Academic Staff

Staff throughout the Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

Key Contacts:

Head of Department 

Professor Stefan Wolff
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8230
Email: s.wolff@bham.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department and Postgraduate Taught Programme Lead

Dr Nicola Smith
Email: n.j.smith.1@bham.ac.uk

Deputy Head of Department, POLSIS Director of Education and Undergraduate Programme Lead

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis
Email: s.zartaloudis@bham.ac.uk

Departmental Research Lead

Professor Tim Haughton
Email: t.j.haughton@bham.ac.uk 

Undergraduate Admissions Lead 

Dr Tendayi Bloom 
Email: t.bloom@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate Admissions Leads 

Dr Laura Jenkins 
Email: l.m.jenkins@bham.ac.uk

Professor Asaf Siniver
Email: a.siniver@bham.ac.uk

Departmental Doctoral Research Lead

Dr George Kyris
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8616
Email: g.kyris@bham.ac.uk

Doctoral Research Admissions Lead

Dr Huw Macartney 
Email: h.macartney@bham.ac.uk

Dr Licia Cianetti

Dr Licia Cianetti

Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies
Deputy Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email
l.cianetti@bham.ac.uk

Dr Emma Foster

Dr Emma Foster

Associate Professor in International Politics
College Director of Postgraduate Research

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email
e.a.foster@bham.ac.uk