Matt Goodwin

Political commentator, author, academic

British

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ProfessionPolitical commentator, author, academic
NationalityBritish

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Career

Academic RolesProfessor of Politics, University of Kent (until July 2024); Honorary Professor, Rutherford College, University of Kent; Lecturer, University of Nottingham (2010); Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester
Other RolesPresenter, GB News; Honorary President, Students Reform (Reform UK); Founding Director, Centre for UK Prosperity, Legatum Institute (2021-2023); Social Mobility Commissioner (2022-2023); Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe; Senior Fellow, Legatum Institute; Senior Visiting Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Research Fellow, University of Buckingham; Senior Advisor to the UK Education Committee
PoliticalReform UK candidate, Gorton and Denton by-election
Books
  • National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (co-authored with Roger Eatwell)
  • Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics
  • Revolt on the Right (co-authored with Robert Ford)
  • Bad Education: Why our Universities are Broken and How to Fix Them (2025)
  • Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union
  • UKIP: Inside the Campaign to Redraw the Map of British Politics (co-authored with Robert Ford)
AwardsRichard Rose Prize (2014); Political Studies Association Communicator Prize; Political Book of the Year (2015); European Young Leader (2018)

Social Media

Substackhttps://www.mattgoodwin.org

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Consulted for over 400 organizations including UK Prime Minister's Office, US State Department, Google, Goldman Sachs
2. Runs Substack with 80,000 readers
3. Left Legatum Institute in 2026 after project abandonment
4. Took voluntary severance from University of Kent in 2024
5. Published peer-reviewed research in top-ranked journals including British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, and Electoral Studies
6. Published research reports with Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Chatham House, and Legatum Institute
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