Rob Singh has been at Birkbeck, University of London, since 1999. He was educated at Christ Church and Nuffield College, both University of Oxford, from where he graduated with a first class BA Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a DPhil in Politics. He also spent a year as a visiting graduate student at Yale University. Before coming to Birkbeck, he held fixed term College Lectureships at Oriel, Christ Church and Queen's College, Oxford, and permanent Lectureships in Politics at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Edinburgh.