Dr John Meadowcroft is Reader (Associate Professor) in Public Policy in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is a political economist concerned with the challenges faced by free, open societies to remain open and free.

John joined King’s in 2006 and became a founding member of the Department of Political Economy in 2010, where he has served as Head of Department, Director of Education, Director of Postgraduate Research, Chair of the Postgraduate Exam Board, and presently Head of the PPE Research Group.