Chris Thornhill - Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- 1987–1990: BA (double first with hons.). University of Cambridge.
- 1990–1993: PhD. University of Cambridge.
Academic Employment:
- 1993–95: University of Sussex. Lecturer
- 1995–2003: King’s College London. Lecturer
- 2003–2004: King’s College London. Reader
- 2004–2006: King’s College London. Professor
- 2006–2013: University of Glasgow. Professor of Politics
- 2013–: University of Manchester. Professor of Law
Professional appointments and memberships:
- 2015-2017: Member of European Research Council Panel (The Social World, Diversity, Institutions and Values: Sociology, political science, law, communication, education)
- 2014-2015: European Science Foundation external expert for review of research on Law and Society in Portugal.
- 2009-2012: Member of AHRC review college for History and Thought (academic and international categories)
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014: Visiting Researcher at Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main.
Awards and Grants:
- 1988: Cambridge University Year Prize (best Part 1 of Tripos)
- 1988-90: Downing College (Cambridge) scholarship
- 1990: Downing College (Cambridge) Prize for best degree in all disciplines
- 1991: DAAD scholarship for research at the University of Frankfurt am Main
- 2000: American Library Association Award for Outstanding Academic Book in Political Theory
- 2001: (as co-applicant) AHRB research grant for project on German constitutionalism
- 2010: British Academy support for Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Justice (3 years)
- 2011: Wolfgang Kaupen Prize for 2010 for Research in Sociology of Law from the German Sociological Association
- 2013-2017: Advanced Grant from European Research Council
