Abby Innes

Abby Innes is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute, London School of Economics, where she has been a faculty member since 1997. Her academic career includes a Visiting Fellowship at MIT (1995–1997) and a Jean Monet Fellowship at the European University Institute (2001–2002). She has received multiple teaching awards, including the LSE Teaching Prize and European Institute Departmental Teaching Prize, and currently serves as the Teaching Chair of her institute.

Research Interests: Dr. Innes specializes in the political economy of Central Europe, neoliberalism, and materialist utopias. Her work explores state capture, systemic transitions, and comparative capitalism, with a focus on the UK’s neoliberal transformation. Recent research addresses the political economy of the green transition and neoliberal institutional failures.

• British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2017-2018)
• LSE Teaching Prize (2002)
• LSE/ASRC Excellence in Education Award (2020)
• European Institute Departmental Teaching Prize (2011, 2013, 2015)
• Nominee for LSE Student-Led Teaching Excellence Awards (2014, 2020)

Publications: Her 2023 book Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail argues that UK neoliberalism parallels Soviet economic dogma, leading to institutional rigidity, democratic erosion, and governance crises. She has published in journals such as The Review of International Political Economy and Comparative Politics, alongside frequent contributions to LSE Blogs and The London Review of Books.