Labour Party and attended shadow cabinet meetings. Other organisations Corbett is Vice Chair of the UK European Movement, having served as Chair following the resignation of Laura Sandys in the wake of the 2016 referendum result. He did not want to continue as Chair, citing time constraints, and handed over to Stephen Dorrell in December 2016. Academic Corbett was a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and on the board of the Salzburg Centre for European Union Studies (SCEUS) of the University of Salzburg. He has written numerous academic articles and books (see 'Publications' below) Publications and communications activities Corbett is the co-author of an eponymous academic textbook on the European Parliament (now the standard reference book on it across Europe) and several other academic publications (see below). Corbett was an early user of new media. In 2003, he was the first MEP from any country to launch a blog, which he resumed in 2014 as part of his election campaign. In 2004 his website was cited as one of the most comprehensive of any British politician's by New Statesman magazine, which nominated him for a New Media award. In 2015, he became the first MEP to launch a mobile app, Doorstep EU, aimed at activists, journalists and other politicians. In the same year, he also took part in an AMA on Reddit. Corbett starred in the docudrama film Do it like a European?, which won a prize at the international Winton Film Contest. Languages Corbett speaks English, French, German and Dutch. Personal life Corbett lives in Shipley near Bradford; he formerly lived in the nearby village of Saltaire, for whose World Heritage Status he helped to campaign. As an MEP, he had his constituency office in Leeds, where he shared premises with Hilary Benn MP. Corbett is married to Lorraine Kirkwood and has three children. Publications ‘The European Union: How Does it Work?' (5th ed) with Profs Daniel Kenealy and John Peterson (2018, Oxford University Press) . Apart from Darren Neville replacing Michael Shackleton, the same three co-authors have written every edition since the first in 1990. 'The Evolving Roles of the European Parliament and of National Parliaments' in ' EU Law after Lisbon' by Professors Piet Eeckhout, Andrea Biondi and Stephanie Ripley (2012, Oxford University Press) 'Parameters of a Crisis' in 'The future of Economic Governance in the EU' (Policy Network, London, 2012) ‘President of