Education: BA (Hons), European Studies, University of Loughborough; PhD, European Studies, University of Loughborough

Career: Charlie Jeffery has been Professor of Politics in the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh since 2004. He had been Professor of German Politics and Deputy Director of the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham. He is also Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's research programme on Devolution and Constitutional Change since 2000, which consists of 35 projects at UK universities, including four at Edinburgh. He teaches on German politics, UK devolution, and comparative territorial politics. He research interests are in three main fields: German politics, in particular EU policy-making, and the German federal system; comparative territorial politics, including multi-level governance in the EU, and the regional dimensions of party systems and voting behaviour; and devolution in the UK. He is currently working on research projects on Germany and the European Convention (for the Madison Trust) and the Evaluation of Elected Regional Assemblies in England (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister). Charlie Jeffery is Managing Editor of the journal Regional and Federal Studies (see url below).

Publications include: Germany’s European Diplomacy: Shaping the Regional Milieu (co-author) 2000, Verfassungspolitik und Verfassungswandel: Deutschland und Grossbritannien im Vergleich (co-editor) 2001, Devolution & Electoral Politics (co-editor) 2006; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Room 302, School of Social and Political Studies, Adam Ferguson Building, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LL, Scotland; Tel: +44 (0)131 650-4266; Fax: +44 (0)131 650-3945; Email: charlie.jeffery@ed.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13597566.asp/ .