Richard Whitaker is an Associate Professor in European Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. His research focuses on the study of legislatures, particularly the European Parliament and the UK Parliament, as well as British political parties and European integration. He is currently conducting a project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on Parties, Parliament and the Brexit Process (https://parlbrexit.co.uk) with Professor Adam Cygan and Dr Philip Lynch.

At ANU, Richard Whitaker will be working with Professor Patrick Dumont and others in the Selection and Deselection of Political Elites (SEDEPE) network, based at SPIR, on a project examining the careers of Members of the European Parliament, after they leave the EP.

Parties, Parliament and Brexit project page: https://parlbrexit.co.uk/

MEP Survey data page: https://mepsurvey.eu/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RickWhitaker