Professor Stephen Wilks FCA

Professor Stephen Wilks FCA (appointed in 2001) is Professor of Politics at the University of Exeter. He was Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) of the University from 1999 to 2002 and again for 2004-05 and was a Member of the Economic and Social Research Council from 2001 to 2005, where he chaired the Strategic Research Board.  His research interests centre on political economy and public policy and he has specialized in the study of UK and comparative competition policy. He has published widely on UK and European competition regimes including a history of the first 50 years of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.