John Loughlin (political scientist)

• Adjunct Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at Umeå University, Sweden (2010-2013),
• Maître de conférences, Université libre de Bruxelles (2009-2013)
• Professeur invité, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence (2004-2010)
• Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University, where he previously held the Chair of European Politics and was then Honorary Professor between 2010 and 2015
• Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College Oxford University, 2004 (currently member of the Senior Common Room)
• European Studies Centre Visiting Research Fellow at St Antony's College Oxford University, 2005–06 (currently member of the Senior Common Room)
• Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Queen Mary, University of London, 2009
• Visiting Scholar of the Residential Colloquium at the Center of Theological Inquiry (founded by Princeton Theological Seminary but now an independent research institute), 2010

• Oblate of the Order of St Benedict (OSB Obl.) of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucesteshire, United Kingdom
• Catholic Writers Guild, United Kingdom 2012

• Honorary Doctorate, University of Umeå, Sweden (October 2009) "in recognition of his contribution to research in the field of European politics and territorial governance".
• Officier, Ordre des Palmes Académiques, France (2010) "in recognition of his research on European politics and his contribution to French language and culture".
• Honorary Professor, Cardiff University (2010-2015)
• Chaire Ganshof van der Meersch, Université libre de Bruxelles (2013–14)
• Fellow, Royal Historical Society - 2009
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts - 2009-2016
• Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences - 2010
• Fellow, European Academy of Sciences and Arts - 2013
• Fellow, Learned Society of Wales - 2014

He is the author of the authoritative Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe, and numerous other books and conference proceedings, published in several languages.

Books

• (edited with John Kincaid and Wilfried Swenden) Routledge Handbook of Regionalism & Federalism, London: Routledge, 2013
• (edited with Frank Hendriks and Anders Lidstrom), The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2010; paperback 2011)
• Subnational Government: the French Experience (Macmillan Palgrave, 2007) In 263 libraries according to
• (with Mirela Bogdani) Albania and the European Union: The Tumultuous Journey to Integration and Accession, (London: IB Tauris, 2007)
• Subnational Democracy in the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities (Oxford University Press, hardcover 2001; paperback 2004)
• (with M. Keating and K. Deschouwer), Culture, Institutions and Regional Development: a Study of Eight European Regions, (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003)
• (edited with Kris Deschouwer), The Transformation of Territorial Governance in the 21st Century, (Brussels: Flemish Academy of Belgium for Arts and Sciences, 2007)
• (edited with David Hanley), Spanish Political Parties, (Cardiff: Wales University Press, 2006)
• (edited with Alain Delcamp), La décentralisation dans les Etats de l'Union européenne, Coll. Les Etudes, (Paris: La Documentation Française, 2003, 2ième édition)
• (edited with Claude Olivesi and F. Daftary), Autonomies Insulaires: vers une politique de différence pour la Corse (Ajaccio: Albiana, 1999)
• Regional and local democracy in the European Union Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1999
  • also published in German as Die regionale und lokale Demokratie in der Europäischen Union 1999
  • Also published in Danish as: Det regionale og lokale demokrati i Den Europæiske Union. Luxembourg: Kontoret for De Europæiske Fællesskabers Officielle Publikationer, 1999
  • also published in Dutch as Regionale en lokale democratie in de Europese Unie 1999
  • also published in French as Démocratie locale et régionale dans l'Union européenne 1999
  • also published in Portuguese as A democracia regional e local na União Européia 1999
  • also published in Italian as La democrazia regionale e locale nell'Unione europea. 1999
• (edited with Michael Keating), The Political Economy of Regionalism (London: Routledge, 1997)
• (edited with Sonia Mazey), The End of the French Unitary State? Ten Years of Regionalization in France (London: Frank Cass Ltd., 1995)
• (edited with Arenilla Saez and T. Toonen) Europa de las Regiones: una Perspectiva Intergubernatal (Granada: University of Granada, 1994)
• (edited) Southern Europe Studies Guide (Bowker Saur Ltd, London, UK, 1993)
  • Review, by Richard Gillespie West European politics. 18, no. 2, (1995): 457
• (edited with M. Connolly) Public Policy in Northern Ireland: Adoption or adaptation? (Belfast: Policy Research Institute, 1990)

Periodical special issues

• (Guest editor with David Hanley), Religion et Politique, (Revue de Science Politique de l’Europe Méridionale. No. 17; Nov. 2002)

Peer-reviewed periodical articles (selected)

• "'Europe of the Regions' and the Federalization of Europe". 1996 Publius, pp 141–162
• (with Anders Lidstrom, and Chris Hudson. 2005. "The Politics of Local Income Tax in Sweden: Reform and Continuity". Local Government Studies. 31, no. 3: 351
• "Reconfiguring the State: Trends in Territorial Governance in European States" (2007) Regional &; Federal Studies. 17, no. 4: 385–403