Professor Richard G. Whitman
Associate Fellow, Europe Programme
Biography
Professor Richard G Whitman is an associate fellow of the Europe Programme. He is also currently director of the Global Europe Centre and professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent.
Previously, he was visiting senior fellow (2015-16), senior fellow (2006-07) and head of the Europe Programme at Chatham House (2004-06). He is an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the Executive of the British International Studies Association (BISA).
His current research interests include the external relations and foreign and security and defence policies of the EU, and the governance and future priorities of the EU.
Professor Whitman is a regular media commentator, working with print and broadcast media at home and overseas.
Past experience
| 2007-15; 2017 - |
Associate Fellow, Europe, Chatham House |
| 2011 - | Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent |
| 2015-16 | Visiting Senior Fellow, Europe, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe |
| 2007-11 | Professor of Politics, University of Bath |
| 2004-06 | Head of Europe Programme, Chatham House |
| 2000-04 | Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster |
| 1995 - 2000 | Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster |
