Timothy Less

Dr Timothy Less is a Senior Advisor for Geopolitics at the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies where he is developing a programme of work in geopolitical risk analysis with a focus on using AI to create analytical models for forecasting political and geopolitical risk. He also leads the Centre’s study group in geopolitical risk analysis for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Outside the University, Tim provides analytical and consultancy services for public and private-sector clients, specialising in the politics, economics and legal/regulatory environments in Russia and eastern Europe. He also speaks and writes extensively on eastern European affairs for the British and international media.

Previously, Tim was an Associate Lecturer in East European Politics at the University of Kent, and a member of the British Diplomatic Service. He holds a MA in Eastern European Studies from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, and a MSt in International Relations and PhD in geopolitics from the University of Cambridge.