Shamit Saggar

FAcSS The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the ...

(born August 1963) is professor of public policy at the

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where he is also Director of th
Public Policy Institute
He is als
visiting professor in the Policy Institute at King’s College, London
an
emeritus professor of political science at the University of Essex
His scholarship primarily concerns public policy and politics with specialist knowledge of migration, regulation, violent extremism, political participation and social cohesion. He has held senior roles in government, regulation, commerce, non-profits and philanthropy. He is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and in 2017 he was appointed a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to social science and public policy.

Earlier career

He was previously associate pro-vice-chancellor (research) at the University of Essex, Director of th
ESRC South-East Social Science Network Doctoral Training Partnership
and a professor of political science at th
Institute for Social & Economic Research (ISER)

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. He was previously professor of

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at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

; an ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellow in the UK Home Office; a Yale World Fellow at

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; Senior Advisor at the

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, Cabinet Office, HM Government; and reader in political behaviour at

Queen Mary, University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

. He was a

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at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

, and a lecturer in

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at the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

. He has also been a visiting professor at the

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and Menzies Fellow at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

Public leadership

He has taken an active part in board leadership roles, including: * ''The Conversation'' Australian Editorial Board * Committee for Economic Development of Australia Migration Advisory Committee * Office for Students Provider Risk Committee * Financial Services Authority * Solicitors Regulation Authority * Law Society Legal Complaints Service (Chair) * Campaign for Social Science (Chair) * UPP Group Holdings Ltd (Chair) * Association of British Insurers Consumer Impact Panel * British Future * Wilton Park Advisory Council * National Asylum Commission * Better Regulation Commission * National Consumer Council * Whittington Hospital Trust * Peabody Trust * Accountancy Foundation Ethics Standards Board * Institute for Citizenship * Foreign Policy Centre Global Britons Program * RSA Migration Commission

Advisory roles

He has held advisory roles with: * Unbound Philanthropy * Demos * Policy Exchange * Institute for Public Policy Research * Special Advisor to the Commonwealth Secretariat/Sen Commission * Special Advisor to House of Common's Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation

Research

His early work led to the publication of
Race and Representation
' (Manchester University Press) that provided new insights on UK voting behaviour and role of the ethnicity as a source of political difference and policy choice. He later published
Pariah Politics
' (Oxford University Press) that systematically examined the causes of radicalisation among western Muslim groups and traced this understanding to the efficacy of different policy strategies open to democratic governments. The author of six books, over 60 articles in scientific journals and 20 major policy reports, he has also been a frequent op-ed contributor to UK, US and Australian newspapers. His regularly collaborates with prominent think-tanks – for example,
Regulation and Fairness
' (wit
Policy Network
on the centre-left), setting out the case for a pro-active role among market and public service regulators, and
Bittersweet Success?
', (wit
Policy Exchange
on the centre-right), highlighting the practical way forward for boards in ensuring reputational fairness in senior jobs.

Selected publications

* ''Race and Politics in Britain''. Prentice-Hall, 1992. * ''Race and Representation: Electoral Politics and Ethnic Pluralism in Britain''.

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, Manchester 2000. * ''Pariah Politics: Understanding Western Radical Islamism and What Should be Done''.

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, 2008.

References

External links

The Conservative breakthrough
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saggar, Shamit 1963 births Living people British political scientists Academics of the University of Essex Academics of the University of Sussex Academics of the University of Liverpool Harkness Fellows Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Essex