Michael Keating (born 2 February 1950) is a political scientist specialising in

nationalism Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, I ...

, European politics, regional politics, and

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. He is Professor of Scottish Politics at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

and Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the

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Early life

Keating was born in North East England to Scottish and Irish parents. He holds British, Irish, and Canadian citizenships. Keating holds a BA from the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

and a PhD from Glasgow College of Technology, now the Glasgow Caledonian University.

Academic career

Keating was previously Professor of Political Science at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

, Canada and between 1979 and 1988, taught at the University of Strathclyde. He has been visiting professor in the United States, Spain, France, Australia, and England. From 2000 until 2010, he was on

secondment Secondment is the temporary assignment of a member of one organization to another organization. In some jurisdictions, .g., Indiasuch temporary transfer of employees is called "on deputation". Job rotation The employee typically retains their s ...

from Aberdeen as Professor of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, Florence, where he was head of the department between 2004 and 2007. He is author of eighteen books and editor of another eighteen, as well as numerous academic articles and chapters. His publications include ''Nations Against the State: The New Politics of Nationalism in Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland'' (Macmillan, 1996), ''Plurinational Democracy: Stateless Nations in a Post-Sovereignty Era'' (Oxford University Press, 2001), ''The Government of Scotland: Public Policy Making after Devolution'' (Edinburgh University Press, 2005), ''The Independence of Scotland'' (Oxford University Press, 2009), ''Rescaling the European State'' (Oxford University Press, 2013), ''Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences'' (edited with Donatella della Porta – Cambridge University Press, 2008), and ''Debating Scotland'' (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Awards and honours

Keating is a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was establis ...

, Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...

, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, and Member of the European Academy.

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at the Centre on Constitutional Change 1950 births Scottish political scientists Canadian political scientists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Irish political scientists Living people Scholars of nationalism Academics of the University of Aberdeen Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Academic staff of the European University Institute Fellows of the British Academy Place of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-academic-stub