Matt Qvortrup is Professor of Applied Political Science and International Relations at Coventry University . An expert on comparative constitutional engineering, Professor Qvortrup was awarded the PSA Prize for his research on «Terrorism and Political Science», he served as a Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee . He is also the recipient to the Oxford University Press Law Prize. He has previously worked as member of President Obama's Special Envoy Team in Africa (2009-2010). Before his career as an academic Dr Qvortrup served as Head of the Gun Crime Section in the British Home Office (2002-2004) and before that as a Special Advisor to the Home Secretary (Minister for the Interior). Professor Qvortrup earned his doctorate in Politics at Brasenose College, University of Oxford in 2000. Also a qualified lawyer, he holds a Diploma from the College of Law , London. A frequent commentator for the BBC , Professor Qvortrup writes regularly for Bloomberg .