Dr Max Stafford

Dr. Stafford has taught at six universities, on a range of Social Sciences courses. He is a specialist in British Politics, political leadership, comparative politics and international urban developments. He has been teaching in Higher Education since 2013 and has taught adults since 2016. He previously worked for two former cabinet ministers and advised on political campaigning and he uses this to highlight employability-related aspects of his teaching. His teaching style is discursive, with active preparation and extra-curricular learning encouraged.   He's currently working on a book examining mayors as political leaders and another examining the Downing Street Chief-of-Staff. He also advises the Qualitative Election Study of Britain on measuring political leadership. He obtained a PhD - entitled “Strong Mayors’ Leadership Capital: New York, London & Amsterdam (2000-2016) – in 2020.