Desmond King#
| Membership Number: | 4234 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government, University of Oxford/ Nuffield College
- Emeritus Fellow, St John’s College, Oxford
- 1991 - 2002 Professor of Politics & Tutorial Fellow, St John's College, Oxford
- 1988 - 1991 Lecturer in Government, London School of Economics
- 1984 - 1988 Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh
Fields of Scholarship
- Comparative politics
- Public policy
- Race relations
Honours and Awards
- Fellow of the US National Academy of Social Insurance (FNASI), elected 2019.
- International Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (FAAAS), elected 2017.
- Member (Honorary), the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), elected 2014
- Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), elected 2003
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), elected 2015
- Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), elected 2013
- Major Research Fellowship, Leverhulme Trust 2005-2008 (3 year buy-out)
- Research Readership, British Academy, 2000-2002 (2 year buy-out)
