School of Politics and International Studies

Research Interests

My research interests include:

• Famine processes in colonial India and contemporary Africa, particularly Malawi. The extent to which democracy and/or markets can help to prevent famines
• The contemporary history of South Asia, focusing on the changing nature of Indian hegemony
• Corruption, democracy and the role of donors
• The impact of globalisation on governments
• Liberal Democrat development policy

Dr David Hall-Matthews talks about his current research interests

Teaching

I teach on the following modules: 'Famines and Food Security', 'Government and Politics in India', 'North-South Linkages', the MA Development Studies core module 'Development Theories, Strategies and Issues' and the BA International Development 1st year module 'Contemporary Development Issues'.

PhD Supervision

I currently supervise four PhD students who are working on: Gender Relations in Pakistan; Food pricing policy in Malawi; Civil society and policy processes in Malawi; and The political economy of rural transformations in South Africa. I have supervised five PhD students who have successfully completed.

Key Publications

Journal Articles

• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2008) Inaccurate Conceptions: Disputed Measures of Nutritional Needs and Famine Deaths in Colonial India, Modern Asian Studies 42 (6), pp. 1187-1210.

Books

• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2005) Peasants, Famine and the State in Colonial Western India. Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapters in Books

• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2008) Famine. In Vince Parillo (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Sage Reference, pp. 362-364. 
• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2007) Tickling Donors and Tackling Opponents: The Anti-Corruption Campaign in Malawi. In: Sarah Bracking (ed.) Corruption and Development: The Anti-Corruption Campaigns, Palgrave Macmillan , pp.77-102.
• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2007) Globalisation and the Role of the British State. In: Duncan Brack, Richard Grayson and David Howarth (eds.) Reinventing the State: Social Liberalism for the 21st Century, Politico's, pp.175-194.

Proceedings of Conference

• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2007) Does Globalisation Make Famines More or Less Likely? In: Ann Boran and Peter Cox (eds.) Implications of Globalisation: Papers from a conference held at University College Chester, November 2003, Chester Academic Press, pp.111-140.
• Hall-Matthews, D.N.J. (2010) Unaffordable Risks and Unaffordable Protection: How Poverty Reduction Programmes and Food Security Strategies Can Undermine Each Other. In: Boran, A (ed.), Poverty: Malaise of Development?, Chester Academic Press, pp.127-160.

Media Contact Areas

I am happy to be contacted for the following areas:

• Liberal Democrat development policy
• Hunger, the politics of famine causation and disaster relief
• South Asia (especially India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh)
• Southern Africa (especially Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania)
• Agriculture and trade justice
• The impact of globalisation on states, including Britain
• Corruption and politics in Africa and South Asia
• The African Leadership Prize