Biography

I joined the University of Surrey in August 2006 after previously holding positions as a Visiting Lecturer at the Government Department, London School of Economics (2005-2006), Visiting Fellow at the LSE's Centre for International Studies (2005-2006) and ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of International Relations, LSE (2004-2005). Between 2004 and 2006 I also worked as a Sessional Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, London. I spent 2009-11 as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Germany. During this period I was based at the Chair of German and Comparative European Politics at the University of Potsdam and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs) in Berlin.

Research Interests

- British, French and German defence policy

- European and trans-Atlantic defence cooperation

- Neoclassical Realism

Publications

Books

Dyson, T. (2007), The Politics of German Defence and Security: Policy Leadership and Military Reform in the Post-Cold War Era, (New York: Berghahn) pp. 230.

Dyson, T. (2010) Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in post-Cold War Europe (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan) pp. 352.

Journal Articles

T. Dyson (forthcoming 2012) ‘Organising for Counterinsurgency: The Adaptation of British and German Military Doctrine in Afghanistan’, Contemporary Security Policy 33, no.1.

T. Dyson (2011) ‘Condemned Forever to Becoming and Never to Being? The Weise Commission and German Military Isomorphism’, German Politics, 20, no.4, pp.545-67.

T. Dyson, 'Defence Policy under the Labour Government: Operational Dynamism and Strategic Inertia', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13, no.2, pp.206-29.

T. Dyson, 'Managing Convergence: German Military Doctrine and Capabilities in the 21st Century', Defence Studies, 11, no.2, pp.244-70.

T. Dyson (2008) 'Between International Structure and Executive Autonomy: Convergence and Divergence in post-Cold War British, French and German Military Reforms,' Security Studies ,17, no.4, pp. 725-74.

T. Dyson, (2005) "German Military Reform 1998-2004: Leadership and the Triumph of Domestic Constraint over International Opportunity ", European Security , 14, no.3, pp. 361-386.

T. Dyson, (2002) "British Policies towards Axis Reprisals in Occupied Greece: Whitehall vs. SOE", Contemporary British History, 16, no.1, pp.11-28.

T. Dyson, (2002) "Civilian Power and History Making Decisions: German Agenda Setting on Europe ", European Security, 11, no.1, pp.27-48.

Contributions to Edited Volumes

T. Dyson (forthcoming 2012) ‘The State of German Defence: A Perspective From Abroad’ in I. Wiesner (ed.) Understanding German Defence (Baden-Baden: Nomos).

T, Dyson (2010) ‘Defence Policy: Temporal and Spatial Differentiation within Reformed Bandwagoning’ in K. Dyson and A. Sepos (eds.) Whose Europe? The Politics of Differentiated Integration (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), pp.322-43.

Conference Papers

October 2011, Lecture, ‘British and German Military Adaptation in Afghanistan’, Annual Meeting of the UK Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Exeter College, Oxford.

May 2011, Lecture, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany: 'Organising for War: Organisational Capabilities and Doctrinal Adaptation in Britain and Germany'.

April 2011, Political Studies Association, London, UK: Speaker on panel: 'The EU as a Security Actor'.

April 2011, Second Uppsala European Law Colloquium on European External Relations, Uppsala University, Sweden. Paper titled: 'Realism and Differentiation within European Defence Cooperation'.

February 2011, Alexander von Humboldt Network Conference, Goettingen, Germany. 'Defence Reform in post-Cold War Europe'.

October 2010, Research Workshop, International Security Research Division, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany. 'Defence Policy under the Labour Government'.

October 2010, German Studies Association Annual Conference, Oakland, USA: Speaker on Panel: 'German Foreign Policy in the 21st Century'.

September 2008, EU-CONSENT Research Workshop: 'Whose Europe? The Politics of Differentiated Integration', Cardiff, UK. Paper titled: 'Differentiated European Cooperation in Defence: Reformed Bandwagoning Under Unipolarity'

April 2008, Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference, Swansea , UK : Speaker on panel: 'South and North European foreign and defence policies after the Cold War'.

March 2008, International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Francisco , USA : Speaker on panel 'The Sources of Military Innovation'.

September 2007, University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) Annual Conference, Portsmouth : Speaker on panel 'Leadership and Legitimacy in European Security and Defence Cooperation'.

May 2006, Association for the Study of German Politics Annual Conference London, UK: Speaker on panel 'German Foreign and Security Policy'.

September 2005, German Studies Association Annual Conference, Milwaukee , USA : Speaker on panel ' Germany in Europe '.

September 2003, German Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans : Speaker on panel 'Recent Developments in German Foreign Policy'; Chair of panel on 'Emerging Issues in German Security Policy'.

Teaching

Current:

Theories of International Relations (Postgraduate)

Defence in the post-Cold War World (Undergraduate)

International Organisations (Undergraduate)

Contemporary International History (undergraduate)

Previous:

Theories of European Integration (The University of Surrey, postgraduate, 2006-09)

Global Governance (the University of Surrey, postgraduate, 2006-09)

International Security and Defence (The University of Surrey, undergarduate and postgraduate, 2006-09)

The International System (The University of Surrey, postgraduate, 2006-09)

The Politics of West and Central Europe (Birkbeck College, postgraduate, 2004-06)

European Politics: Comparative Analysis (London School of Economics, postgraduate, 2005-06)

Departmental Duties

Director, Postgraduate Taught Programmes

Current or Recent Professional Activity

Executive Committee Member, Standing Conference for Heads of European Studies (SCHES), 2007-09