- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2008
Iain McLean is a professor of politics at Oxford University and a fellow of Nuffield College, where he directs a public policy research unit. He also sings and drives steam trains. Iain has worked in many areas of political history and political economy. In recent years he has focused on two areas: the political thought of the Scottish and American Enlightenments, and public policy in the UK. Within public policy, Iain's focus has been on constitutional reform (including the nations of the UK and church-state relations) and on fiscal federalism.
Current post
Professor of Politics, University of Oxford; Senior Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford
Past appointments
University College University of Oxford Weir Fellow and Praelector in Politics
1970 -
University of Warwick Professor of Politics
1970 -
Yale University William H. Orrick Visiting Professor, Program in Ethics, Politics & Economics
1970 -
Newcastle University Lecturer in Politics
1970 -
Nuffield College University of Oxford Professor of Politics, University of Oxford; Senior Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford
1970 -
Publications
Scotland's Choices
Iain McLean - Published in 2013
with J Gallagher and G Lodge
State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the UK Since 1707
Iain McLean with A. McMillan - Published in 2005
Rational Choice and British Politic
Iain McLean - Published in 2001
Classics of Social Choice
Iain McLean - Published in 1995
Edited and translated with A. B. Urken
What is social science?
20 Nov 2018 Professor Iain McLean FBA
Professor Iain McLean explores how we define social science and its associated disciplines – and why they matter.
