ICCS staff

The Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security is currently comprised of:

Management Team

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Associate Professor in International Security
Department of Political Science and International Studies

Dr Giuditta Fontana is a political scientist specialising in peace processes and war-to-peace transitions. She is interested in the design of peace accords and in the reform of cultural and educational institutions in conflict-affected societies. She is committed to multi-method research and has contributed to the creation of the dataset of Political Agreements in Internal Conflicts and of the ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8241
Email
g.fontana@bham.ac.uk

Professor Paul Jackson

Professor Paul Jackson

Professor of African Politics
Director of Research for the College of Social Sciences

Paul Jackson is a political economist working predominantly on conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. A core area of interest is decentralisation and governance and it was his extensive experience in Sierra Leone immediately following the war that led him into the area of conflict analysis and security sector reform. He was Director of the GFN-SSR and is currently an advisor to the Governance ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7293
Email
p.b.jackson@bham.ac.uk

Professor Mark Webber

Professor Mark Webber

Professor of International Politics

Mark Webber is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham. Formerly the Head of the Department of Politics, History and International Relations at Loughborough University, he was also the Head of the School of Government and Society at Birmingham from 2011 – July 2019. He has been a Trustee of the British International Studies Association (BISA) since 2014 and is ...

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

Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler

Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler

Professor of International Relations

Nicholas J. Wheeler is Professor of International Relations and former Director of the Institute for Conflict, Cooperation, and Security at the University of Birmingham. 

His publications include (with Ken Booth) The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation, and Trust in World Politics (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Saving Strangers: Humanitarian Intervention in International ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6215
Email
n.j.wheeler@bham.ac.uk

Researchers

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Associate Professor in International Security
Department of Political Science and International Studies

Dr Giuditta Fontana is a political scientist specialising in peace processes and war-to-peace transitions. She is interested in the design of peace accords and in the reform of cultural and educational institutions in conflict-affected societies. She is committed to multi-method research and has contributed to the creation of the dataset of Political Agreements in Internal Conflicts and of the ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8241
Email
g.fontana@bham.ac.uk

Affiliates

Dr Sara Fregonese

Dr Sara Fregonese

Associate Professor of Political Geography

Dr Fregonese is a political geographer with a background in Middle Eastern Studies. Her research is about the relations between geopolitics, security and urban space, and how geopolitical situations and events impact on the everyday life of cities, their built environment and residents. 

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 3635
Email
s.fregonese@bham.ac.uk

Dr Adam Quinn

Dr Adam Quinn

Associate Professor in American and International Politics

Adam Quinn is a scholar of American foreign policy and grand strategy. He is particularly interested in contests of ideas within the United States regarding the nation's status, interests, and role in the world. He also talks and teaches about both American politics and international security more generally. 

He has previously held various management ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 5313
Email
a.j.quinn@bham.ac.uk

Professor Asaf Siniver

Professor Asaf Siniver

Professor of International Security

Asaf Siniver is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham. He specialises in conflict resolution, international mediation, diplomacy, Foreign Policy Analysis, contemporary US foreign policy, and the politics, diplomacy, and history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. He has published extensively in these areas, including six books and dozens of articles and edited chapters. ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6386
Email
a.siniver@bham.ac.uk

Professor Heather Widdows

Professor Heather Widdows

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Transfer)
John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics

As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Transfer, Heather is responsible for delivering the University’s research strategy and for positioning the University amongst the leading universities in the UK. Heather is committed to research that matters; research which breaks new ground, shapes thinking, creates innovation and changes the world. Heather oversees all aspects of research ...

Email
h.widdows@bham.ac.uk

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Doctoral Researchers

Donatella Bonansinga

Description
The Role of (In)security in Populist Narratives

Chiara Cervasio

Description
The security dilemma in Sino-Indian Relations

Alice Spilman

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Alice joined the ICCS at the University of Birmingham on the MSc Global Cooperation and Security, graduating with a Distinction in 2017.

Professional Services

Cecilia Davis
ICCS Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8683
Email: c.c.davis@bham.ac.uk or iccs@contacts.bham.ac.uk