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Research
Email: marianne.rozario@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
Marianne is a Lecturer on the MA Social Justice and Public Service. She holds a PhD in International Relations exploring the notion of Catholic agency in international society through the University of Notre Dame Australia, as well as a MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. She is also Senior Researcher and Projects Lead for Theos, a religion and politics think tank in London.
Marianne has previously been Project Manager of Catholic Mission at St Mary's University working to implement numerous projects which embed the Catholic mission of the University through its teaching and research, and in its contribution to Catholic public life in the wider society. She has also been an Associate Lecturer within the Institute of Business, Law and Society as Module Convenor for ‘Global Governance’ on the MA Diplomacy and International Relations and a supervisor on a number of Masters’ dissertations on the MA Human Trafficking, Migration and Organised Crime.
Lecturing Experience
- 2019 - Lecturer: Catholic Foreign Policy – Religion and World Politics POLI3000 module - The University of Notre Dame Australia
- 2021 - Guest Lecturer: Research Design – Advanced Research Methods – St Mary’s University
- 2020-2021 - Associate Lecturer: Dissertation Supervisor within the Institute of Business, Law and Society on the MA Human Trafficking, Migration and Organised Crime programme – St Mary’s University
- 2022 - Module Convenor: ‘Global Governance’ module on the MA Diplomacy and International Relations – St Mary’s University
- 2021-2022 - Associate Lecturer: Dissertation Supervisor within the Institute of Business, Law and Society on the MA Human Trafficking, Migration and Organised Crime programme – St Mary’s University
- 2023 - Lecturer: MA Social Justice and Public Service – St Mary’s University
Research
Research profile
Research profile
Marianne holds a PhD in International Relations (IR) through the Institute for Ethics and Society from the University of Notre Dame Australia and a MA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. Her research interests explore the notion of Catholic agency in the academic discipline of IR. Situated in the IR discourse on religion, she examines Catholic actors involved in anti-slavery initiatives through the IR theoretical framework of the English School.
Conference Papers
- University of Notre Dame Australia - ‘The Catholic Church’s efforts to fight human trafficking’ - Religion & the Humanitarian Challenge Symposium Schedule (August, 2017)
- University of Notre Dame Australia - ‘Santa Marta Group – The Catholic Church in the fight against modern slavery’ - From Slavery to Freedom – (April 2018)
- University of Notre Dame Australia - ‘Catholic reflections on the understanding of morals and norms in the English School’s concept of ‘International Society’ – Lunchtime Research Seminar Series (May 2019)
- University of Notre Dame Australia - HDR Conference – Mapping Anti-Slavery initiatives of Catholic actors (#EndSlavery Initiative and the agency of Catholic actors in IR’s English School theory) (June 2019)
- The Australian Association for the Study of Religion - ’Catholic Anti-Slavery Initiatives: Moral Foundations and Resources of Religious Action’ (December 2019)
- ISA Annual Convention – Las Vegas Online ‘Catholic Agency in English School Theory in International Relations’ (April 2021)
- Respondent for Notre Dame’s IES RGE symposium on Glanville, M. R., & Glanville, L. Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics (September 2021)
- APSA Macquarie University Online ‘Glocal Dimensions of Catholic Agency’ (September 2021)
- ISA Annual Convention - Nashville Online – ‘Glocal Dimensions of Catholic Agency’ Rozario and Santos (March 2022)
- University of Oxford - ‘The Catholic Agency of Saints in International Relations’ - Christian identity in nation, transnational and local space (April 2022)
- University of Exeter - 'Christendom in Contemporary Scholarship of the English School’ (June 2022)
Publications
- Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, Trends, and Practices in Dying, Death, and the Afterlife (2023) – Theos and the Susanna Wesley Foundation
- Book Review - Catholic Social Thought - ‘Glanville, M. R., & Glanville, L. (2021). Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics. InterVarsity Press.’
- Book Review - Journal for the Academic Study of Religion (Vol 31, no 1 (2018)) – ‘Luca Mavelli and Erin K. Wilson (eds), The Refugee Crisis and Religion: Secularism, Security and Hospitality in Question’ http:// journals.equinoxpub.com/JASR/article/view/36446/pdf
- Dissertation Publication – E-International Relations (2014) - ‘The Emergence and Cascading of Pope Francis’ Norm of Social Justice’