Diana Stirbu

I joined London Metropolitan University in April 2010, after obtaining a Masters degree in Public Administration and a PhD from the University of Liverpool Management School exploring political and institutional issues surrounding constitutional developments of the National Assembly under the second Welsh constitution.

I specialise in democratic institutions and processes, political participation and representation and territorial politics in the UK, with an emphasis on Welsh and Scottish devolution. In 2019 I was promoted to Professor of Public Policy and Governance and since 2024 I co-lead the Centre for Applied research in Empowering Society at London Metropolitan University.

I am the author of the Power, Influence and Impact of the Senedd Committees (2021), and I served as a Member of the Expert Panel supporting the work of the Independent Commission for the Constitutional Future of Wales (2022-24) and as member of the Welsh Government Innovating Democracy Advisory Group (2025-26). Between 2023 and 2026, I co-convened the Political Studies Association Parliaments Specialist Group