Simon Hix

{{Short description|British political scientist}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

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| boards = Associate editor of European Union Politics
Chairman of VoteWatch Europe

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| awards = Fellow of the British Academy
Doctor Honoris Causa

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| alma_mater = London School of Economics
European University Institute

| thesis_title = Political parties in the European Union system : a 'comparative politics approach' to the development of the party federations

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| thesis_year = 1995

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| doctoral_advisor = Giandomenico Majone

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| discipline = Political Science

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| workplaces = European University Institute
London School of Economics and Political Science

| doctoral_students = Giacomo Benedetto
Sara Hagemann

| notable_students = Claudiu Crăciun
Cristian Ghinea

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Simon Hix is a British political scientist, holder of the Stein Rokkan chair in comparative politics at the European University Institute in Florence.{{cite web |title=Simon Hix |url=https://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/PoliticalAndSocialSciences/People/Professors/Hix |website=European University Institute |access-date=31 December 2020}} His main areas of research are voting in parliaments, democratic institutions, and EU politics.[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/293ea152-42cb-11e0-8b34-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Ly3OWmeW Time to catch up with reality], Financial Times, 28 February 2011[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0d9020f2-d63e-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html Leaders turn their backs on Giscard's vision], Financial Times, 21 November 2009

Hix is an expert in European Union politics, and the author of several books, including What's Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It,[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8025749.stm Viewpoint: A truly European vote?], BBC News, 5 May 2009 Democratic Politics in the European Parliament with Abdul Noury and Gérard Roland, and The Political System of the European Union.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Hix/e/B001IR1NCS|title=Amazon.com: Books by Simon Hix}} He is also associate editor of the international peer-reviewed journal European Union Politics,{{cite web|title=Editorial board|url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/european-union-politics#editorial-board|website=European Union Politics|date=28 October 2015|publisher=SAGE Publications Ltd|accessdate=31 December 2017}} and founder and chairman of VoteWatch Europe, an influential online EU affairs think-tank founded in London in 2009 that combines big data with political insight.{{cite web|title=VoteWatch Europe announced as the most influential (online) EU affairs think tank over the past 6 months!|url=http://www.votewatch.eu/blog/votewatch-europe-announced-as-the-most-influential-on-line-eu-affairs-think-tank-over-the-past-6-months/|website=VoteWatch Europe|accessdate=31 December 2017}}

After a first degree and a master's from the London School of Economics and Political Science,{{cite web |title=Simon Hix – Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.eui.eu/Documents/DepartmentsCentres/SPS/Profiles/Hix/Hix-Curriculum-Vitae.pdf |website=European University Institute |access-date=14 September 2021}} Hix obtained a PhD in Political and Social Science at the European University Institute in Florence in 1995, and lectured in European Politics at Brunel University 1996–97, before joining the LSE in 1997.http://personal.lse.ac.uk/hix/HixCV.pdf, Simon Hix CV at LSE In this university he was promoted to professor in 2004, and served also as head of its department of government (2012–2015), academic director of its school of public policy (2017–2019), and pro-director for research from 2019.{{cite web |title=Simon Hix |url=https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/simon-hix |website=Center for European Studies at Harvard University |access-date=27 August 2021}} He was also Harold Laski Professor of Political Science and pro-director for research at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He finally was appointed Stein Rokkan chair of comparative politics at the European University Institute in Florence in 2021.