Supported by and part of the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy

Hugo Bromley is a historian of English manufacturing and British political economy and geopolitics, focusing on the early eighteenth century. His recently submitted PhD, completed at Cambridge, looked at how textile manufacturers and their employees shaped the formation of Britain after 1688, and the role of the British state in the global economy immediately before the Industrial Revolution. At the Centre, he will coordinate the forthcoming project on the applied history of the UK Union, as well as continuing his own research. He has also been appointed as an affiliated postdoctoral research associate at Robinson College.

Hugo previously worked for the Centre as a Research Assistant on the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, which he will continue to support. He also hosted a short podcast series on the Geopolitics of Finance, which is available online at On Geopolitics. He completed his undergraduate studies at the LSE and his MPhil at here at Cambridge. Away from academia, he has worked as a researcher at the International Financial Law Review and as a reporter at IFLR Practice Insight.

Related

Economics

Goodbye Globalization, with Elisabeth Braw

In the press

Latvian book receives award at Cambridge symposium on Ukraine and the Baltics

Saturday 6th April, 2024

Latvian book receives award at Cambridge symposium on Ukraine and the Baltics

Latvian television reports from the 2024 International Baltic Symposium at the Centre for Geopolitics.

In the press

Russia’s war on Ukraine forces Europe to weaponise its economic might

Friday 5th April, 2024

Russia’s war on Ukraine forces Europe to weaponise its economic might

An Al Jazeera article about the origins and implications of the Ukraine War, using quotes and analysis discussed at our 2024 International Baltic Symposium in Cambridge.

Event Review

The 2024 revolution in Ukraine and the Baltic – symposium review

In the press

Fear of China, Russia and Iran is driving weapons sales

Monday 11th March, 2024

Fear of China, Russia and Iran is driving weapons sales

Dr. Hugo Bromley and Suzanne Raine are quoted in an article about how war and the wider threat of conflict is influencing changing trends in international weapon sales.

Podcast

Episode 30: The geopolitics of the UK Union

Thursday 11th May, 2023

Episode 30: The geopolitics of the UK Union

Ali and Suzanne are joined by the Centre’s Dr Hugo Bromley to consider the historical drivers behind the formation of the UK Union and their relevance today.  

Culture, History

Scotland and the Baltic from the early modern period to the present day