Academic Staff

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

Key Contacts:

Dr Columba Achilleos-Sarll

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: c.achilleos-sarll.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr David Bailey

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 2991
Email: d.j.bailey@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ahmad Barakat

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Nicholas Barker

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: n.barker@bham.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Bates

Senior Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6264
Email: s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk

Dr Tendayi Bloom

Lecturer in Politics and International Studies
Undergraduate Admissions Lead for Politics and International Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 4246
Email: t.bloom@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Bufkin

Assistant Professor in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: s.m.bufkin@bham.ac.uk

Professor Peter Burnham

Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8225
Email: p.burnham@bham.ac.uk

Dr Tereza Capelos

Associate Professor in Political Psychology
Director of the Institute for Conflict Cooperation and Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6366
Email: t.capelos@bham.ac.uk

Dr Mwita Chacha

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 3910
Email: m.chacha@bham.ac.uk

Dr Licia Cianetti

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.cianetti@bham.ac.uk

Dr Laurence Cooley

Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.p.cooley@bham.ac.uk

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 David Cutts

Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: d.cutts@bham.ac.uk

Dr May Darwich

Senior Lecturer in international relations of the Middle East

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 7535
Email: m.darwich@bham.ac.uk

Professor David Dunn

Professor in International Politics
Director of Internationalisation

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3378
Email: d.h.dunn@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lorenzo Feltrin

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.feltrin@bham.ac.uk

Dr Rita Floyd

Senior Lecturer in Conflict and Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.floyd@bham.ac.uk

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Senior Lecturer
Leverhulme Fellow

Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security

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

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

Dr Charlotte Galpin

Associate Professor in German and European Politics
Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Government

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6928
Email: c.a.galpin@bham.ac.uk

Manoel Gehrke

Research Fellow
Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation

School of Government

Email: m.gehrkeryffmoreira@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julie Gilson

Reader in Asian Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3305
Email: j.a.gilson@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente

Associate Professor in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.gonzalezvicente@bham.ac.uk

Professor Tim Haughton

Professor of Comparative and European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Mattias Hjort

Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: m.hjort@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julian Hoerner

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: j.hoerner@bham.ac.uk

Dr Laura Jenkins

Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4710
Email: l.m.jenkins@bham.ac.uk

Dr Deema Kaneff

Reader in Social Anthropology
Co-Director of CREES

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

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

Dr Peter Kerr

Senior Lecturer in Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7745
Email: p.kerr@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sameera Khalfey

Lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: s.m.khalfey@bham.ac.uk

Dr George Kyris

Associate Professor in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8616
Email: g.kyris@bham.ac.uk

Professor René Lindstädt

Head of the School of Government
Professor of Government and Data Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6060
Email: r.lindstaedt@bham.ac.uk

Dr Huw Macartney

Senior Lecturer in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: h.macartney@bham.ac.uk

Dr Cerwyn Moore

Senior lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3059
Email: c.moore.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski

DAAD Lecturer in European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: j.morgenstern-pomorski@bham.ac.uk

Dr Natascha S. Neudorfer

Associate Professor, Birmingham Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7490
Email: n.neudorfer@bham.ac.uk

Dr Richard North

Reader in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4711
Email: r.north.2@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julian Pänke

Lecturer in European Politics

Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7739
Email: j.p.paenke@bham.ac.uk

Dr Geoffrey Pigman

Honorary Research Fellow in Government

Telephone: +1 413 358 8600
Email: g.pigman@bham.ac.uk

Professor Patrick Porter

Professor of International Security and Strategy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: p.porter@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Peter Preston

Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6527
Email: p.w.preston@bham.ac.uk

Dr Adam Quinn

Associate Professor in American and International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Robert Ralston

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.ralston@bham.ac.uk

Dr Richard Shorten

Senior Lecturer in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7570
Email: r.c.shorten@bham.ac.uk

Dr Asaf Siniver

Reader in International Security
Head of Internationalisation, School of Government
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Global Security Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Nicola Smith

Associate Professor in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7569
Email: n.j.smith.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ash Kayte Stokoe

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5313
Email: k.stokoe@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Colin Thain

Emeritus Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 1052
Email: c.thain@bham.ac.uk

Dr Graham Timmins

Reader in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Tsering Topgyal

Lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8228
Email: t.topgyal@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou

Lecturer in International Organisations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6224
Email: s.vezirgiannidou@bham.ac.uk

Dr Marco Vieira

Associate Professor in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6265
Email: m.a.vieira@bham.ac.uk

Dr Robert Watt

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6523
Email: r.n.watt@bham.ac.uk

Professor Mark Webber

Professor of International Politics

School of Government

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

Dr Mark Wenman

Senior Lecturer in Political Theory

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6520
Email: m.wenman@bham.ac.uk

Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler

Professor of International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Professor Kataryna Wolczuk

Professor of East European Politics
Co-Director of CREES

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

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

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

Dr Christalla Yakinthou

Birmingham Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8634
Email: c.yakinthou@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis

Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6515
Email: s.zartaloudis@bham.ac.uk

Academic Staff

Key Contacts:

Head of Department

Deputy Head of Department

Director of Teaching and Learning and UG Programme Lead

Departmental Research Lead

Undergraduate Admissions Lead

Postgraduate Admissions Lead

Departmental Doctoral Research Lead

Postgraduate Director