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Aled Davies is an Assistant Professor of Modern British History at the University of Cambridge, where he has been a member of the History Faculty since 2025. He completed his undergraduate studies in History at the University of Exeter and conducted postgraduate research at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the political economy of modern Britain, particularly the social democratic model of managed capitalism and its transformation into a neoliberal political-economic order. His work includes studies on asset ownership in post-war Britain, the privatization of council housing, and the politics surrounding mortgage lending deregulation. He is particularly interested in Britain's position in the global economy during the decline of the empire in the 1970s, focusing on the campaign for a New International Economic Order, which sought to promote equitable economic reforms. Aled is also engaged in teaching a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and he enjoys supervising prospective PhD applicants in areas related to political economic history and global political economy.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Teaching and conducting research in Modern British History, with a focus on political economy.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.