Forum for British and Irish Political Thought
Steering Group
Professor Colin Kidd
Professor of History, University of St Andrews
Professor Gerry Carruthers
Francis Hutcheson Chair of Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow
Professor Aileen McHarg
Professor of Public Law, University of Strathclyde / Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum
Professor Jane Ohlmeyer
Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Malcolm Petrie
School of History, University of St Andrews
Professor Chris Williams
Professor of History, Cardiff University
Advisory Board
Neal Ascherson
Writer and journalist
Lord Bew
Professor of Politics, Queens University Belfast and Member of the House of Lords
Sir Kenneth Calman
Chancellor, University of Glasgow
Professor Linda Colley
Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History, Princeton University
Sir David Edward
Professor Emeritus, Edinburgh University School of Law
Tom Holland
Author
Professor Caroline Humfress
Professor of History, University of St Andrews
Tim King
Gregg McClymont
Former Shadow Minister for Pensions
Lord McFall of Alcluith
Member of the House of Lords
David Melding A.M.
Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Lord Norton of Louth
Professor of Government, University of Hull and Member of the House of Lords
Neil Oliver
Broadcaster, historian, archaeologist and author
John Redwood MP
Member of Parliament for Wokingham and Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Policy Review Group on Economic Competitiveness
Professor Louise Richardson
Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University
Professor Emma Rothschild
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History and Director, Center for History and Economics
The venture has attracted expressions of interest from a range of academics across several disciplines, and from various institutions, including not only the host institutions, St Andrews, Glasgow, TCD and Cardiff, but also at Oxford, King’s College London, University College London, Edinburgh, University of Ulster, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Strathclyde.
Associated Organisations
The Forum has close links with the Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum and aims to collaborate with the SCFF on joint events and initiatives.
The Forum also has particular affiliations with the Institute for Intellectual History, the Institute for Legal and Constitutional Research (both St Andrews), the Centre for Robert Burns Studies (Glasgow) and the Trinity Long Room Hub (Trinity College Dublin).