Julie Smith is Professor of European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University. As Baroness Smith of Newnham she sits as a member of the House of Lords, where she is the Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Defence and a member of the European Affairs Committee.
An expert in European politics, Julie was Head of the European Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) from 1999 until 2003. She has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014 and was a member of the Lords’ International Relations Committee from its creation in 2016 until 2021. Julie read PPE at Brasenose College, Oxford, and took both her MPhil and DPhil in Politics at St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
She was a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and taught in the International Relations and European Studies Department of the Central European University in Budapest prior to coming to Cambridge..
Julie’s main academic interests are in the history and politics of the EU. Her research focuses in particular on the UK’s relations with the EU and democracy in Europe, including referendums, elections to the European Parliament, and the role of the European and national parliaments in the EU. Recently, her research interest have beyond to shift towards the UK’s bilateral relations with a particular focus on British-German relations. Early findings have been published in German Politics.
Julie Smith is Professor of European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University. As Baroness Smith of Newnham she sits as a member of the House of Lords, where she is the Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Defence and a member of the European Affairs Committee.
An expert in European politics, Julie was Head of the European Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) from 1999 until 2003. She has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014 and was a member of the Lords’ International Relations Committee from its creation in 2016 until 2021. Julie read PPE at Brasenose College, Oxford, and took both her MPhil and DPhil in Politics at St. Antony’s College, Oxford.
She was a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and taught in the International Relations and European Studies Department of the Central European University in Budapest prior to coming to Cambridge..
Julie’s main academic interests are in the history and politics of the EU. Her research focuses in particular on the UK’s relations with the EU and democracy in Europe, including referendums, elections to the European Parliament, and the role of the European and national parliaments in the EU. Recently, her research interest have beyond to shift towards the UK’s bilateral relations with a particular focus on British-German relations. Early findings have been published in German Politics.