Colin Hay (political scientist)

Colin Hay (born 9 November 1968) is Professor of Political Sciences at Sciences Po, Paris and Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield, joint editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative European Politics. and Managing Editor of the journal New Political Economy.

Education
Hay studied Social and Political Science at Clare College, Cambridge, and moved to the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University to research his PhD under the supervision of Bob Jessop.

Career
After completing his PhD, Hay worked at the University of Birmingham, where he was head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies between 2002 and 2005. He moved to Paris in 2013.

Books


As editor:

Hay won the Political Studies Association W J M Mackenzie Book Prize for the best political science book published in 2007 at the 2008 PSA Awards.