James Hampshire

James Hampshire is a Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex's School of Law, Politics and Sociology. He holds a BA in Modern History from the University of Oxford (1997), an MA in Political Philosophy from the University of York, and a D.Phil in Politics from Oxford (2002). His career includes positions as Research Fellow at Oxford's Department of Social Policy and Social Work and ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Oxford's Department of Politics and International Relations before joining Sussex in 2004.

Hampshire's research examines the politics and governance of international migration, focusing on tensions between representative democracy, constitutionalism, capitalism, and nationhood in liberal states. His current project explores the political economy of migration, capitalism and inequality. He serves as Deputy Editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

His publications demonstrate consistent focus on immigration policy mechanisms in liberal democracies, especially the UK and EU contexts. Key themes include Brexit impacts, political economy of migration, EU governance structures, and discursive institutionalism. Recent work examines investor migration trends and post-Brexit policy transformations.

Hampshire has secured multiple research grants including:

• CEASEVAL - Evaluation of Common European Asylum System (EU, 2017-2019)
• RDF8: Post-Referendum data collection (Sussex, 2017-2018)
• TEMPER project on temporary migration (EU FP7, 2014-2018)
• Citizens' Resilience in Times of Crisis (AHRC, 2012-2013)
• Migration to Europe in the digital age (Volkswagen Foundation, 2009-2012)

He has supervised eight PhD students to completion on topics spanning UK immigration policy, EU-Turkish relations, border controls, and citizenship studies. He currently teaches undergraduate modules in Modern Political Thought and Immigration and the Liberal State, plus a postgraduate course on Managing Migration: Law, Governance and Politics.