Steering Group

The day-to-day affairs of the Political Quarterly are managed by our Steering Group, who meet regularly and report ultimately to the Editorial Board. Contact someone from the Steering Group here.

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    Joni Lovenduski

    Joni Lovenduski is Chair of the Political Quarterly Editorial Board. She is also Professor Emerita at Birkbeck College, University of London and Visiting Professor at Kings College London.

    Articles by Joni Lovenduski
  • Deborah Mabbett

    Deborah Mabbett

    Deborah Mabbett is Co-Editor of the Political Quarterly journal. She is also Professor of Public Policy at Birkbeck, University of London.

    Articles by Deborah Mabbett
  • Ben Jackson

    Ben Jackson

    Ben Jackson is Co-Editor of the Political Quarterly journal. He is also Professor of Modern History at Oxford University.

    Articles by Ben Jackson
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    Colm Murphy

    Colm Murphy Collections Co-Editor at the Political Quarterly. He is Lecturer in British Politics at Queen Mary University of London.

    Articles by Colm Murphy
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    Peter Sloman

    Peter Sloman is Collections Co-Editor at the Political Quarterly. He is Professor of British Politics at POLIS and a Fellow of Churchill College. 

    Articles by Peter Sloman
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    Kate Alexander-Shaw

    Kate Alexander-Shaw is Reports and Surveys Editor at the Political Quarterly. She is a Research Officer on the ERC-funded project SOLID – Policy Crisis and Crisis Politics: Sovereignty, Solidarity and Identity in the EU post-2008.

    Articles by Kate Alexander-Shaw
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    Maria Sobolewska

    Maria Sobolewska is Reports and Surveys Editor at the Political Quarterly. She is also a Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester.

    Articles by Maria Sobolewska
  • Emma Anderson

    Emma Anderson

    Emma Anderson is Managing Editor of the Political Quarterly.

  • Clare Dekker

    Clare Dekker

    Clare Dekker is Company Secretary and Assistant Editor of the Political Quarterly.

  • Donald Sassoon

    Donald Sassoon

    Donald Sassoon is the Literary Editor at the Political Quarterly. He is also Emeritus Professor of Comparative European History at Queen Mary, University of London.

    Articles by Donald Sassoon
  • Anya Pearson

    Anya Pearson

    Anya Pearson is Digital Editor at the Political Quarterly and co-editor of our blog.

    Articles by Anya Pearson