Academic Staff

The Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) encompasses a large network of scholars, some of whom belong to the core academic staff of the Centre, others are associate members (who are members of different Schools in the University of Birmingham), and many more are honorary members of the Centre.

Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper

Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper

Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Email: j.m.cooper@bham.ac.uk

Professor Rilka Dragneva-Lewers

Professor Rilka Dragneva-Lewers

Professor of International Legal Studies
Associate Dean of Birmingham Law School

Birmingham Law School

Telephone: 0121 414 3146
Email: r.dragnevalewers@bham.ac.uk

Professor Tim Haughton

Professor Tim Haughton

Professor of Comparative and European Politics
Deputy Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6360
Email: t.j.haughton@bham.ac.uk

Dr Deema Kaneff

Dr Deema Kaneff

Reader in Social Anthropology
Director of CREES

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7339
Email: d.kaneff@bham.ac.uk

Tanya Lipatova

Russian Language Tutor

Department of Modern Languages

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6352
Email: t.lipatova@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jonathan Oldfield

Professor Jonathan Oldfield

Professor in Russian Environmental Studies
Head of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 2943
Email: j.d.oldfield@bham.ac.uk

Dr Isobel Palmer

Lecturer in Russian

Department of Modern Languages

Email: i.m.j.palmer@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor William Paterson

Emeritus Professor

Email: w.e.paterson@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Maureen Perrie

Emeritus Professor of Russian History

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Email: m.p.perrie@bham.ac.uk

Dr Paul Richardson

Dr Paul Richardson

Associate Professor in Human Geography

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Email: p.b.richardson.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Klaus Richter

Dr Klaus Richter

Reader in Eastern European History

Department of History

Telephone: +44 (0)121 41 45514
Email: k.richter@bham.ac.uk

Dr Natalia (Natasha) Rulyova

Dr Natalia (Natasha) Rulyova

Associate Professor in Russian

Department of Modern Languages

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6357
Email: n.e.rulyova@bham.ac.uk

Professor Graham Timmins

Professor Graham Timmins

Professor of International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6345
Email: g.timmins@bham.ac.uk

Professor Mark Webber

Professor Mark Webber

Professor of International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8181
Email: m.a.webber.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Rose Whyman

Dr Rose Whyman

Senior Lecturer

Department of Drama and Theatre Arts

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6005
Email: r.whyman@bham.ac.uk

Professor Kataryna Wolczuk

Professor Kataryna Wolczuk

Professor of East European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6356
Email: k.wolczuk@bham.ac.uk

Professor Stefan Wolff

Professor Stefan Wolff

Professor of International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8230
Email: s.wolff@bham.ac.uk