Dr Mark Bennister

Affiliated Researcher

Dr Mark Bennister is an experienced academic researcher focusing on comparative political leadership, prime ministerial power, governance, and accountability in parliament.

He is the author of Prime Ministers in Power: Political Leadership in Britain and Australia, (2012, Palgrave) and (with Ben Worthy and Paul ‘t Hart) The Leadership Capital Index: New Perspectives on Political Leadership (2017, Oxford University Press).

Mark was Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Lincoln in the School of Social and Political Sciences and Reader at Canterbury Christ Church University. He was the founder Director of the Lincoln Policy Hub and the Lincoln Parliamentary Research Centre (ParliLinc). Mark was a House of Commons Academic Fellow (2016-19), researching the Prime Minister’s appearances before the Liaison Committee.

Mark has a practitioner background as Executive Officer at the Australian High Commission in London and a parliamentary researcher. He is a Visiting Reader at Queen Mary, University of London.

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