Baroness Smith of Newnham

Julie graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford in PPE and was awarded her doctorate by St Anthony’s College, Oxford.

She has subsequently studied in Hamburg and taught at the Central European University in Budapest before becoming a lecturer in European Politics at the University of Cambridge and became a Fellow of Robinson College. She has been a Reader in European Politics since 2018.

Outside her academic career, Julie has been active in local and national politics with the Liberal Democrats, having served as a councillor on Cambridge City Council for more than a decade. She was ennobled as Baroness Smith of Newnham in 2014 and is an active peer with an interest in Defence and Europe. She is the Visiting Parliamentary Fellow of St Anthony’s Oxford.

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