PhD Student: Sofia De Sousa

Details

Email: sofia.desousa@sheffield.ac.uk

Research Topic: British National Identity and National Symbols

Supervisors

Alistair McMillan and Matthew Flinders

Research Summary

This dissertation aims to investigate the influence of the kind of national identity on political attitudes towards national symbols. National symbols are a source of popular emotions (Kolsko 2006) and thus serve to enhance national attachments. Thus, the way how people are involved with their nation, will influence their political support of national symbols. The national identity feeling could be characterized by a major symbolic or civic attachment to the nation. The national identity content approach shows that national symbols specially congregate the support from citizens who hold a symbolic rather than a civic attachment to the nation. However, to what extent would symbolic attached citizens support national symbols when they are confronted with a multiple-national identity?

Research Interests

National Identity, British Politics

Teaching

• Political Analysis (level 2), 2011-2012
• Associate Tutors Training Module, 2011-2012

Previous Professional Experience

• Researcher on Politics and International Management, Independent, 2008-2010
• Lecturer, School of Technology and Management / School of Education and Social Sciences - IPL, 2002-2007
• Marketing Coordinator, JC-Cascais Marina, 2002-2003
• International & National Account Manager, TBWA-Omnicom Group, 2000-2002
• International Account Manager, Markdata-Marktest, 2000

Previous Education

• MPhil in International Management, Portuguese Catholic University, 2003-2006
• MBA, Master in Business Administration, Portuguese Catholic University, 2001-2003
• Master & Bachelor in Management, ISCTE Business School-University Institute of Lisbon, 1994-1999