Kenneth George Young FAcSS FRHistS was a British political scientist and historian who was Professor of Public Policy at King's College London in its Department of War Studies.
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20 Facts About Ken Young
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Ken Young is most known for his work in urban studies and policy studies, specially with regard to local government in England.
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Ken Young was from Christchurch, Hampshire, born to a working-class family for whom education was not a priority.
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Ken Young taught in the sociology department at Goldsmiths' College before coming back to LSE and serving as a research officer with the Department of Government.
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In 1974, Young became a research fellow at the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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Ken Young remained Managing Editor of the journal until 1980.
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Ken Young joined the Policy Studies Institute in 1980, where he was a Senior Fellow.
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Ken Young then became Professor at the University of Birmingham in 1987, where he was Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies.
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In 1990, Ken Young was named as Professor of Politics and Head of the Department of Politics at Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London.
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Ken Young was appointed Vice-Principal there in 1992, a position he held for six years.
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Ken Young was involved in publicising research on authoritarianism to a general audience.
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In connection with the movement for evidence-based policy, from 2000 to 2005 Ken Young was director of the Economic and Social Research Council's UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice.
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Ken Young's charge was to bring into being postgraduate programmes in public policy, which included establishment of a master's in the subject as well as the creation of the Institute for the Study of Public Policy.
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Ken Young did not focus his attentions so much on superior students, but rather sought to assist and engage those who were struggling for one reason or another.
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Ken Young was on the staff of the University of Bolton's Centre for Opposition Studies.
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The Department of Political Economy at King's College London embodied Ken Young's belief in the value of interdisciplinary scholarship dedicated to the study of public policy and is an important part of his legacy.
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Ken Young had positions related to public affairs on a number of occasions.
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Ken Young was a Commissioner of the Local Government Boundary Commission between 1990 and 1992.
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Ken Young was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society.
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Ken Young was a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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