Rikki Dean

Rikki is an Associate Professor in Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Democratic Futures at the University of Southampton, and a Visiting Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt. He leads the i4i Project and the PoPPiE project, and is a Co-Investigator on the INSPIRE project. His research focuses on democratic governance, including systemic democracy and participatory governance. Rikki has taught at various universities and held visiting fellowships at Harvard and other prestigious institutions. He holds PhD and an MSc degrees from the London School of Economics and has received several awards, including the Bleddyn Davies Prize and a Johanna Quandt Fellowship.