Mark Imber
Senior Lecturer
Room: 140
Office Hours
Tel: 2932
Email: mfi
st-andrews.ac.uk
About
I have taught International Relations at St Andrews since 1979, and contributed to the teaching of Sustainable Development since its inception. I have served terms as both Head of Department and Director of Teaching in IR. My particular interest lies in the 1st year experience and I have for several years concentrated on teaching, administration and text book-writing for the sub-honours students; the largest modules taught at St. A ndrews.
Teaching
IR1005: An Introduction to International Relations
IR1006: Foreign Policy and International Security
SD1003; Sustainable Development
SD2002; Social and Economic Aspects
IR3006: International Regimes and Organizations
IR4514: Global Public Policy
IR4099; Senior Honours Dissertations
IR5017: The UN and Global Governance
Research
1. International negotiations for the protection of the global commons; including studies of The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Antarctic Treaty and protocols relating to the protection of the ozone layer and climate change.
2, UN Security Council; its selective use of so-called 'humanitarian intervention' and so-called 'peacekeeping'. UN reform.
3. Since the UK's recent re-discovery of expeditionary and punitive warfare I also write on how these 'savage wars of peace' (Kipling), affect the military covenant and the British culture of remembrance.
Books
Trevor Salmon and Mark Imber, (Eds.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, 2008, 258pp.
John Vogler and Mark Imber, (Eds.), The Environment and International Relations, Routledge, 1996, 236pp.
Mark Imber, Environment, Security and UN Reform, Macmillan, 1994, 180pp.
Mark Imber, The USA, ILO, UNESCO and IAEA, Macmillan, 1989, 173pp.
Articles
Mark Imber and Trudy Fraser; 'From Flanders to Fallujah;Re-thinking Remembrance' Journal of War and Culture Studies, Vol 3, 3, 2011, pp. 383-397.
Mark Imber, "Contemporary Remembrance", The StAndard, Issue 17, University of St. Andrews, 2009, pp.26-27.
Mark F. Imber; "The United Nations"; Encylopedia of Governance; Mark Bevir (ed); Sage Publications, London and New York; 2007, pp. 997-1000.
Mark F. Imber; "The Reform of the UN Security Council"; International Relations; 20(3):2006, pp. 353-359.
Mark F. Imber; "UN Security Council Reform: From Here to Eternity?", Foreign Policy Centre, September 2005, pp. 1-26.
Book Chapters
"National, local and regimental;commemorating seven Fife soldiers who died in Iraq 2003-2007" in Maggie Andrews, (ed.), Lest We Forget, The History Press, 2011, pp. 145-149.
"Governing the Global Commons", in Trevor Salmon and Mark Imber, Issues in International Relations, Routldge, 2008, pp. 169-181.
"The UN and Global Citizenship", in Global Citizenship A Critical Reader, N. Dower and J. Williams,(Eds.), Edinburgh UP, 2002. pp.114-124.
"Functionalism" in Governing Globalization, D. Held and A. McGrew, (eds.,) Polity Press, 2002.
Administration
Currently serving as ;
Module Coordinator for 1st Year. (since 2009-- )
Module Coordinator for 2nd Year since 2011--)
Student and Parent Visiting Days, (since 2009--)
Formerly Director of Teaching 2005-2008.
Formerly Head of Department 1999-2000.
Affiliations
I have served as an academic advisor to UNA UK since 2006.
