Colin Hay (born 9 November 1968)[1] is Professor of Political Sciences at Sciences Po, Paris and Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield, joint editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative European Politics.
[2] and Managing Editor of the journal New Political Economy.
[3] Hay studied Social and Political Science at Clare College, Cambridge, and moved to the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University to research his PhD under the supervision of Bob Jessop.
[4] After completing his PhD, Hay worked at the University of Birmingham, where he was head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies between 2002 and 2005.
[4] As editor: Hay won the Political Studies Association W J M Mackenzie Book Prize for the best political science book published in 2007 at the 2008 PSA Awards.