Dr Andi Hoxhaj OBE

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

Biography

Dr Andi Hoxhaj OBE is a Lecturer in Law at University College London. He received his PhD from the University of Warwick in 2017, previously taught at the Warwick Law School, and was awarded “The Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence 2021”.

Dr Hoxhaj's research interests include corruption, migration, the rule of law, and Western Balkans policy in the UK and EU, and he has published several peer-reviewed articles on these topics. He is also the author of “The EU Anti-Corruption Policy: A Reflexive Governance Approach (Routledge, 2020)”.

He is currently working on a research project entitled “Albanian Migrants in the UK”, which is funded by the UCL Public Policy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. He was awarded “The British Academy Rising Star Award” in 2018, and his research insights are often quoted in the international media. He has also given evidence in the UK Parliament on its inquiry into “The UK and the future of the Western Balkans” in 2018 and “Asylum and Migration: Albania” in 2022.

Dr Hoxhaj was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List 2024 for his contributions to UK and Albania relations.