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UCL is a world-leading hub for the study of Europe and the EU. We teach over 30 European languages and have at least 300 academics working specifically on Europe. Our expertise on EU and European politics, policy and law stands out for both its breadth and its depth. Academics specialising in this field hail from many departments – among them Laws, Political Science, European and International and Political Studies, Economics, the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, or the Energy Institute.

 

European and EU Law and Politics Cluster 

This page features a small selection of UCL academics, hailing from different departments and faculties, to get a sense of the breadth and wealth of UCL expertise on European and EU Law, Politics and Policy. Click on academics’ profiles to read more about the themes and interests that cut across their work.

Valentina Amuso

Valentina Amuso

Department of Political Science
Political economy, innovation, regulation, public policy

Phillip Ayoub

Phillip Ayoub portrait

Department of Political Science
Transnational politics, sexuality and gender; norm diffusion; the study of social movements

Kristin Bakke

Kristin Bakke

Department of Political Science
Political violence; post-war state-building; wartime governance; geopolitical attitudes

Richard Bellamy

Professor Richard Bellamy

Department of Political Science
European social and political theory post-1750; the normative study of the European Union

Iris Chiu

Iris Chiu

Faculty of Laws
Financial law and regulation, banking, fintechs and crypto-finance

David Coen

David Coen

Department of Political Science
Public policy, lobbying and regulation; business and government relations

Nicola Countouris

Nicola Countouris

Faculty of Laws
Labour and social law; UK and EU public law

Peter Dinesen

Peter Dinesen

Department of Political Science
Beliefs and attidues; social trust, immigration sentiments, terrorism; Denmark

Christian Dustmann

Christian Dustmann portrait

Department of Economics
Labour economics; migration, inequality and education

Piet Eeckhout

Piet Eeckhout

Faculty of Laws
EU constitutional and human rights law; EU trade and external relations law

Veronika Fikfak

Veronika Fikfak

Department of Political Science
European Court of Human Rights; access to international justice

Oliver Gerstenberg

Oliver Gerstenberg

Faculty of Laws 
Multilevel and social constitutionalism; European private law (theory); political liberalism and Kant

Michael Grubb

Michael Grubb portrait

Institute of Sustainable Resources & Energy Institute
Energy and climate change; international climate change response

Sean Hanley

Sean Hanley

School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Comparative Central and Eastern European politics; democracy and parties; political representation

Mark Hewitson

Mark Hewitson

European & International Social & Political Studies
Nationalism, representations of warfare, Europeanism; international relations & WWI; German history

Myriam Hunter-Henin

Myriam Hunter-Henin

Faculty of Laws
Religious freedom, pluralism and democracy; European Convention of Human Rights; comparative methodologies; the role of courts in Europe; French laïcité

Mart Kuldkepp

Mart Kuldkepp

European & International Social & Political Studies
20th-century Scandinavian and Baltic political history; contemporary foreign and security policy

Alena Ledeneva

Alena Ledenova

School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Informal governance, corruption, informal economy, economic crime, networks, Global Informality Project

Maria Lee

Maria Lee

Faculty of Laws
Law and policy of environmental protection; the effect of Brexit on environmental law; planning law; public participation and environmental democracy

George Letsas

George Letsas

Faculty of Laws
Legal philosophy and human rights; theory of European law; contract law theory

Ioannis Lianos

Ioannis Lianos portrait

Faculty of Laws
Global and EU competition law; financialisation, digital and tech

Despoina (Deni) Mantzari

Despoina (Deni) Mantzari

Faculty of Laws
Competition law; economic regulation; public law; consumer protection law

Gracia Marín Durán

Gracia Marin Duran portrait

Faculty of Laws
EU external relations law; international environmental law; WTO law

Philippe Marlière

Philippe Marlière

School of European Languages, Culture & Society
French & European politics; religions and laïcité; ideologies and French republicanism; French far right; France & the EU 

Ronan McCrea

Ronan McCrea

Faculty of Laws
Comparative constitutional law, EU law and public law; law vs religion in liberal democracies

Richard Mole

Richard Mole

School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Political sociology of nationalism; populism; sexualities and migration in Russia, Germany and Poland

Ben Noble

Ben Noble

School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Authoritarianism; legislative politics; Russian domestic politics

Denny Pencheva

Denny Pencheva

Department of Political Science
European and British politics; Brexit, migration, neoliberalism

Colm O’Cinneide

Colm O'Cinneide portrait

Faculty of Laws
Equality and anti-discrimination law; comparative constitutional law; human rights law

Tom O’Grady

Tom O'Grady portrait

Department of Political Science
Political economy; political behavior; UK and Europe party politics

Michal Ovádek

Dr Michal Ovádek

Department of Political Science
Interaction of law and politics in the EU; decision-making of the CJEU

Claudia Radaelli

Claudio Radaelli

Department of Political Science
Public administration; policy analysis; governance and regulation; European Union

Alan Renwick

Alan Renwick

Department of Political Science
Citizens' participation in democratic politics and policy-making

Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands

Faculty of Laws
International courts and tribunals; international law; Europe and human rights

Sherrill Stroschein

Sherrill Stroschein portrait

Department of Political Science
Politics of ethnicity in democratic and democratising states

Katerina Tertytchnaya

katerina tertytchnaya portrait

Department of Political Science
Non-democratic propaganda and non-violent repression in Russia

Lisa Vanhala

Lisa Vanhala portrait

Department of Political Science
Climate change; human rights; equality

Albert Weale

Albert Weale portrait

Department of Political Science
Political theory and public policy; intellectual paradigms in health and environment policy

Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson

School of Slavonic & East European Studies
Democratisation in post-Soviet states; Ukraine crisis; Belarus politics

Helen Xanthaki

Helen Xanthaki

Faculty of Laws
EU legislative quality, transposition techniques, better regulation, better legislation, legislative transformation; EU, Greece