Simon T. Kaye

I currently work as a part-time organiser for the Liberal Democrats in North East Hertfordshre. I am also an aspiring academic, writer and researcher with particular interest in politics and history. I’m working on a PhD at present, which is broadly to do with democratic theory. This is based in Queen Mary’s department of Politics - and, terrifyingly, I will have been studying at the University of London for seven whole years when I finally finish up in 2012 or so.

So I suppose my two biggest affiliations are the Liberal Democrats and the University of London.

Needless to say I’m based in London. I’ve studied at Queen Mary and got my MSc at the London School of Economics. I’ve also worked briefly for the UCL (in its Political Science department’s ‘Constitution Unit’) and spent two years learning journalism skills at City University.

For a long time, I’ve been splitting my time between appropriately themed research internships, writing for the Westminster office of a Liberal Democrat MP, and trying to get stuff (papers, stories) published. My first publication will be along in February 2010 in the American journal History and Theory. You’ll see more of this sort of thing in my CV, a version of which I’ve put up on this site. It’s usually out of date, but you’ll get the picture.

A friend described my musical tastes  – quite effectively – as “pointlessly epic”. I also love movies and telly, technology, videogames and the internet – and anything about science fiction.

My current favourite books are those in the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian.

I’m a real optimist, though caffeine helps at times. 

Contact me by sending words to SK (at) simonTkaye dot com

This website is a place for everything I don’t think I’d be able to find an outlet for otherwise. Politics, media, entertainment, writing, travel and other such stuff. In the longer term, this site, or another site on this domain, may become a place for working papers, links to publications and other academic material.

This site has been running, on and off, for several years – so if you go delving in the archives, you might find some youthful, strange stuff. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.