Professor Andrew Linklater

Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University; formerly: Associate Professor, Monash University; Professor, Keele University

Professor Linklater was born in Aberdeen and, after time in Australia and at Keele University, became the 10th Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in 2000.

His 1998 book Transformation of Political Community, made the case for political communities governed by dialogue and consent rather than power and force. More recently, he wrote extensively on the idea of ‘civilization’, through the work of Norbert Elias, and its impact on international relations and state formation.