About

I am a Professor of Politics at the University of Bath, UK.

My new book, How to Think About Politics: A Guide in Five Parts, will be published in paperback and ebook by Oxford University Press in February (US) and April (UK) 2025. You can find more details here.

My first book, The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are, was published in April 2018 by Oxford University Press. You can buy it in hardback from Amazon, OUP, Hive, Waterstones, and Foyles (and all other good bookshops). It is also available on Amazon Kindle.

I have been an ESRC Future Research Leaders grant holder (2016-18), and I took up a Visiting Fellowship at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. through the AHRC International Placement Scheme in 2016/7.