Dr Patrick Shea

  • Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Global Governance (Political & International Studies)

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow's School of Social and Political Sciences. Formerly, I was an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston. I received my Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University. My work can be found in the British Journal of Political Science, Economics & Politics,  International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Peace Research, and the Journal of Politics, among other outlets.

 

Research interests

My research focuses on:

  • international relations
  • the political economy of conflict processes
  • politics of international finance and debt
  • the international politics of state capacity
  • leaders and international relations 
  • domestic politics of international relations
  • statistical and causal inference.

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2025

Cormier, Ben and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2025) Global finance, political business cycles, and the politics of foreign reserves. International Studies Quarterly, (Accepted for Publication)

Ferry, Lauren L. and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2025) Crises and consequences: the role of U.S. support in international bond markets. Journal of Conflict Resolution, (doi: 10.1177/00220027251327970) (Early Online Publication)

2024

DiGiuseppe, Matthew and Shea, Patrick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Information, uncertainty, and public support for brinkmanship during the 2023 debt limit negotiations. British Journal of Political Science, (Accepted for Publication)

Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443, Reinsberg, Bernhard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-413X and Kern, Andreas (2024) China lending and the political economy of leader survival. Journal of Conflict Resolution, (doi: 10.1177/00220027241263036) (Early Online Publication)

Brown, Kathleen J., DiGiuseppe, Matthew and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Ethnic politics and sovereign credit risk. Review of International Political Economy, 31(2), pp. 589-621. (doi: 10.1080/09692290.2023.2225143)

Kern, Andreas, Reinsberg, Bernhard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-413X and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Why cronies don’t cry? IMF programs, Chinese lending, and leader survival. Public Choice, 198, pp. 269-295. (doi: 10.1007/s11127-023-01114-4)

Cappella Zielinski, Rosella and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Global war finance in the twenty-first century. In: Aggarwal, Vinod K. and Cheung, Tai Ming (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Geoeconomics and Economic Statecraft. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780197673577 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197673546.013.19) (In Press)

2023

Artabe, Eugenia, Chapa, Samantha, Sparkman, Leah and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2023) External threats, capacity, and repression: how the threat of war affects political development and physical integrity rights. British Journal of Political Science, (doi: 10.1017/S0007123422000692) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Imamverdiyeva, Ulkar and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2022) Re-examining women leaders and military spending. Journal of Peace Research, 59(5), pp. 679-693. (doi: 10.1177/00223433211055909)

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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Cormier, Ben and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2025) Global finance, political business cycles, and the politics of foreign reserves. International Studies Quarterly, (Accepted for Publication)

Ferry, Lauren L. and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2025) Crises and consequences: the role of U.S. support in international bond markets. Journal of Conflict Resolution, (doi: 10.1177/00220027251327970) (Early Online Publication)

DiGiuseppe, Matthew and Shea, Patrick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Information, uncertainty, and public support for brinkmanship during the 2023 debt limit negotiations. British Journal of Political Science, (Accepted for Publication)

Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443, Reinsberg, Bernhard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-413X and Kern, Andreas (2024) China lending and the political economy of leader survival. Journal of Conflict Resolution, (doi: 10.1177/00220027241263036) (Early Online Publication)

Brown, Kathleen J., DiGiuseppe, Matthew and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Ethnic politics and sovereign credit risk. Review of International Political Economy, 31(2), pp. 589-621. (doi: 10.1080/09692290.2023.2225143)

Kern, Andreas, Reinsberg, Bernhard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-413X and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Why cronies don’t cry? IMF programs, Chinese lending, and leader survival. Public Choice, 198, pp. 269-295. (doi: 10.1007/s11127-023-01114-4)

Artabe, Eugenia, Chapa, Samantha, Sparkman, Leah and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2023) External threats, capacity, and repression: how the threat of war affects political development and physical integrity rights. British Journal of Political Science, (doi: 10.1017/S0007123422000692) (Early Online Publication)

Imamverdiyeva, Ulkar and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2022) Re-examining women leaders and military spending. Journal of Peace Research, 59(5), pp. 679-693. (doi: 10.1177/00223433211055909)

Book Sections

Cappella Zielinski, Rosella and Shea, Patrick E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-4443 (2024) Global war finance in the twenty-first century. In: Aggarwal, Vinod K. and Cheung, Tai Ming (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Geoeconomics and Economic Statecraft. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780197673577 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197673546.013.19) (In Press)

This list was generated on Mon Jun 30 10:45:54 2025 BST.

Prior publications

Book Section

(2022) Survival analysis in international relations Handbook of Research Methods in International Relations Patrick E. Shea. (doi: 10.4337/9781839101014.00037)

Article

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2022) US Patronage, State Capacity, and Civil Conflict The Journal of Politics Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1468-2508 (doi: 10.1086/715598)

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2021) Alliances, signals of support, and military effort European Journal of International Relations Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1460-3713 (doi: 10.1177/13540661211033890)

Jeffrey J. Harden, Justin H. Kirkland, Patrick E. Shea (2021) Legislative Transparency and Credit Risk Legislative Studies Quarterly Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1939-9162 (doi: 10.1111/lsq.12272)

Patrick Shea, Paul Poast (2020) Leaders and Default International Studies Quarterly Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1468-2478 (doi: 10.1093/isq/sqaa003)

Patrick E. Shea (2020) Money Talks: Finance, War, and Great Power Politics in the Nineteenth Century Social Science History Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1527-8034 (doi: 10.1017/ssh.2020.3)

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2019) The Devil’s Haircut: Investor–State Disputes over Debt Restructuring Journal of Conflict Resolution Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1552-8766 (doi: 10.1177/0022002718811531)

Patrick E. Shea, Paul Poast (2018) War and Default Journal of Conflict Resolution Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1552-8766 (doi: 10.1177/0022002717707239)

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2018) Sovereign credit and political survival in democracies Business and Politics Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1469-3569 (doi: 10.1017/bap.2018.2)

Markie McBrayer, Patrick E. Shea, Justin H. Kirkland (2018) The Financial Crisis, Fiscal Federalism, and the Creditworthiness of US State Governments Statistics, Politics and Policy Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 2194-6299 (doi: 10.1515/spp-2018-0003)

Patrick E. Shea, Jonathan A. Solis (2018) Leaders, Tenure, and the Politics of Sovereign Credit International Interactions Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1547-7444 (doi: 10.1080/03050629.2018.1406932)

Patrick E. Shea, Charlotte Christian (2017) The Impact of Women Legislators on Humanitarian Military Interventions Journal of Conflict Resolution Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1552-8766 (doi: 10.1177/0022002716631105)

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2016) Borrowed Time: Sovereign Finance, Regime Type, and Leader Survival Economics & Politics Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1468-0343 (doi: 10.1111/ecpo.12081)

Patrick E. Shea (2016) Borrowing Trouble: Sovereign Credit, Military Regimes, and Conflict International Interactions Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1547-7444 (doi: 10.1080/03050629.2016.1100611)

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Patrick E. Shea (2015) Sovereign Credit and the Fate of Leaders: Reassessing the “Democratic Advantage” International Studies Quarterly Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 0020-8833 (doi: 10.1111/isqu.12181)

Patrick Shea, Terence K. Teo, Jack S. Levy (2014) Opposition Politics and International Crises: A Formal Model International Studies Quarterly Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 0020-8833 (doi: 10.1111/isqu.12126)

Patrick E. Shea (2014) Financing Victory Journal of Conflict Resolution Patrick E. Shea. ISSN 1552-8766 (doi: 10.1177/0022002713478567)

Supervision

I am most interested in supervising PhD students on the following topics:

  • International Political Economy
  • Sovereign Debt
  • Foreign aid
  • Development finance
  • Quantitative methods and international relations. 

 

If you wish me to supervise your PhD project, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Send me a short research proposal and curriculum vitae. 

Current supervision projects: 

  • Wu, Zhihang
    Principles or Pragmatism? Social Standards in FTAs

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