Paul Flather
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Dr Paul Flather is Secretary–General of the Europaeum, an association
of leading European Universities, and Fellow of Mansfield College,
Oxford. He was the founding Secretary-General of the Central European
University (1990-1994) originally set up in Budapest, Prague, and
Warsaw by George Soros, and director of international and external
affairs for Oxford University (1994-1999). Formerly, he worked at the
BBC, Times Newspapers, and served as Deputy Editor of the New
Statesman. His research work is on Indian political development since
Independence. He has worked with dissident movements in Central Europe
in the 1980s, and with race equality groups in the UK. He was an
elected member of the London Council in the 1980s (chairing its
committee on post-school education 1986-1990). He currently chairs the
Noon Scholarship Committee, and is on the board of the Roundtable.
He worked with dissident movements in the 1980s, and with race equality groups in the UK, and was an elected member of the former London Council in the 1980s (chairing its committee on post-school education 1986-1990). He was founding Secretary-General of the Central European University (1990-1994) set up in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw, by George Soros, and their Director of international and external affairs for Oxford University (1994-1999). His BA and DPhil (Phd) are both from Balliol College, Oxford. He is trustee of several charity boards.
Current Post:
University of Oxford
He worked with dissident movements in the 1980s, and with race equality groups in the UK, and was an elected member of the former London Council in the 1980s (chairing its committee on post-school education 1986-1990). He was founding Secretary-General of the Central European University (1990-1994) set up in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw, by George Soros, and their Director of international and external affairs for Oxford University (1994-1999). His BA and DPhil (Phd) are both from Balliol College, Oxford. He is trustee of several charity boards.
Teaching and Research Interests:
Indian political development since Independence
