Dr Simon Griffiths writes about and teaches British politics and public policy.
He joined the department in 2008 and was formerly Senior Policy Advisor at the British Academy, where he was involved in setting up their Policy Centre. Before that he worked at a leading think tank; as a parliamentary researcher; and for the sociologist, Anthony Giddens.
In 2010-11, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Political Ideologies at Oxford University. Simon has also taught at Queen Mary, University of London, and the LSE.
Simon has written for newspapers such as The Independent, Times and The Guardian, and regularly appears on TV and radio to discuss British politics.
Teaching
Simon teaches various modules in British politics and public policy from first year to third year, and runs the department's third year work placement modules.
In 2013, he completed a Postgraduate Certificate in the Management of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
Area of supervision
Simon has supervised PhDs on New Labour, post-war Conservatism, trade unionism and the Conservative Party and public services. He would be interested in supervising students in, amongst other things, contemporary British politics, political parties and ideology, the public services, or the recent history of British political thought.
Academic qualifications
PhD, London School of Economics, 2006
MSc in Political Theory, London School of Economics, 2001
BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Wadham College, Oxford, 1998
Griffiths, Simon. 2016. Public Services. In: Kevin Hickson, ed. Rebuilding Social Democracy: core principles for the centre left. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 59-76. ISBN 9781447333173
Griffiths, Simon. 2015. Education Policy: consumerism and competition. In: Simon Lee and Matt Beech, eds. The Conservative-Liberal Coalition Evaluated: Examining the Legacy of the Cameron-Clegg Government. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-46137-7
Griffiths, Simon and Kippin, Henry. 2013. Introduction. In: Simon Griffiths; Henry Kippin and Gerry Stoker, eds. Public Services: A New Reform Agenda. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 1-14. ISBN 9781849663489
Griffiths, Simon. 2012. Neil Kinnock. In: Timothy Heppell, ed. Leaders of the Opposition. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 142-154. ISBN 9780230296473
Griffiths, Simon and Hickson, Kevin. 2009. Introduction. In: Simon Griffiths and Kevin Hickson, eds. British Political Parties and Ideology After New Labour. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-8. ISBN 978-1137516435
Griffiths, Simon. 2009. Preface. In: Simon Griffiths and Richard Reeves, eds. Well-being. The Social Market Foundation.
