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Dr Catherine Walsh
(she/her)
BSc (SFX), BEd (UNB), MA (MUN), PhD (GUL)
Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I study political communication, particularly the construction of knowledge via discourses of expertise, risk, and trust within elite networks.
I investigate the boundary between the financial sector and the state, where discourses can be quite technocratic as well as political and financial. Such sites include government Treasury departments, other fiscal institutions, and the "quality" press. Lately I've also started researching in the area of environmental activism and political discourses of green transformations.
I welcome supervising good PhD students in any area of elite political communication or political discourses of green transformations.
Publication
2023
- Walsh, C. 2023. La regola italiana di riduzione del debitoè davvero una regola?. In: Nicoletta, G. C., Scotto di Carlo, M. and Ventrone, O. eds. Economisti e Società: Nuove Sociologie dell' Expertise Economica. Teori & Oggetti delle Scienze Sociali Naples, Italy: Ligoure Editore
- Berry, M. and Walsh, C. 2023. Introduction. Journalism Studies 24(14), pp. 1711-1714. (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2274592)
2021
- Walsh, C. and Berry, M. 2021. Introduction. Journalism Studies 22(2), pp. 115-118. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1873823)
- Walter, S. and Walsh, C. 2021. Emotion, gender, and social mobilization in UK climate news, 2009-2019. Presented at: 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2021), Virtual, 27-31 May 2021.
- Walsh, C. 2021. How independent is the OBR, and why does it matter?. In: Berry, C. ed. Perspectives on UK Economic Policy Institutions. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University, pp. 23-25.
2020
- Walsh, C. 2020. Experts without expertise: how the IFS, NAO, and OBR are underutilized in British newspapers. [Online]. blogs.lse.ac.uk: LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/fiscal-reporting-british-media/
- Walsh, C. 2020. Constructing experts without expertise: fiscal reporting in the British press, 2010-2016. Journalism Studies 21(15), pp. 2059-2077. (10.1080/1461670X.2020.1809496)
2017
- Davis, A. and Walsh, C. 2017. Distinguishing financialization from neoliberalism. Theory, Culture and Society 34(5-6), pp. 27-51. (10.1177/0263276417715511)
- Walsh, C. 2017. Protesting too much: Alastair Darling's constructions after the financial crash. In: Kelsey, D. et al. eds. The Discourse of Financial Crisis and Austerity: Critical Analyses of Business and Economics Across Disciplines. Routledge, pp. 41-56.
2016
- Davis, A. and Walsh, C. 2016. The role of the state in the financialisation of the UK economy. Political Studies 64(3), pp. 666-682. (10.1111/1467-9248.12198)
- Walsh, C. 2016. Protesting too much: Alastair Darling's constructions after the financial crash. Critical Discourse Studies 13(1), pp. 41-56. (10.1080/17405904.2015.1074599)
2015
- Walsh, C. 2015. Stating support for the city: thirty years of budget talk. In: Murdock, G. and Gripsrud, J. eds. Money Talks: Media, Markets, Crisis. University of Chicago Press, pp. 65-78.
2014
- Walsh, C. 2014. The Treasury we choose. The Fabian Review 126(2), pp. 8-9.
2000
- Chichak, K., Walsh, C. and Branda, N. R. 2000. Axially coordinated porphyrins as new rotaxanestoppers. Chemical Communications (London) 10, pp. 847-848. (10.1039/B001259I)
1995
- Walsh, C., Ray, T. S. and Jan, N. 1995. Anomalous biennial oscillations in a Fisher equation with a discretized verhulst term. Journal of Statistical Physics 81(3-4), pp. 761-775. (10.1007/BF02179256)
Articles
- Berry, M. and Walsh, C. 2023. Introduction. Journalism Studies 24(14), pp. 1711-1714. (10.1080/1461670X.2023.2274592)
- Walsh, C. and Berry, M. 2021. Introduction. Journalism Studies 22(2), pp. 115-118. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1873823)
- Walsh, C. 2020. Constructing experts without expertise: fiscal reporting in the British press, 2010-2016. Journalism Studies 21(15), pp. 2059-2077. (10.1080/1461670X.2020.1809496)
- Davis, A. and Walsh, C. 2017. Distinguishing financialization from neoliberalism. Theory, Culture and Society 34(5-6), pp. 27-51. (10.1177/0263276417715511)
- Davis, A. and Walsh, C. 2016. The role of the state in the financialisation of the UK economy. Political Studies 64(3), pp. 666-682. (10.1111/1467-9248.12198)
- Walsh, C. 2016. Protesting too much: Alastair Darling's constructions after the financial crash. Critical Discourse Studies 13(1), pp. 41-56. (10.1080/17405904.2015.1074599)
- Walsh, C. 2014. The Treasury we choose. The Fabian Review 126(2), pp. 8-9.
- Chichak, K., Walsh, C. and Branda, N. R. 2000. Axially coordinated porphyrins as new rotaxanestoppers. Chemical Communications (London) 10, pp. 847-848. (10.1039/B001259I)
- Walsh, C., Ray, T. S. and Jan, N. 1995. Anomalous biennial oscillations in a Fisher equation with a discretized verhulst term. Journal of Statistical Physics 81(3-4), pp. 761-775. (10.1007/BF02179256)
Book sections
- Walsh, C. 2023. La regola italiana di riduzione del debitoè davvero una regola?. In: Nicoletta, G. C., Scotto di Carlo, M. and Ventrone, O. eds. Economisti e Società: Nuove Sociologie dell' Expertise Economica. Teori & Oggetti delle Scienze Sociali Naples, Italy: Ligoure Editore
- Walsh, C. 2021. How independent is the OBR, and why does it matter?. In: Berry, C. ed. Perspectives on UK Economic Policy Institutions. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University, pp. 23-25.
- Walsh, C. 2017. Protesting too much: Alastair Darling's constructions after the financial crash. In: Kelsey, D. et al. eds. The Discourse of Financial Crisis and Austerity: Critical Analyses of Business and Economics Across Disciplines. Routledge, pp. 41-56.
- Walsh, C. 2015. Stating support for the city: thirty years of budget talk. In: Murdock, G. and Gripsrud, J. eds. Money Talks: Media, Markets, Crisis. University of Chicago Press, pp. 65-78.
Conferences
- Walter, S. and Walsh, C. 2021. Emotion, gender, and social mobilization in UK climate news, 2009-2019. Presented at: 71st Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2021), Virtual, 27-31 May 2021.
Websites
- Walsh, C. 2020. Experts without expertise: how the IFS, NAO, and OBR are underutilized in British newspapers. [Online]. blogs.lse.ac.uk: LSE British Politics and Policy Blog. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/fiscal-reporting-british-media/
Research
Currently I am researching:
- the influence of the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility in elite networks
- the construction of fiscal expertise in British newspapers
- the representation of environmental activism across the British and German press (with Dr. Stefanie Walter of the University of Bremen, funded by the Bremen-Cardiff Alliance Collaborative Fund)
My past projects have centred around financialization, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the genre of budget speeches to Parliament.
Teaching
In 2021-22 I am developing, leading, and lecturing the following:
- MC2632: Public Relations and Political Communication (20 credits)
- MC3630: Media, Money, and Markets (20 credits)
- MCT567: Public Relations Offline and Online (10 credits)
I also support undergraduate and masters' students in their dissertations.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Biography
Before joining JOMEC in July 2017 I spent three years as a Lecturer at Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
I was awarded my doctorate by the University of London in 2014, for research undertaken within the Department of Media & Communications at Goldsmiths' College. My PhD dissertation was entitled, "Financialization and the UK State: 1976-2013."
I hold three other degrees from Canadian universities: MA Religious Studies (MUN); BEd Secondary (UNB); and BSc Chemistry (SFXU).
Supervisions
I welcome supervising PhD students in any of:
- elite political communication
- political rhetoric
- political-economic discourses
- technocratic discourses
- financialization
- treasury departments and other fiscal instititutions
- environmental representations
- green discourses
- green economic transformations
Current supervision
Yuhuang Lyu
Research student
Engagement
Walsh, C (2014) "The Treasury We Choose." Fabian Review. 126 (2), pp. 8-9.
Walsh, C. (2021) "How independent is the OBR, and why does it matter?" Perspectives in UK Economic Policy Institutions. Manchester Centre for Economic Policy, Manchester Metropolitan University, p. 23-25.
Contact Details
+44 29225 10733
Two Central Square, Room 1.34, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS