Key staff

School of Government

Head of School

René Lindstädt
Email: r.lindstaedt@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 414 6060

Deputy Head of School

Mwita Chacha
Email: m.chacha@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 414 3910

PA to Head of School

Dee Pettifer
Email: govsocpahos@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 414 8227

Department Leads

Head of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS Academic Staff)
Asaf Siniver

Head of International Development Department (IDD Academic Staff)
Sameen Andaleeb Mohsin Ali

Head of the Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP Academic Staff)
Nicole Curato

Academic Leads

Niheer Dasandi, Head of Research

Charlotte Galpin, Deputy Head of Research (Impact lead)

Sameera Khalfey, Head of Education

Claire McLoughlin, Deputy Head of Education (Quality Assurance Lead)

Peter Kerr, Head of Postgraduate Research

May Chu, Head of Global Engagement