Europe

In-house editorial staff

Dr Michael Taylor

Senior Editor, Eastern Europe
D.Phil. Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford. Has worked for over twenty years as an analyst of Soviet and East European affairs, first for the BBC’s Monitoring Service, where he specialised in Afghanistan and Poland, and then for the Economist Intelligence Unit, where he specialised in the western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia and Yugoslavia), and in the prospects for NATO enlargement.

Linda Pialek

West Europe Editor
Studied International Relations and Politics of Europe at the Universities of St Andrews and Oxford and holds a Master degree from Sciences Po Paris. Areas of specialisation include EU integration and enlargement as well as politcal behaviour and public opinion. Previously worked as a Reseach Officer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, coordinating a research project on public perceptions of the EU.

Region Heads

Dr David Goldey

Fellow and Tutor in Politics and Senior Fellow in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Visiting Professor, University of Paris, III, Sorbonne, 1987-90. Visiting Fellow, Western Societies Program, Cornell University, 1991-1992. Author of articles on French and Portuguese elections.

Dr David Hine

Fellow and Tutor in Politics and University Lecturer, Christ Church, University of Oxford
Specialist in contemporary European politics. Author of Governing Italy: The Politics of Bargained Pluralism and The European Union, State Autonomy and National Social Policy.

Dr Hartmut Mayer

Fellow in Politics at St Peter's College, University of Oxford
Specialist in German and European Politics as well as International Relations in general. Prior to his current position, studied history, politics and international relations in Berlin, Boston, Cambridge (UK), Florence and Oxford. In addition, has been a freelance journalist in Germany for more than ten years, working amongst others for Die Zeit and Suddeutsche Zeitung.

Prof Anand Menon

Professor of West European Politics, University of Birmingham
Head of the European Research Institute at the University of Birmingham; has written extensively on Western European politics. Holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford and has acted as a Special Adviser to the House of Lords EU committee. Recent publications include Governing Europe, Comparative Federalism: The EU and US in Comparative Perspective and European Politics (all published by OUP).

Dr Dimitar Bechev

Research Fellow, European Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Specialist in South East and Central Europe. Has published on EU enlargment, state-building and Balkan politics. Currently editing a book on borders and conflicts in the Mediterranean.