Julia Buxton
Professor
Comparative Politics
School of Public Policy at Central European University
Hungary
Biography
Julia Buxton is Professor of Comparative Politics at the School of Public Policy and Senior Research Associate at the Global Drug Policy Observatory, Swansea University. She has previously served as department head in the British university system, taught at Kingston University and the London School of Economics and led the Venezuela program at Georgetown University in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Julia directed the British Council INSPIRE three year capacity building partnership with Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Program Using Democracy for Peace and currently convenes the OSF Global Drug Policy Program professional development course on drug policy.
Research Interest
Narcotic Drugs Political Transitions Comparative Politics Economics and Development Illicit Economies Conflict Sensitive Development Corruption Global South South America Social Movements and Advocacy
