Professor Matt Uttley

Dean of Academic Studies and Head of the Defence Studies Department at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK

Visiting Professor / Defence Economics

Biography

Professor Matthew Uttley holds the Chair in Defence Studies at King's College London (KCL.) He is currently Dean of Academic Studies and Head of the Defence Studies Department at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham. He has previously held posts at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, University of York and Lancaster University.

Professor Uttley has acted as an advisor for a number of bodies including the National Audit Office, European Commission, UK Ministry of Defence and the Economic and Social Research Council. He has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society.

Research Interests

Defence Dependence Theory
International Transfers of Defence Goods and Services
The Theory of Defence and Civil Market Liberalisation
Defence Economics and Public Procurement of Goods
Post-1945 British Defence Industrial Policy
British Defence Scientific and Technological 'Intellectual Reparations' from Nazi Germany
Battlefield Outsourcing and Private Military Companies
 

Selected Publications/Conference Papers

Professor Uttley has published widely on the historical and contemporary dimensions of defence economics, weapons acquisition and the UK defence policy. His authored/edited books include 'Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960,' (Frank Cass: 2001); 'Britain and Defence 1945-2000,' (Longman: 2001, with S. Crift, A. Dorman and W. Rees); 'The Changing Face of Maritime Power,' (Macmillan: 1999); and 'The Changing Face of Military Power,' (Palgrave: 2002.) He has published in a range of refereed journals including Intelligence and National Security, Public Policy and Administration, and Defence and Peace Economics. He recently published 'Contractors on Deployed Operations: United Kingdom Policy and Doctrine,' (SSI: 2005,) which was funded under a US Army War College grant.