Dr Jenna Higham
PhD studentCurrent Teaching
Michaelmas:
PPR.233: Power in British Politics: The Role of the Prime Minister (Convenor)
PPR.327: The Politics of Immigration (UG) (Convenor)
Lent and Summer:
POLI100: Politics in the Modern World
PPR.246: Public Policy
PPR.433: Politics and Policymaking of Immigration (PG) (Convenor)
Research Interests
British politics; Brexit; populism; power; governmentality
Current Research
My current research examines populism through the lens of Foucault's work on power, subjectivity and truth. I reposition populism as a technology of governmentality, in which ‘the people’ as a political subject emerges through the process of subjectivation made possible by the production of knowledge and the creation of an alternative regime of truth. A shared recognition of this truth helps bind together ‘the people’, who can then be mobilised to achieve a range of political goals.
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01/10/2026 → 30/06/2027
Research
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Invited talk
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Prize (including medals and awards)