Shane comes from a non-traditional academic background and went to the University of Glamorgan in 1998 where he studied sociology. After graduating from Glamorgan in 2001 he stayed on as a research assistant, spending a year developing and publishing research in the areas of European integration, civil society and citizenship, and the meaning of left/right politics in the contemporary age.

Shane combined these interests for his three year period of doctoral study, where he utilized a social constructionist methodological approach in exploring the involvement of civil society organisations in the implementation of the 2000-2006 period EU Objective 1 programme in south Wales.

Publications:

Dunkerley D. and Fudge S. (2004) 'European integration and civil society; a framework for analysis'. European Societies Vol. 6:2

Williams S & Fudge S (2006) 'Beyond Left and Right: Can the Third Way deliver a Reinvigorated Social Democracy?' Critical Sociology Vol. 32:4

Fudge S. (2006) 'Democratizing the Economic and Political Landscape in south Wales?' Contemporary Wales Vol. 19

Conferences and presentations:

Fudge S. (2005) 'Building capacity in marginalized communities: are political institutions listening to civil society?' Concepts of the third sector, the European debate: civil society organizations, social and solidarity based economy. First European Conference of ISTR and EMES. April 2005

Fudge S. (2004) 'Social particularisms and the globalization of nothing: Ritzer's social theory and Welsh regional development'. Conference on Democracy and Culture in the Transatlantic World. Maastrich Centre for Transatlantic Studies. October 2005

Fudge S. (2004) 'Methodological considerations of third sector research'. European PhD Network Support Seminar. Stockholm School of Economics. May 2004

Fudge S. (2003) 'Reconciling economic efficiency and social needs? The EU, Objective 1, and Civil Society in Wales'. Postgraduate Research Conference at the University of Glamorgan. June 2003

Fudge S. and Williams S. 'Can the third way deliver a reinvigorated social democracy?' Conference on Demoralization, Morality and Authority. Cardiff University. April 2002