Spotlight on Prof Robert Hazell

pRof Robert Hazell, UCL Constitution Unit - This week we meet Robert Hazell, Professor of Government and the Constitution, in the Department of Political Science. Robert tells us about the UCL Constitution unit, his work inside, outside, and about government, the monarchy and his recent brush with fame on Netflix! - What is your role and what does it involve?. I am Professor of Government and the Constitution, in the Department of Political Science. I founded the Constitution Unit in 1995, as an independent think tank specialising in constitutional reform. The Unit has published detailed reports on every aspect of Britain's constitutional reforms: devolution, the Human Rights Act, parliamentary reform, Lords reform, freedom of information, referendums, Scottish independence, electoral reform and more. In 2015 when I was 67 I handed on the reins to my excellent colleague Prof Meg Russell, who became Director of the Unit, and I took flexible retirement. In my old age I have begun to work on things more out of academic curiosity than for their policy relevance.