Dr Timothy Peace

Senior Lecturer (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 01413306870
email: Timothy.Peace@gla.systa-s.com

Biography

I joined the University of Glasgow as an LKAS Fellow in July 2017. Prior to this I was a Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Stirling. I completed my PhD in Social and Political Science at the European University Institute (EUI) in 2010 and I have held postdoctoral positions at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), the University of Edinburgh and the University of Padova (Marie Curie Fellowship).

Research interests

I work on Comparative European Politics and my main research interests include:

Religion and Politics
Social Movements and Political Activism
Migration and Integration
Racism and antisemitism
Populist parties and the far right in Europe
Politics of the UK, France and Italy

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Publications

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Number of items: 49.

2026

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Paxton, Fred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-8448 (2026) Local election results show the hurdles along the path to power for French far right. Conversation, 24 Mar. (doi: 10.64628/AB.ecur3hmvq)

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2026) Threats to academic freedom online and offline in France: culture wars, identity politics, and the Islamo-gauchisme controversy. In: Giorgi, Alberta and Hande, Eslen-Ziya (eds.) (Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts Navigating Online Violence. Routledge. ISBN 9781032894201 (In Press)

2025

Paxton, Fred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-8448 and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2025) Localism as a strategy: symbolic policy making by populist radical right parties in Italy and France. Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, 2025(3), pp. 481-510. (doi: 10.1483/118779)

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Meer, Nasar (2025) Race, ethnicity and UK politics. In: Convery, Alan (ed.) UK Politics. SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 59-74. ISBN 9781036202460

2024

Posteraro, Lucia, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Nyquist Pedersen, Marius (2024) Riding the yellow wave: the online populist communication of Rassemblement National (RN) leaders in response to the Gilets Jaunes protests and the 2019 European elections. Information, Communication and Society, 27(8), pp. 1712-1735. (doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2024.2361118)

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Paxton, Fred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-8448 (2024) Populist pragmatism: the nationalisation of local government strategies by the Rassemblement National. Acta Politica, 59, pp. 264-288. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-023-00292-9)

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2024) What George Galloway’s win ‘for Gaza’ means for Labour’s standing with Muslim voters. Conversation, 01 Mar. (doi: 10.64628/AB.ahshrprq9)

2023

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2023) Humza Yousaf: Scotland gets a Muslim leader in a moment of extraordinary change for British politics. Conversation, 28 Mar. (doi: 10.64628/AB.ahshrprq9)

Balazard, Hélène and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2023) Confronting Islamophobia and its consequences in East London in a context of increased surveillance and stigmatization. Ethnicities, 23(1), pp. 88-109. (doi: 10.1177/14687968221088016)

2021

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2021) Religion and the ideology of populism. In: Haynes, Jeffrey (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Politics and Ideology. Series: Routledge international handbooks. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 138-152. ISBN 9780367417826 (doi: 10.4324/9780367816230-13)

Paxton, Fred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5635-8448 and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2021) Window dressing? The mainstreaming strategy of the Rassemblement National in power at the local level of government. Government and Opposition, 56(3), pp. 545-562. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2020.11)

Hill, Emma, Meer, Nasar and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2021) The role of asylum in processes of urban gentrification. Sociological Review, 69(2), pp. 259-276. (doi: 10.1177/0038026120970359)

Emilsson, Henrik, Angeli, Maria, Elia, Anna, Meer, Nasar and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2021) The impact of multilevel policy and governance: A comparative study of access to language training in Cosenza, Glasgow, Malmö, and Nicosia. Project Report. Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmö.

Meer, Nasar, Hill, Emma, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Villegas, Leslie (2021) Rethinking refuge in the time of COVID-19. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(5), pp. 864-876. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1855359)

2020

Paxton, Fred and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2020) How the Rassemblement National is using local government to ‘mainstream’. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Meer, Nasar (2020) Ethnic diversity. In: Garnett, Mark (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of British Politics and Society. Series: Routledge international handbooks. Routledge. ISBN 9781138677937 (doi: 10.4324/9781315559247-13)

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2020) Displaced Migration and Labour Market Governance in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities. Documentation. GLIMER: Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees, Edinburgh.

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2020) Improving labour market access for refugees in Scotland: key findings and recommendations. Documentation. GLIMER: Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees, Edinburgh.

2019

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Chabal, Emile (2019) Why the French left has a problem with Islamophobia. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Akhtar, Parveen (2019) Another 'rotten borough'? Allegations of electoral fraud in Peterborough. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Meer, Nasar (2019) Refugee integration in Europe since the ‘crisis'. RSCAS Working Papers, 2019(31), 343.

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2019) Islamophobia and the Left in France. In: Zempi, Irene and Awan, Imran (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Islamophobia. Routledge, pp. 110-122. ISBN 9780815353751

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2019) Integration Governance in Scotland Accommodation, Regeneration and Exclusion. Project Report. GLIMER: Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees.

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2019) Ethnic minorities in British politics: candidate selection and clan politics in the Labour Party. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45(11), pp. 1902-1918. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1443804)

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2019) Asylum and Refugee Accommodation Governance in Scotland: Key Findings and Recommendations. GLIMER Policy Brief 1. Project Report. GLIMER Project, Edinburgh.

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2019) English Language Education for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Scotland: Provision and Governance. Project Report. GLIMER: Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees.

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2019) Improving ESOL Provision for Displaced Adult Migrants in Scotland: Key Findings and Recommendations. GLIMER Policy Brief 2. Project Report. GLIMER Project, Edinburgh.

2018

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251, Hill, Emma and Naysmith, Stephen (2018) Interview with The Herald: 'Councils should house asylum seekers, say academics'. Herald, 2018(4 Dec),

Meer, Nasar, Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Hill, Emma (2018) The Governance and Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees. Project Report. GLIMER: Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe's Refugees.

2017

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2017) Secularism and French politics. [Website]

2016

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2016) Religion and populism in Britain. In: Marzouki, Nadia, McDonnell, Duncan and Roy, Olivier (eds.) Saving the People: How Populists Hijack Religion. C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.: London. ISBN 9781849045209

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2016) The party is over for Respect, but George Galloway could find a home again in Labour. Conversation, 23 Aug. (doi: 10.64628/AB.dkm3xshku)

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2016) Who becomes a terrorist, and why? Washington Post,

2015

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Akhtar, Parveen (2015) Biraderi, bloc votes and Bradford: investigating the Respect party's campaign strategy. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 17(2), pp. 224-243. (doi: 10.1111/1467-856X.12057)

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) De-mystifying biraderi politics in Bradford. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (Ed.) (2015) Muslims and Political Participation in Britain. Series: Routledge studies in religion and politics. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415725316

Meer, Nasar and Peace, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) The 2015 election: BME groups in Scotland. In: Khan, Omar and Sveinsson, Kjartan (eds.) Race and Elections. Runnymede, pp. 26-29. ISBN 9781909546080

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) British Muslims and the anti-war movement. In: Peace, Timothy (ed.) Muslims and Political Participation in Britain. Series: Routledge studies in religion and politics. Routledge: London, pp. 124-137. ISBN 9780415725316

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) European Social Movements and Muslim Activism: Another World but with Whom? Series: Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137463999

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) Introduction. In: Peace, Timothy (ed.) Muslims and Political Participation in Britain. Series: Routledge studies in religion and politics. Routledge: London, pp. 1-11. ISBN 9780415725316

2014

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Duffy, Judith (2014) Interview with The Herald: ''I may be Muslim but I identify myself as Scottish': the indyref battle for the Scottish Asian vote'. Herald, 2014(16 Feb),

2013

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2013) Muslims and the anti-war movement. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2013) All I'm asking, is for a little respect: assessing the performance of Britain's most successful radical left party. Parliamentary Affairs, 66(2), pp. 405-424. (doi: 10.1093/pa/gsr064)

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2013) Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the respect party. In: Nielson, Jørgen S. (ed.) Muslim Political Participation in Europe. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 299-321. ISBN 9780748646944

2012

Mammone, Andrea and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2012) Cross-national ideology in local elections: the case of Azione Sociale and the British National Party. In: Mammone, Andrea, Godin, Emmanuel and Jenkins, Brian (eds.) Mapping the Extreme Right in Contemporary Europe: From Local to Transnational. Series: Routledge studies in extremism and democracy (16). Routledge: London ; New York, pp. 288-302. ISBN 9780415502641

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2012) The French anti-racist movement and the 'Muslim Question'. In: Flood, Christopher, Hutchings, Stephen, Miazhevich, Galina and Nickels, Henri (eds.) Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims: Islam in the Plural. Series: Muslim minorities (11). Brill: Leiden ; Boston, pp. 131-146. ISBN 9789004231023 (doi: 10.1163/9789004231030_010)

2011

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2011) Où sont les musulmans dans le mouvement altermondialiste? In: Grannec, Christophe (ed.) Les Chrétiens dans la mouvance altermondialiste. Series: Les terrains du siècle. Karthala: Paris, pp. 149-187. ISBN 9782811105112

2009

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2009) Un antisémitisme nouveau? The debate about a ‘new antisemitism’ in France. Patterns of Prejudice, 43(2), pp. 103-121. (doi: 10.1080/00313220902793773)

2008

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2008) L’impact de la « participation musulmane » sur le mouvement altermondialiste en Grande-Bretagne et en France. Cultures and Conflits(70), pp. 109-128. (doi: 10.4000/conflits.13213)

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Number of items: 49.

Articles

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Meer, Nasar (2019) Refugee integration in Europe since the ‘crisis'. RSCAS Working Papers, 2019(31), 343.

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2016) Who becomes a terrorist, and why? Washington Post,

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Website

Paxton, Fred and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2020) How the Rassemblement National is using local government to ‘mainstream’. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Chabal, Emile (2019) Why the French left has a problem with Islamophobia. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 and Akhtar, Parveen (2019) Another 'rotten borough'? Allegations of electoral fraud in Peterborough. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2017) Secularism and French politics. [Website]

Akhtar, Parveen and Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2015) De-mystifying biraderi politics in Bradford. [Website]

Peace, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-9251 (2013) Muslims and the anti-war movement. [Website]

This list was generated on Sat Apr 4 02:51:44 2026 BST.

Grants

I am a Co-Investigator on the GLIMER project that has been funded by the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures scheme supported by the European Commission and funded under Horizon 2020. GLIMER (Governance and the Local Integration of Migrants and Europe’s Refugees) seeks to work towards innovative solutions that transform the current refugee crisis in Europe into an opportunity. The project has a total value of €1.4 million and is led by Professor Nasar Meer at the University of Edinburgh. Other project partners include the University of Calabria, Malmö University and the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies in Cyprus. The project is started in September 2017 and will last for 3 years.

I am also the Principal Investigator on a project funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh about French local government and the Rassemblement National (RN). This project started in January 2020 and will last for two years.

Supervision

I am happy to supervise potential PhD students who want to work on any of my research interests. Please get in touch to discuss a potential PhD proposal.

Cook, Michelle
‘Are populists a menace for world peace? A comparative study of domestic populism and foreign policies in the United States and Greece'
Ross, Dean
Alternative Nationalisms and Immigration: A Comparative Study of Scotland and Catalonia

Teaching

I am currently teaching West European Politics (POLITIC4090).

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I have been interviewed by a number of media outlets from around the world. Most recently I was interviewed for two BBC Radio 4 Programmes on the far right and Christianity and the rising right in Europe.

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