Phil Marfleet specialises in Political Sociology, International Politics and the Sociology of Religion. He is particularly interested in the Middle East region, where he has worked both as a journalist and lecturer. He is currently the Subject Area Co-ordinator for Third World Studies.

Phil Marfleet lectures in the following Third World studies units;

  TWS 103   The Modern Third World
  TWS 2/308 Islam in the Modern World
  TWS 302   Nationalist Movements in Africa and Asia
  TWS 306   Third World Project
  TWS 308   International relations and the Third World
  TWS309/10 Third World Double Project Unit