Areas of Expertise

Professor Burrett is an expert on comparative politics, with special reference to Britain and the former Soviet Union. She also works on democratic and transition theory. She has a keen interest in parliamentary politics and reform and has worked in legislatures in Britain, Canada, Japan and the EU. Professor Burrett's op-eds appear in the The Japan Times, The New Internationalist and The New Statesman.

Teaching Interests

Professor Burrett teaches courses on post-communism, global political economy, British politics, nationalism and comparative government and politics.

Research

Professor Burrett's research interests focus on political leadership, elites, national policy-making networks and democratic renewal and reform. She has recently completed a book on presidential power and the national television media in Russia. She is currently working on a second book investigating the relationship between leadership and political agency in Britain and Japan.

Representative Publications (Academic)

• Presidential Power and Television in Putin's Russia, London: Routledge, 2010. (website)
• 'Elite Conflict and the Reconstruction of the Russian Television Landscape', The Post-Soviet Russian Media, Eds. B. Beumers, S. Hutchings & N. Rulyova, London: Routledge, 2008, pp. 71-86. (website)

Representative Publications (Journalistic)

• 'Britain's Coalition Bestows Lopsided Benefits, Japan Times, 20 May 2011(website)
• 'Election Season Comes Early in the Kremlin', Japan Times, 25 June 2011 (website)
• 'Nuclear Debate Intensifies Post-Fukushima', New Internationalist, 1 May 2011 (website)
• 'Britain's Adversity to A.V', Japan Times, 11 March 2011 (website)
• 'The Kremlin Resets Russian Foreign Policy, Japan Times, 15 December 2010 (website)
• 'Labour's Left Foot Forward?, Japan Times, 14 October 2010 (website)

Education

• Ph.D. Politics, University of Cambridge
• MPhil Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
• B.A. (Hons.) Politics and Parliamentary Studies, University of Leeds

Previous Academic Appointments

• Lecturer, Sophia University (2009-2010)
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Hosei University (2007-2008)

Professional Associations

• British Association of Japanese Studies
• British Association of Slavic and Eastern European Studies (BASEES)

E-mail

tburrett@temple.edu

Office Hours

By appointment.