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Media Work

Writing and Presenting for the BBC

2010 , Three-Part Series, BBC Radio 4. (Listening audience in excess of 2.5 million.)
2013 , one-hour documentary as part of the Archive Hour, BBC Radio 4. (Subsequent coverage in ‘Pick of the Week’, The Times, The Independent, Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Stage).

TV: BBC Six O'Clock News;  ITN Main Evening News; BBC Parliament; The Politics Show; The Daily Politics, Sky News,
Radio: BBC Radio 4 ‘The World at One’; BBC Radio 4 ‘Today Programme’; BBC Radio 4 ‘The Westminster Hour’; Radio 5 Live; BBC Radio 4 ‘The Moral Maze’; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia Broadcasting Corporation,
Papers: Washington Post; The Independent, The Guardian; Independent on Sunday; Financial Times; The Observer; Huffington Post; Yorkshire Post; Hindu Times; Wall Street Journal; Bloomberg News; Politik & Kommunikation; Times higher; Yahoo News US; Daily Mail; OpenDemocracy

Prizes

• Harrison Prize [Best Article in Political Science], 2002
• Richard Rose Prize [Outstanding Scholarship], 2004
• WJM Mackenzie Prize [Best Book in Political Science], 2009
• University of 91Ö±²¥ Best Teacher Award, 2010
• Best Article in British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Prize, 2011
• Political Studies ‘Communicator of the Year’ Award, Political Studies Association [for In Defence of Politics on BBC Radio 4] 2012
• Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prize [Outstanding Scholarship], 2012
• Independent on Sunday ‘Book of the Year’ 2012 [for Defending Politics]
• Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 [for Defending Politics]
• Nominated for the ‘George Orwell Prize 2013’ [for Defending Politics]
• ESRC [Runner-up] ‘Overall Impact Champion Prize’, 2013
• Senate Award (Collaborative Activities), 2013
• Appointed ‘Digital Democracy Champion’ by the Speaker of the House of Commons, 2014
• Democratic Innovation of the Year Award, 2016

For Governmental and Parliamentary Bodies

• 1998 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into Quangos [See HC 209, Session 1998-1999]
• 1999 Invited submission of evidence to the Local Government Association
• 2001 Invited submission of evidence to the Hansard Society
• 2002 Invited submission of evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life
• 2002 Appointed to the Board of Assessors for Federal Research Grants in the Social Sciences by the Belgian Government
• 2003 Invited submission of evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution [see HL 150, Session 2003-2004]
• 2003 Invited submission of evidence to the European Convention on the Future of Europe
• 2004 Invited submission of evidence to the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland
• 2004 Invited submission of evidence to the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ review of the public inquiries system [see HC 51-I, 2004-2005].
• 2005 Invited submission of evidence to the Select Committee on Public Administration (2005) as part of their inquiry into ‘Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants’ [published in HC107-II, Session 2006-2007].
• 2005 Adviser to the Government of Taiwan
• 2006 Private evidence session to the Leader of the House of Commons to consider the future of the Modernisation Committee’s work on the legislative process.
• 2006 Invited submission of evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the future of the Electoral Commission [See Cm. 7006, 2007]
• 2006 Adviser to the Government of Canada
• 2006 Adviser to the Government of Catalonia
• 2007 Invited submission of evidence to the government’s green paper The Governance of Britain [part of the PSA’s official response document].
• 2007 Invited submission of evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (2006) as part of their inquiry into the Rural Payments Agency [see HC122-II, Session 2006-2007].
• 2008 Invited submission of evidence to the Liberal Democrats’ Better Government Working Group.
• 2008 Internal Adviser to the Committee on Standards in Public Life as part of their preparations for the twelfth inquiry.
• 2008 Invited Submission of evidence to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation document A National Framework for Greater Citizen Engagement
• 2009 Appointed ‘Acknowledged Expert’ to the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation.
• 2009 Invited Submission of evidence to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation document Rights and Responsibilities: developing our constitutional framework.
• 2009 Invited Submission of evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s inquiry into MPs expenses, June 2009 [see Cm.7724, 2009]
• 2010 Advisor to the Government of Thailand, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s ‘Advancing Democracy in Thailand’ Project. Official visit to Bangkok (21-25 Feb. 2010) for lecture and seminars.
• 2010 Advisor and Trainer for Kent County Council as part of an IDEA-monitored project on increasing political understanding amongst local government officials.[see The Guardian 28 July 2010]
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to HM Treasury’s review document ‘Reforming Arm’s Length Bodies’
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into What Ministers Do? [See HC 530, Session 2010-2011]
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Treasury Select Committee as part of its inquiry into The Office for Budget Responsibility, August 2010. [See HC 385 Office for Budget Responsibility, Fourth Report of the Treasury Committee, Session 2010-2011]
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to the Department of Justice as part of its review of the Judicial Appointments Process in the State of Victoria, Australia, August 2010.
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into The Smarter State: Quangos, September 2010. [See HC 537, Session 2010-2011]
• 2010 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Political and Constitutional Reform Committee as part of its inquiry into Government and Coalition Formation, November 2010. [See HC 528 Session 2010-2011]2011 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons’ Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into Good Governance and Civil Service Reform, January 2011. [See HC 664 Session 2012-2013] 2011 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Lords Constitution Committee as part of its inquiry into ‘The Process of Constitutional Reform’, March 2011. [See HL 177, Session 2010-2012]
• 2011 Expert advisor to the Decentralisation Analysis Team in the Communities and Local Government Department on Accountability: Adapting to Decentralisation, May 2011.
• 2011 Invited Submission of evidence the House of Commons’ Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into The Big Society, June 2011.[See HC902, Session 2010-2012]
• 2011 Expert Advisor to the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments and First Civil Service Commissioner as part of the formal review of the regulatory framework for public appointments, August 2011.
• 2012 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Commons’ Liaison Committee as part of its inquiry into The Effectiveness of Select Committees, January 2012. [See HC 697, Session 2012-2013]
• 2012 Invited Submission of evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practice Ethics of the Press, April 2012.
• 2012 Special Masterclass to the staff of the Northern Ireland Assembly on the social relevance of parliamentary staff, 15 June 2012.
• 2012 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Commons’ Political and Constitutional Reform Committee as part of its inquiry into ‘Do we need a constitutional convention for the United Kingdom?’, June 2012. [HC 371, Session 2012-2013]
• 2012 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on the Constitution as part of its inquiry into ‘The Accountability of the Civil Service’, 27 June 2012. [HL 61, Session 2012-2013]
• 2012 Invited Submission of evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into Civil Service Reform [HC74 Session 2012-2013]
• 2012 Invited Submission of evidence to the Triennial Review of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, chaired by Rt. Hon. Peter Riddell.
• 2012 Invited Submission of evidence to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s consultation on MPs pay and remuneration.
• 2013 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Commons Public Administration Committee as part of its inquiry into ‘The future of Civil Service Reform’ [HC74 Session 2012-2013]
• 2013 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on the Constitution as part of its inquiry into ‘Pre-emption of Parliament’, January 2013 [HL 165, Session 2012-2013]
• 2013 Invited Submission of evidence to the Public Administration Select Committee as part of its inquiry into ‘The Committee on Standards in Public Life’ [HC 516, 2013-2014]
• 2013 Appointed to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s ‘Panel of Experts’.
• 2014 Invited Submission of evidence to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee as part of its inquiry into ‘Voter Engagement in the UK’. [HC232, 2014-2015]. Download (PDF, 969KB)
• 2014 Invited Submission of evidence to the Speaker’s Commission on ‘Digital Democracy’
• 2014 Appointed Specialist Advisor to the Public Administration Select Committee’s inquiry into ‘The Accountability of Public Bodies’. [HC110, 2014-2015].
• 2014 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform as part of its inquiry into ‘A New Magna Carta’, Nov. 2014.
• 2015 Invited Submission of evidence to IPSA’s consultation ‘MPs Pay in the 2015 Parliament’. Download (PDF, 515KB)
• 2015 Invited submission to the Cabinet Office’s review of the Public Appointments system under the chairmanship of Sir Gerry Grimstone.
• 2015 Invited submission to the Committee on Public Life’s review of the Public Appointments System under the chairmanship of Lord Bew.
• 2015 Selection Panel Member, ESRC Impact Fellows for the ‘UK in a Changing Europe’ Research Programme.
• 2015 Co-author of ‘’, First Special Report of the Liaison Committee, 2015-2016, HC 470.
• 2016
• 2016 Written and Oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution as part of their inquiry into ‘The Union and Devolution’
• 2016 Invited submission to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry into ‘’.
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• 2016 Invited submission to the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into ’
• 2016 Invited submission to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry into ‘’.
• 2016 Invited submission to the Administration Committee’s inquiry into ‘Election Planning and Services’, October 2016.
• 2017, February 2017.
• 2017 , February 2017.
• 2017 Expert Advisory to the Cabinet Office’s review of ‘Functional Review of Bodies Providing Expert Advice to Government’.

External activities within higher education

• 2005 Tenure Appointment Panel Referee, Yale University, 2005.
• 2006 Board Member and International Advisor, Parliamentary Studies Center, Australian National University (2006–2011)
• 2008 Judge, Political Studies Association’s Mackenzie Prize for the Best Book
• 2010 British Council Young Scientists Programme
• 2011 Chair Appointment, External Assessor, University of the United Arab Emirates
• 2012 Chair Appointment, External Assessor, University of Leeds
• 2012 Advisory Panel Member, ESRC ‘The Future of the UK and Scotland Programme’
• 2012 Parliamentary Studies Selection Panel Member [Assessing applications for the accredited and co-taught module]
• 2013 Member, Joint Commissioning Panel, ESRC Scotland Senior Fellowships and Investment Proposals.
• 2013-15 External Examiner, University College Cork (Masters in Government and Public Policy).
• 2013-15 Advisory Board Member, EPSRC Project ‘Innovation and Governance for a Sustainable Economy’ (IGOV). 
• 2014 Appointed External Fellowship Review Panel, Irish Research Organisation
• 2014 Chair Appointment, External Assessor, University of Birmingham
• 2014-17 Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology, Advisory Panel Member, ‘Understanding the role of research evidence from all disciplines in Parliament’
• 2014 Chair Appointment, External Assessor, University of Guelth, Canada.
• 2014 ESRC Expert Group Member on Constitutional Reform
• 2014 Outer Board Member, Irish Research Council.
• 2014 Review Panel Member, Excellence in Research in Australia, Australian Research Council
• 2015 ESRC Commissioning Panel ‘The Future of the UK and Scotland’
• 2015 Outer Board Member, Irish Research Council.
• 2015 Chair Appointment, External Assessor, University of Birmingham
• 2016 Appointed External Fellowship Review Panel, Irish Research Organisation
• 2016 University of Stirling, External Research Excellence Assessor
• 2016-18 ESRC Capability Committee
• 2017 Outer Board Member, Irish Research Council.

External examining of research degrees [all PhDs]

• 2007 Strathclyde University
• 2008 University of Plymouth
• 2009 University of Warwick
• 2009 University of Exeter
• 2010 University of Bristol
• 2010 University of Cardiff
• 2011 Macquarie University
• 2013 Leiden University
• 2013 Essex University
• 2014 Southampton University
• 2016 Aberdeen University

Fellowships

Fully-funded competitive doctoral studentships and post-doc. fellowships secured

2005 ESRC Studentship (Matthew Denton)
2006 University Studentship (Felicity Matthews)
2006 ESRC CASE Studentship (Jenny Hugh)
2007 Canadian Research Council (Dion Curry)
2009 ESRC Studentship (Matthew Wood)
2009 Leverhulme Post-Doc (Felicity Matthews)
2011 British Academy Visiting Fellowship (Anika Guaja)
2015 ESRC (James Weinberg)
2016 ESRC Ph.D. Studentship (Alex Meakin)
2017 Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Post-Doc (Leanne Cotter)

Attached visiting fellowships

2006 Hsu Che Yuan (Government of Taiwan)
2007 Professor Paul Roness (University of Bergen)
2011 Professor Heidi Salomonsen (Aarhus University)
2011 Dr Anika Guaja (University of Sydney)
2011 Malene Brandt Winther (University of Southern Denmark)
2015 Gianfranco Baldini (University of Bologna)
2015 Ian Marsh (Australian National University)
2015 Margit Van Wessell (Wageningen University)
2016 Dr Ingmar Van Meerkerk (Erasmus University)

Fellowships

• Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 2005-2006
• Whitehall Fellowship (Cabinet Office) 2005-2006
• Visiting Fellow, University of Sydney, 2010
• Elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, 2011
• Elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society for Arts, 2012
• Visiting Professor, Utrecht University, 2014
• ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, 2015
• Global Associate, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney, 2016
• House of Commons Professorial Research Fellow, 2016-2019