the case of the WTO. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137434197; https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137434203
Article
Dee M (2015) The EU's multilateralist combat against the proliferation of WMD in the NPT: mirroring the Grand Bargain. European Security, 24 (1), pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2014.948864
Book Chapter
The European Union and its performance in the NPT negotiations: Consistency, Change and Challenges
Dee M (2015) The European Union and its performance in the NPT negotiations: Consistency, Change and Challenges. In: Blavoukos S, Bourantonis D & Portela C (eds.) The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Strategies, Policies, Actions. The European Union in °®Âþµº Affairs. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 77-94. http://www.palgrave.com/br/book/9781137378439
Article
The EU's performance in the 2015 NPT Review Conference: What went wrong
Dee M (2015) The EU's performance in the 2015 NPT Review Conference: What went wrong. European Foreign Affairs Review, 20 (4), pp. 591-608. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=EERR2015047
Article
Dee M (2012) Standing together or Doing the Splits? Evaluating European Union Performance in the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Review Negotiations. European Foreign Affairs Review, 12 (2) p. 211. https://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=EERR2012021
Article
Dee M (2012) Explaining European Union Performance in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Limited ambitions but pragmatic positioning. UNISCI Journal, DP 30, pp. 11-26. https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/media/www/pag-72491/UNISCI%20DP%2030%20-%20DEE.pdf
I am the Director for Learning and Teaching for the Division of History, Heritage and Politics. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
I teach the following modules:
POLU9EX (The EU in °®Âþµº Politics)
This module engages students to evaluate the role, power and performance of the European Union in the international system. Students will explore how international relations theories can help explain the power and position of the EU as a global actor and empirically engage with the EU as an actor across diverse policy fields. Students will be able to critically analyse the EU¡¯s exercise of global influence and apply that knowledge in evaluating the challenges the EU continues to face in a state-dominated system. In taking this module students will have the opportunity to study this unique global actor at one of the most challenging periods in its history ¨C covering not just the BREXIT negotiations but the implications of that decision for the EU moving forward.
POLU9IN (°®Âþµº Negotiation)
This module gives students a critical understanding of how conflict and dispute in the international arena is managed through the process and politics of international negotiation. Students will gain detailed insight into the board, players, stakes and moves of international negotiation and consider the ¡®game¡¯ of international negotiation across a variety of negotiation contexts and policy fields. Students will have an opportunity to explore the latest developments in current international negotiation, including through a practical simulation exercise, as well as the challenges now facing diplomacy, negotiation and decision-making in today¡¯s contemporary world.
POLU9RM (Research Methods in Politics)
This team-taught module prepares students for undertaking a dissertation in Politics, °®Âþµº Politics or PPE. Students are introduced to research design, the literature review, and qualitative and quantitative approaches to analysing data.
POLU9TC (The EU in Times of Crisis)
This module engages you with the theory and practice of EU (dis)integration and decision-making in times of crisis. You will learn about the history of European integration, the crises that have shaped the EU¡¯s development as an institution and actor, and the politics of crisis currently shaping EU decision-making. This module thus takes ¡®crisis¡¯ as a core point of focus. It considers how crisis has been addressed within the wider discipline of international politics, and how multiple crises ranging from the financial to political to legitimacy crises, have explicitly impacted the EU. Through case study analyses, you will critically evaluate the EU¡¯s response to crisis across policy fields and issue areas ranging from finance, trade, migration, security, and the contentions surrounding the EU¡¯s democratic deficit.
POLU9X3 (Understanding °®Âþµº Politics)
This module offers an introduction to the theories, concepts, actors, and issues that pervade the analysis and understanding of international politics in the contemporary world. The module begins by familiarising students with the mainstream international relations theories (realism, liberalism, constructivism), as well as core concepts such as power, agency, sovereignty and global governance. Students then turn their focus to global actors and the interactions of the major powers, the role of international organisations and international financial institutions, and non-state actors. After that students will address the world¡¯s most pressing global issues facing today¡¯s global actors including poverty and development, nuclear non-proliferation, environmental protection, and humanitarian intervention. It is a core aim of this module is to develop in students an appreciation of the dynamics of international politics; a mastery of basic concepts and approaches used in the analysis of international affairs as a precursor to more advanced study of international relations theory and practice; the ability to review and critique professional analysts of foreign affairs; and a comprehension of the motives behind and arguments used to explain actor behaviour in the international system.