We are delighted to welcome Ben Jackson as new co-editor. Ben will be working with Deborah Mabbett and will continue the sterling work carried out by Tony, Andrew Gamble and Michael Jacobs.
Ben is Associate Professor of Modern History at
Oxford University and a Fellow of University College. He is a historian of modern
Britain, with particular interests in labour history, political thought, and
the history of social and economic policy. He is the author of Equality and
the British Left (Manchester, 2007) and co-editor of Making Thatcher's
Britain (Cambridge, 2012). His current research focuses on the rise of the
neo-liberal right and Thatcherism; on the political thought of British
socialism and liberalism; and on the history and politics of Scottish
nationalism. Prior to becoming the Co-Editor of Political Quarterly, he was the
Editor of Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy between 2012 and 2015.