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Simon Hix at California House London 2006.
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Born | 5 September 1968 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater |
European University Institute London School of Economics and Political Science |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political science |
Institutions | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Simon Hix (born 5 September 1968) is a British political scientist. He is Professor of European and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the author of several books, including What's Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It,Democratic Politics in the European Parliament with Abdul Noury and Gérard Roland, and The Political System of the European Union.
He obtained a PhD in Political and Social Science at the European University Institute in Florence 1995, and lectured in European Politics at Brunel University 1996–97, before joining the LSE in 1997. His main areas of research are voting in parliaments, democratic institutions, and EU politics.
Simon Hix was awarded the inaugural Harold Laski Chair professorship at the LSE in 2015.