Hussein Kassim

Professor Hussein Kassim is a leading academic in European public policy and administration at the University of Warwick. He holds a Senior Fellowship with the ESRC's 'UK in a Changing Europe' initiative and serves as a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), Birkbeck University of London, and Paris 1 Panthéon-La Sorbonne. His research focuses on EU institutions, Brexit, UK-EU relations, and EU civil service dynamics. Kassim has been Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator (Co-I) on grants from the British Academy, ESRC, Nuffield Foundation, and EU, emphasizing collaborative interdisciplinary work.

Education: B.A. in PPE (New College, Oxford), MPhil and DPhil in Politics (Nuffield College, Oxford). Career includes professorships at University of East Anglia (2007-2023), Birkbeck (1994-2007), and visiting roles at Columbia University, Sciences Po Paris, and Harvard University.

Research highlights include studies on EU civil service gender dynamics, Brexit negotiations, and institutional leadership. He co-edited National Government Narratives of the EU (2025) and authored influential works on the European Commission's evolution. His work on the 2021 REF impact case study earned the highest possible score (4*).

Engagement includes organizing public events like the 'Too Difficult Box' series and contributing to media commentary on EU-UK relations. Current projects include the 'Living with the Neighbours Observatory' analyzing post-Brexit relations and collaborative volumes on Brexit negotiations and EU presidentialisation.