I joined DPIR as an Associate Professor in April 2018. Prior to this, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford, from October 2015.

Maya Tudors research investigates the origins of stable, democratic and effective states across the developing world, with a particular emphasis upon South Asia. Her recently published book, the Promise of Power (Cambridge University Press, 2013), was based upon her 2010 dissertation, which won the American Political Science Associations Gabriel Almond Prize for the Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics.

• Professor of Modern History, University of Glasgow, and Director of the Scottish Centre for War Studies (from 1992 to 2001)
• Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Life Fellow, 1992) (from 1979 to 1992)
• Senior Lecturer in War Studies and International Affairs, RMA, Sandhurst (from 1978 to 1979)
• Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (from 1975 to 1978)
• Undergraduate (1968–71) then postgraduate (from 1972) , Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (from 1968 to 1975)