Maia King Author

Christopher Hood has taught public administration on three continents over four decades. He has authored, co-authored or edited 27 books and won five awards for research including the American Political Science Association's John Gaus Award in 2021, the UK Political Studies Association's Mackenzie book prize, the H. George Frederickson award from the Public Management Research Association and an honorary doctorate from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Maia King is a Lecturer in Economics at King's College London. Her research explores the political economy of institutions and foreign aid, public finance and economic policymaking, and social and economic networks. Prior to joining KCL, she was a researcher at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She received her PhD in economics from Queen Mary, University of London. Maia is a former HM Treasury official, and previously worked in Madagascar and Liberia as an ODI Fellow. Iain McLean has worked on UK public policy since his time as an elected member of Tyne & Wear County Council (1973-9). Most recently, he was a Commissioner of the Fiscal Commission for Northern Ireland. He has held posts at Newcastle, Oxford and Warwick universities and visiting posts at various US universities including Stanford and Yale. Other academic interests include Enlightenment (Scottish, American, and French) political thought, and political applications of public choice and social choice theory. Barbara Maria Piotrowska is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College London (KCL). Her work focuses on the role that ideology plays in motivating civil servants and public sector workers, with a particular focus on government and regime changes. Prior to joining KCL, she worked as a researcher at the Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford) and taught at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Barbara received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Rochester (NY, USA).