Andrew holds a BA in Social and Political Studies, and an MPhil in Historical Studies, from the University of Cambridge. From 2000-01 he was a Joseph Hodges Choate Fellow at Harvard University. He completed his doctorate at the European University Institute in Florence.

From 2008-10 Andrew taught in the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania, returning to Europe in Autumn 2010 to begin a lectureship at the University of Aberdeen, before moving to the University of Stirling in 2013. In January 2017 he took up his current post at Aston University in Birmingham.

Andrew's research interests include European integration, especially the ongoing Brexit negotiations and issues to do with the Eurozone, as well as international relations theory.

Andrew is also a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia and an Associate Editor at ECPR Press.