Prof Matt Uttley

Academic Director of the King’s Policy Institute, King’s College London

Professor Uttley is Academic Director of the King’s Policy Institute at King’s College London and the Academic Advisor to the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. He has over 15 years of experience in United Kingdom professional military education. He was previously the Head of the King’s Defence Studies Department and Dean of Academic Studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham (2006-2012). Before joining King’s he held academic posts at the Centre for Defence Economics, University of York (1992-1994) and the Department of Politics, Lancaster University (1989-1992).

Professor Uttley has published widely on the historical and contemporary dimensions of UK defence policy, defence economics, weapons acquisition and professional military education. He has acted as an advisor and expert reviewer for a number of bodies including the National Audit Office, European Commission, Ministry of Defence’s Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, and the Economic and Social Research Council. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), and Adjunct Professor at the Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia.