Arts & Sciences Program

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Matthew Webb Head of Department, Humanities & Social Sciences, & Assistant Professor of Political Science Email: mwebb@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971 2 607 5389 (Bu Hasa) and 607-5726 (Arzanah) Office: 2108 (Bu Hasa)/8286 (Arzanah)

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Politics & International Relations, Australian National University, 2001
• M.P.P.M., Public Policy & Management, Monash University, 2010
• M.Ed., TESOL, Charles Sturt University, 2004
• M.A., Political Philosophy, Victoria University, 1996
• B.A. (Hons), Classics & Politics, Victoria University, 1991
• RSA Certificate in TEFLA, 1996

Experience

2004 to now	Assistant Professor of Politics and Coordinator of the H&SS Program, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
2001 to 2004	Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Yokohama City University, Japan
1997 to 2000	Research Scholar, Australian National University, Canberra

 
Research Interests

• Normative theories of, and liberal responses to, secession
• Separatist movements in South Asia, particularly Kashmir
• Liberal responses to multiculturalism and identity politics
• Development of non-territorial based forms of state sovereignty
• Social capital and the effects of secession upon it
• Culture and its effects upon government policy, particularly regarding language and education

Publications

Books

Matthew J. Webb, Kashmir’s Right to Secede: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Theories of Secession, Routledge, 2012.

Book Chapters

Matthew J. Webb, ‘Kashmir: Separatism as Possible Trigger for Inter-State Conflict?’, Ashgate Research Companion on Secession, Pavokovic & Radan (eds.), (Aldershot: Ashgate 2011).

Refereed Journal Articles

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Using the Feder-Ram and Military Keynesian Models to Examine the Link between Defence Spending and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka’, Defense and Peace Economics, Forthcoming 2012.

Matthew J. Webb & Albert Wijeweera, ‘Correlations in Party Performance in State Legislative Assembly and Subsequent Parliamentary Elections in India 1980-2009’, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Forthcoming 2012.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Military Spending and Economic Growth in South Asia: A Panel Data Analysis’, Defense and Peace Economics, DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2010.533905, 2010, pp.1-10.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘A Peace Dividend for Sri Lanka: The Case for a Return to Prosperity Following the End of Hostilities’, Global Economy Journal, Vol. 10, No.2, 2010.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Military Spending and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: A Time Series Analysis’, Defense and Peace Economics, Vol.20, No.6, 2009, pp.499-508.

Matthew J. Webb, ‘Humanities Courses in Undergraduate Engineering Curricula: The Case of the Arabian Gulf’, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.33, No.3, 2008, pp.367-380.

Matthew J. Webb, ‘The Cultural & Socio-Economic Determinants of Knowledge Transfer & Curriculum Design: A Case Study from the UAE’, The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Vol.7, No.5 2007, pp.43-50.

Matthew J. Webb, ‘Is There a Liberal Right to Secede from a Liberal State?’ TRAMES, Vol.10, No.4, 2006, pp.371-386.

Conference Proceedings & Other Publications

Matthew J. Webb & Albert Wijeweera, ‘Convergence Versus Regionalization: Party Performance in State Legislative Assembly and Subsequent Parliamentary Elections in India’, Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Social Science and Humanity Singapore, 26-28 February 2011.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Using the Feder-Ram and Military Keynesian Models to Examine the Link between Defence Spending and Economic Growth in Sri Lanka’, Proceedings of the 12th International Business Research Conference Dubai, 8-9 April 2010, pp.1-9.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Sri Lanka’s Peace Dividend: What the Numbers Say’, Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences Singapore, 26-28 February 2010, pp.604-607.

Albert Wijeweera & Matthew J. Webb, ‘Defence Spending and Economic
Growth in South Asia: An Econometric Analysis’, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Global Research in Business & Economics Kuala Lumpur, 28-30 December 2009, pp.1-19.