Richard Bellamy is Professor of Political Science at University College London (UCL) and a Senior Fellow at the Hertie School. A Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), he is the author of 11 monographs and over 150 articles. His research ranges from historical studies of Italian political thought post 1700, for which he was awarded the Serena Medal by the British Academy, and of European liberalism 1830-1950, through work on compromise and political ethics, to a republican account of citizenship, democracy and constitutionalism, which he has applied to both the UK and the EU.