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Kathryn Simpson

Lecturer in Politics and Public Services, Manchester Metropolitan University

Lecturer in Politics and Public Services, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Simpson is a Lecturer in Politics and Public Services at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). She holds a PhD in Politics & Government from the University of Kent, an MA in Contemporary European Politics (Euromasters) from the University of Bath & Sciences-Po Paris and a BA in European Studies and French from Queen's University Belfast. Dr Simpson is an expert in comparative European politics, Irish politics, Brexit, political behaviour and public opinion. Her research covers how attitudes to inequality are linked to attitudes to European integration as well as the link between public attitudes to inequality and public attitudes to the EU in the context of economic crisis. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of Contemporary European Research (JCER), Executive Member and Trustee of the Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and Board Member of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE). Dr Simpson is also a regular media commentator on European, British and Irish politics featuring on a range of local, national and international media which includes, but is not limited to, BBC Breakfast, BBC Sunday Politics, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Manchester, RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann), The Irish Times, Manchester Evening News and BFM TV (France's 24hr news channel) among others. She is available for comment on issues of EU politics, Irish politics and Brexit.