Tim Bale: podcast appearances and interviews

Timothy Paul Bale is a political scientist and professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. Born on 4 November 1965 in Frome, Somerset, he has a background in history and politics, having studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and at Northwestern University, Chicago, where he completed a master's degree. He later obtained a PhD in politics from the University of Sheffield. Bale has held academic positions at Sheffield, Victoria University in Wellington, and the University of Sussex before joining Queen Mary University in 2012. His research focuses on British, European, and comparative politics, with particular interest in centre-right and conservative politics. He was the founding convenor of the Political Studies Association specialist group on Conservatives and Conservatism, which connects scholars interested in this field. From September 2019 to December 2020, Bale served as deputy director of UK in a Changing Europe. Additionally, he is a member of the board of the Social Market Foundation.