Anand Menon

Anand Menon
Menon at Chatham House in 2010
BornSeptember 1965 (age 59)
Academic background
EducationQueen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (1984–1993)
Academic work
DisciplineEuropean Politics
Institutions
  • Director of the UK in a Changing Europe Initiative (2014–present)
  • Department of European & International Studies, King's College London (2013–present)
  • Department of Political Science and International Studies,
    University of Birmingham (2001–2012)
  • St Antony's College, Oxford (1995–2001)

Anand Menon (born September 1965)[1] is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom and was appointed in January 2014 as director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative.[2] He was a special adviser to the House of Lords EU committee.

Academic career

Prior to arriving at King's College, London, Menon lectured at the University of Birmingham. Previously he was Lecturer in European Politics at Oxford University for ten years and a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford for five.

Menon is the Director of UK in a Changing Europe, a think tank funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and based at King's College London.[3]

Personal Life

Menon is a lifelong fan of Leeds United F.C. and the India national cricket team.[4]

Bibliography

His publications include European Politics (Oxford University Press, 2007), co-edited with Colin Hay and Europe: The State of the Union (Atlantic Books, 2008), and he has written for popular publications including the Financial Times, the London Review of Books and Prospect.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ "Anand MENON". Personal Appointments. Companies House. Retrieved 18 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Leading Professor appointed to head major new ESRC project into EU/UK relationship". Economic and Social Research Council. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "About us: UK in a Changing Europe staff". The UK in a changing Europe. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. ^ https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/anand-menon-on-racism-uk-has-made-progress-but-far-right-riots-show-theres-a-long-way-to-go/
  5. ^ "Anand Menon". London Review of Books. Retrieved 1 August 2009.