Skip to main content
Nye Davies

Dr Nye Davies

(he/him)

Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Teams and roles for Nye Davies

Overview

Nye Davies is a Senior Lecturer based in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University and a member of the Wales Governance Centre. His research focuses on the Labour Party, Welsh politics and the study of ideas.

Nye has published two books on the Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan. This is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune is the first edited collection of Bevan’s writings in the magazine Tribune. His second book, The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan, takes a new approach by treating Bevan as a political thinker and reconstructing his political thought. It offers an alternative perspective on a complex figure and provides new insight into Bevan’s intellectual development and the ideas that drove his politics.

Nye has also published work on the Welsh Labour Party, including two journal articles that explore the party’s history in Wales and its ideological development. Nye has written extensively for publications such as The Conversation, BBC, Tribune, Nation.Cymru, and the Western Mail. Nye has also appeared on BBC Radio Wales and LBC News, and his work has been cited by The Guardian.

Alongside his research on politics and political ideas, Nye has a longstanding interest in the relationship between rugby, tradition and Welsh identity. His recent article, The Scarlet Runners and the Welsh All Blacks: Traditions and Identities in Welsh Rugby, examines how traditions of playing style have shaped the identities of two of Wales’s most storied rugby clubs, Llanelli and Neath. More broadly, this research examines the ways in which traditions act as powerful frameworks through which sporting clubs construct identities and are understood by supporters, players, coaches and pundits.

Publication

Research

My research interests centre on Labour Party politics, Wales, and the study of political ideas and ideology. I am currently researching the history of the Welsh Labour Party, with a particular focus on its ideological development and the evolution of its political thought.

I am also a member of a collaborative research project with colleagues at Cardiff University and the University of Bremen examining post-pandemic labour struggles in the UK and Germany. The project explores the political subjectivities of striking workers and the ways in which experiences of industrial action shape political identities and understandings of collective action.

Alongside my research in politics, I have a longstanding interest in the relationship between sport, tradition, and national identity. I have published research on the role of tradition and identity in Welsh rugby and continue to explore the place of rugby union in the construction and expression of Welshness.

Teaching

I am currently the module leader on a core Year 1 module, Introduction to Government, and on a Year 2 module Ideas and Ideology in British Politics. I co-lead a postgraduate module called Themes and Debates in Political Research.

During my time at Cardiff University I have taught on the following modules:

Undergraduate

Year 1

  • Introduction to Government
  • Introduction to Political Thought

Year 2

  • British Politics since 1945
  • Comparative European Politics
  • Comparative Politics: Protest, Power and Populism
  • Ideas and Ideology in British Politics
  • Modern Welsh Politics

Postgraduate

  • Themes and Debates in Contemporary Comparative Politics
  • Themes and Debates in Political Research

Biography

Academic Employment

  • Lecturer, Cardiff University, since 2019

 

Fellowships

  • Fellow AdvanceHE

Supervisions

 I am happy to consider applications from prospective students across the range of my research interests, including:

  • Welsh politics
  • Political thought in Wales
  • Ideas and ideology
  • Labour Party (in Wales, the UK and comparatively)

Do feel free to get in touch.

Current supervision

William Davies

William Davies

Contact Details

Email [email protected]
Telephone +44 29208 74564
Campuses Law Building, Room 2.19, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Wales
  • British Domestic Politics
  • Devolved Politics
  • Ideology
  • Political theory and political philosophy

External profiles