Barry’s research interests include European integration, industrial relations, comparative politics, and the politics of the UK and Ireland. While at Saint Antony’s he will be undertaking research into the current state of the French trade union movement. Barry is a research associate at the Policy Network think tank in London, and a teaching fellow at Sciences Po in Le Havre. He holds a PhD in politics from the University of Cambridge, and has worked previously at both the Irish and European parliaments.