Simon Green, FAcSS

Simon Green is 50th Anniversary Professor of Politics at Aston University. He was educated at the Universities of Manchester, Heidelberg and Birmingham and has held academic appointments at the Universities of Portsmouth (1997-2000) and Birmingham (2000-8), where he was also Deputy Director of the Institute for German Studies. He joined Aston as Professor of Politics in 2008 and subsequently served as Head of Politics and International Relations (2009-11), Deputy Dean (2011-13) and Executive Dean (2013-18) of the School of Languages and Social Sciences. Between 2018 and 2023 he served as the University's Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research).

His research background lies in European politics, especially in comparative immigration, integration and citizenship policy, as well as in German political structures and party politics. In 2009, he founded the Aston Centre for Europe. His past research projects have included the changing nature of Christian Democracy in Germany and comparing migration policies in the UK and Germany. He is the co-author (together with Dan Hough and Alister Miskimmon) of The Politics of the New Germany (Routledge, second edition 2014).

Professor Green has served as a member of the Area Studies Sub-Panel for both REF 2014 and REF 2021. From 2009-11, he was Chair of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP) and in 2011, he was elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences. Alongside his academic activities, Professor Green is actively engaged in British-German relations and is an independent member of Council for Aberystwyth University.

• Immigration and Citizenship policy in Europe 
• German politics 
• European politics

• BA (University of Manchester)
• PhD (University of Birmingham)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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