Miss Rosa Maryon
(she/her)
BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA
Research student
Overview
I have a PhD in International Relations from Cardiff University. My PhD research looked at the role of security policy in the reconfiguration regime legitimacy in Tunisia in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism. I am particularly interested in the link between neoliberalism and illiberal security policies and practices in the global south. My main research interests are critical approaches to Security Studies, International Politics Economy, the International Relations of Middle East and North Africa.
I have a masters in Politics and Development Policy in Africa and the Global South (Politique et développement en Afrique et les pays du Sud) from the Laboratory of African Studies in the World based at Sciences Po Bordeaux. My master's thesis was entitled 'La stabilisation du régime déocratique en Tunisie: est-elle actuellement remise en cause?' (Is the stabilisation of the Tunisian democratic regime threatened?). In this thesis, I identified three main threats to the new democratic regime in Tunisia faced as it sought to stabilise itself following the revolution. These threats included, the securitization of the terrorist threat leading to the implementation of illiberal security policy, a lack of economic opportunities and a certain 'recycling' of the elites associated with the former, authoritarian regime. This thesis was supervised by René Otayek.
I have a second masters from Cardiff University in the ESRC Social Science Research Methods program specialising in International Relations. My master's thesis was entitled 'Securitization discourse in Post-Ben Ali Tunisia: the Reactualisation of the Security Pact'. In this thesis, I examined the way in which securitization discourse in post-transition Tunisia sought to justify a reversion to liberal security policies and practices associated with the former authoritarian regime. I argued that this represented a reactualisation of the Tunisian 'security pact' associated with the seminal work of Beatrice Hibou (2006). This master's thesis was supervised by Hannes Hansen-Magnusson
I have two undergraduate degrees. Firstly, I have a Politics and International Relations degree from Cardiff University. Secondly, I have a Politics and Economics degree from Sciences Po Bordeaux. I achieved First Class Honours in both these degrees. These degrees were completed alongside each other as part of the prestigious Cardiff-Bordeaux (or FIFRU) programme. In 2014, I won the Cardiff University Undergraduate Student of the Year Scholarship.
I have taught several different undergraduate Politics and IR modules at both Cardiff University and the University of the West of England. These include modules about International Relations theory, Globalisation, International Development, Colonialism, Crisis and Change, Terrorism, Security and Migration, Gender and Global Politics and Research Methods. I am particularly interested in innovative teaching methods and have guest lectured on courses designed for Post Graduate Teachers. In 2021, I was nominated for the Oustanding Teaching Award at the University of the West of England. I was nominated again for the Outstanding Teaching Award in March 2022. I am an associate fellow of HEA for which I won a prize from the exam board. I have recently submitted my fellow of HEA for approval.
I am open to collaborative projects working on critical approaches to security, neoliberalism, migration, post colonialism, critical global political economy and racial capitalism particularly those with an empirical focus on the Middle East and North Africa.
Publication
2023
- Maryon, R. 2023. The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia's transition.. Mediterranean Politics (10.1080/13629395.2023.2183666)
- Maryon, R. 2023. Securing the state in post-transition Tunisia: reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2021
- Tholens, S. and Maryon, R. 2021. European terrorism and organised crime. In: Jones, E. and Anghel, V. eds. Developments in European Politics Vol 3. London: Macmillan International
Articles
- Maryon, R. 2023. The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia's transition.. Mediterranean Politics (10.1080/13629395.2023.2183666)
Book sections
- Tholens, S. and Maryon, R. 2021. European terrorism and organised crime. In: Jones, E. and Anghel, V. eds. Developments in European Politics Vol 3. London: Macmillan International
Thesis
- Maryon, R. 2023. Securing the state in post-transition Tunisia: reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
My research interests include the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa particularly contemporary Tunisia. My other research interests include post-colonial IR theory, security, terrorism research and the going research agenda of authoritarian neoliberalism. My research is particularly focused on the interaction between neoliberal economic policies and illiberal security policy.
Publications
Maryon R.M & Tholens, S. 2022. Terrorism and Organised Crime in Europe. In: Angel, V & Jones E. (Eds) Developments in European Politics 3. Bloomsbury.
Maryon, R.M 2023. The role of SA in reconfiguring Tunisia's transition. Mediterranean Politics.
Maryon, R, M. Under review. EU externalization, racial capitalism and anti-black racism in EU-Tunisia cooperation on migration
Conferences and workshop papers
BISA Postcolonial/decolonial/anticolonial working group Annual Workshop (September 2022) - Security assistance, the donor cartel and the rise of neoliberal security state: the case of post 2011 Tunisia (workshop paper)
EISA conference (Athens September 2022) - Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Performativity of the (authoritarian) Neoliberal State (Conference paper)
EISA conference (Athens September 2022) – Racial Capitalism, State Violence, and Technologies of Control I: Erasure, Confinement, Dehumanization
EISA conference (Athens September 2022) - It's like a prison': exploring anti-black racism, colonialism and racial capitalism in EU-Tunisia cooperation on migration (Conference paper)
UWE Department of Social Science Away Day (July 2022 ) - 'It's like a prison': exploring anti-black racism, colonialism and racial capitalism in EU-Tunisia cooperation on migration (Conference paper)
SASE Conference (Mini conference on racial capitalism) July 2022 – 'It's like a prison': exploring anti-black racism, colonialism and racial capitalism in EU-Tunisia cooperation on migration (Conference paper)
UWE Staff Research Talk ( December 2021)- Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Performativity of the (authoritarian) Neoliberal State (Conference paper)
Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit (November 2021 ) - Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Performativity of the (authoritarian) Neoliberal State (Conference paper)
Millennium conference 2021 (September 2021 - forthcoming) – Securing the state in post transition Tunisia: Performativity of the (authoritarian) Neoliberal State (Conference paper)
Millennium conference 2021 (forthcoming) – Panel organiser and panel chair Thinking With and Beyond Political Economy in the Study of Authoritarian Neoliberalisms: Spatialisation, (Im)mobilities and Exclusions (conference panel)
BISA May 2021 – Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Tunisia's Pandemic Response (Conference paper)
Society of Terrorism Research Conference 2018– Security: at what cost? Securitization of the Terrorist threat in Post-transition Tunisia (Conference paper)
Women's Graduate Conference 2018 - Security: at what cost? Securitization of the Terrorist threat in Post-transition Tunisia (Conference paper)
Blog articles
Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit Blog Series
Maryon. R,M. 2018. "Leaky Bodies: Rethinking masculinity, hardness and sexual violence in the DRC" interview with Dr Rachel Massey. 22.03.2018 Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit Blog. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/leaky-bodies-rethinking-masculinity-hardness-and-sexual-violence-in-the-drc-dr-rachel-massey/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Haiti, Liberia and Ethiopia (1914-1945): Black sovereignty in a white world. Musab Younis. 22.03.2018. Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit Blog. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/haiti-liberia-and-ethiopia-1914-1945-black-sovereignty-in-a-white-world-dr-musab-younis/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. The Web of Responsibility in and for the Artic. Dr Hannes Hansen-Magnusson. Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit Blog. 26.03.2018. Available at : https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/the-web-of-responsibility-in-and-for-the-artic-dr-hannes-hansen-magnusson/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Chronotopes, Governmentality and the Changing Regulation of Traditional Medicine in Kenya. Professor John Harrington. 22.04.2018. Cardiff University International Studies Research Unit Blog. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/chronotopes-governmentality-and-the-changing-regulation-of-traditional-medicine-in-kenya-professor-john-harrington/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Education in Singapore's Soft Power Strategy. Guest speaker Dr Danita Catherine Burke. 26.04.2018 Available at : https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/education-in-singapores-soft-power-strategy-guest-speaker-dr-danita-catherine-burke/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Guest Speaker Catherine Eschle. Theorising Feminist Organizing in and against Neoliberalism: Beyond Co-optation and Resistance? International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online) 23.05.2018. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/guest-speaker-catherine-eschle-theorising-feminist-organizing-in-and-against-neoliberalism-beyond-co-optation-and-resistance/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Managing Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction in Changing Arctic' – Dr Richard Caddell. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). 7.11.2018 Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/managing-biodiversity-beyond-national-jurisdiction-in-changing-arctic-dr-richard-caddell/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Anticipating Emerging Biotechnology Threats – A Case Study of CRISPR. Dr Kathleen Vogel. 09.11.2018. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/anticipating-emerging-biotechnology-threats-a-case-study-of-crispr-dr-kathleen-vogel/
Maryon, R, M. 2018. Frontiers In International Relations: ISRU Annual Frontiers In International Relations Lecture with Professor Ruth Blakeley. 05.12.2018. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/isru-annual-frontiers-in-international-relations-lecture-with-professor-ruth-blakeley/
Maryon, R, M. 2019. WIP Seminar with Dr Branwen Gruffydd Jones – 'The weapon of culture: anticolonial thought and practice from Paris and Dakar to Havana and Algiers' International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/wip-seminar-with-dr-branwen-gruffydd-jones-the-weapon-of-culture-anticolonial-thought-and-practice-from-paris-and-dakar-to-havana-and-algiers/
Maryon, R, M. 2019. 'The Vein, the Fingerprint Machine and the Automatic Speed Detector': A Performance by Dr Catherine Charrett 5.12.2018. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/the-vein-the-fingerprint-machine-and-the-automatic-speed-detector-a-performance-by-dr-catherine-charrett-5-12-2018/
Maryon, R, M. 2019. "Conceptualising the Establishment of Intergovernmental Organisations: Learning from IPCC and the IPBES" Dr Hannah Hughes & Dr Alice Vadrot. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/conceptualising-the-establishment-of-intergovernmental-organisations-learning-from-ipcc-and-the-ipbes-dr-hannah-hughes-dr-alice-vadrot/
Maryon, R. 2019. WIP Seminar with Dr Simone Tholens – "Knowledge Production in 21st Century Interventions: Security Assistance as a Global Assemblage" 13.03.2019. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/2019/03/26/wip-seminar-with-dr-simone-tholens-knowledge-production-in-21st-century-interventions-security-assistance-as-a-global-assemblage-13-03-2019/
Maryon, R. 2019. 'Security Governance Through Everyday Insecurity Practitioners: Stop Street-Harassment campaigns and authoritarian neoliberalism in Cairo' ISRU WIP Seminar with Dr Elisa Wynne-Hughes 20.03.2019. International Studies Research Unit Blog: Cardiff University Blogs (Online). Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/2019/04/05/security-governance-through-everyday-insecurity-practitioners-stop-street-harassment-campaigns-and-authoritarian-neoliberalism-in-cairo-isru-wip-seminar-with-dr-elisa-wynne-hughes-2/.
Maryon, R, M. 2020 'Frontiers in International Relations: The Bingo Project' ISRU/CCGP Frontiers Lecture with guest speaker Professor Kate Bedford – 20th of November 2019. International Studies Research Unit: Cardiff University Blogs. 13.01.2020. Available at: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/isru/the-bingo-project-isru-ccgp-frontiers-lecture-with-guest-speaker-professor-kate-bedford-20th-of-november-2019/
Thesis
Securing the state in post-transition Tunisia: reconfiguring regime legitimacy in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism
Teaching
I currently work full time as a permanent Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West of England.
Cardiff University (2018-2020)
Introduction to International Relations (1st Year AS Module) – Tutor Seminar
Introduction to Globalisation (1st Year AS Module) – Tutor Seminar
Step-up Club (widening participation at Cardiff University) 2020
Social Science and Humanities Subject Stream
University of the West of England (since 2018-ongoing )
Modules taught at UWE:
Block Zero Induction to Social Science – Module lecturer
On campus extra Politics and IR supplementary sessions during covid pandemic– Module lecturer
From Plato to Nato – Module lecturer
Politics of Crisis and Change – Module Lecturer
Nature and the Use of Research – Module Lecturer
Gender and Global Politics – Module Lecturer
Terrorism, Security, and Migration in Europe – Module leader
International Development – Module Leader
Module Marking at UWE:
From Plato to Nato
Politics of Crisis and Change
Nature and the Use of Research
Gender and Global Politics
Terrorism, Security, and Migration in Europe
International Development
International Relations
Politics, States and Resistance
Guest lectures at UWE:
Development and Resistance in Latin America
Critical Reflections on Security and Strategy
Awards at UWE:
Oustanding Teaching Award 2020-21 – Nominated
Oustanding Teaching Award 2021-22 – Nominated
Other roles:
APT – 2018-ongoing
AS dissertation supervisor – 2021-ongoing
Student support officer for Politics and IR – 2020-2021
Level lead – 2021-ongoing
My Engagement champion for Politics and IR – 2021-ongoing
Foundation Year support office – 2022-ongoing
Second marker – 2020-ongoing