Vita

Dr. Bernd Becker

Bernd Becker studied political science, public rights, medieval and contemporary history in Bonn. In 1997 he was a member of the General Election campaign team of the former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook MP. From 1998 until 2000 he assisted Bodo Hombach, former Minister of the Chancellory, in coordinating the German-British working group. This included, among others, the drafting of the so-called "Schroeder-Blair-Paper". In the autumn of 1999 he was delegated to work at No. 10 Downing Street to analyse the internal communication and organisation of the Blair government.

Dr. Becker's main research interests are the political systems of the UK and Germany and government organisation and strategic communication in politics. He has written numerous articles and published extensively on British politics; his main publications include Politics in Great Britain (Paderborn 2003); Membership participation and internal party democracy in British parties – Models for the German parties? (Baden-Baden 1999).

Bernd Becker is married with two daughters. Since 2000 he has been a freelance journalist, publicist and consultant in Bonn and Berlin with a special emphasis on Great Britain. He has lectured at the Centre for British Studies since 2001 and is one of our newly-appointed Fellows.