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Lee Savage is a Reader in Comparative Politics at King's College London, focusing on the intricacies of politics and inequality. He earned his PhD from the University of Essex in 2008, studying coalition formation in Central and Eastern Europe. His career began in the private sector at the Resolution Foundation, a think tank, before he transitioned to academia by joining King's College London in 2011 after completing an Economic and Social Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Sussex. At King's, he serves as the convenor for the BA in European Politics and is currently the Deputy Head of the Department of European and International Studies. His research tackles the dynamics of public opinion regarding the welfare state and the factors influencing changes in welfare policies, especially in the context of immigration and technological advancements like artificial intelligence. Savage has taught various courses, including Politics in Central and Eastern Europe and Politics of Economic Inequality, and has expressed a keen interest in supervising PhD students in related fields.
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