Anand Menon | |
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Born | September 1965 (age 59) |
Academic background | |
Education | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (1984–1993) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | European Politics |
Institutions |
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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.
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]
Menon is a lifelong fan of Leeds United F.C. and the India national cricket team. [4]
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]
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