Professional activities
Thomas’s research informs parliamentary, governmental and public debate on devolution and the UK constitution. He gave evidence to the House of Lords European Union Select Committee in 2015 and has since been invited to give evidence to committees of both the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru. He has also delivered training to Members of the Scottish Parliament and Members of the Senedd. His wider policy engagement has included working with the Office for the Internal Market and the Department for Business and Trade.
Internationally, Thomas has presented to members of the European Parliament’s EPP Group on the constitutional implications of Brexit. He also served as UK rapporteur on “Union Citizenship: Development, Impact and Challenges” at the XXVI FIDE Congress, hosted by the University of Copenhagen.
Thomas regularly provides expert analysis of major developments in UK and EU constitutional law through national and international media and public-facing platforms, including BBC News, BBC One Politics, CTV News Canada and UK in a Changing Europe. He is also a regular contributor to the UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, where he has published eight posts since 2017.
Selected Professional Activities
Internal Administrative or Committee Role
- Associate Head of Department (Faculty, 2019 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- Director of Postgraduate Research (2013-2017) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- Deputy Director of Online Programmes (2011-2014) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
Examination Roles
- University of Bristol, External Examiner LL.B Degree Programmes (UG, 2017 - present)
- University of Leicester, External Examiner LL.B Degree Programmes (UG, 2017 - 2020)
- London School of Economics, LL.M (PGT, 2016 - 2020)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Associate Head of Department (Faculty, 2019 - present)
- Director of Postgraduate Research (2013-2017)
- Member of RKE and Mitigating Circumstances Committees (2012-2014)
- Deputy Director of Online Programmes (2011-2014)
Professional Body Memberships
- (European Union Studies Association, 2019 - present)
- University Assoc for Contemporary European Studies (Member, 2014 - present)
- United Kingdom Association for European Law (UKAEL) (Member, 2014 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Co-Director of the Liverpool European Law Unit (2013-2016)