Academic staff

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

Key contacts:

Key staff in the Department of Political Science and International Studies
Head of Department	Dr Richard North Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4711 Email: r.north.2@bham.ac.uk
Deputy Head of Department	Dr Julie Gilson Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3305 Email: j.a.gilson@bham.ac.uk
Director of Teaching and Learning	Dr Laura Jenkins Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4710 Email: l.m.jenkins@bham.ac.uk
Departmental Research Lead	Dr Nicola Smith Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7569 Email: n.j.smith.1@bham.ac.uk
Departmental Doctoral Research Lead	Professor Kateryna Wolczuk Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6356 Email: k.wolczuk@bham.ac.uk
Undergraduate Programme Leads	Dr. Julie Gilson Dr Richard Connolly Dr Charlotte Galpin
Postgraduate Programme Lead	Dr Tereza Capelos Dr Tsering Topgyal Dr Nicola Smith
Undergraduate Admissions Lead	Dr David Bailey Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2991 Email: d.j.bailey@bham.ac.uk

Dr Daniele Albertazzi

Reader in Politics and PI for “The survival of the mass party” research project, funded by ESRC

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 6274
Email: d.albertazzi@bham.ac.uk

Dr Derek Averre

Reader in Russian Foreign and Security Policy

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6364
Email: d.l.averre@bham.ac.uk

Dr David Bailey

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Professor Peter Burnham

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

Senior Lecturer in Political Psychology
Director for the MSc in Global Cooperation and Security

Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security

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

Dr Richard Connolly

Director, CREES
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8219
Email: r.connolly@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper

Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6345
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

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 Adrian Favero

Research Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: a.v.favero@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

Birmingham Fellow
Leverhulme Fellow

Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security

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

Dr Emma Foster

Lecturer in International Politics and Gender

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Charlotte Galpin

Lecturer in German and European Politics
Deputy Director of the Institute for German Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Jamie Gaskarth

Reader in Foreign Policy and International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 3423
Email: j.b.gaskarth@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

Emeritus Professor Philip Hanson

Emeritus Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Email: philip.hanson@btinternet.com

Dr Tim Haughton

Reader in 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

Teaching Fellow in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: h.hjort@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

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

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

Dr Haro L. Karkour

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: h.l.karkour@bham.ac.uk

Dr Nino Kemoklidze

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 1057
Email: n.kemoklidze@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 George Kyris

Lecturer in International and European Politics
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

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 Richard Lock-Pullan

Senior Lecturer in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4058
Email: r.j.lockpullan@bham.ac.uk

Professor Scott Lucas

Professor of American Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5763
Email: w.s.lucas@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 Jeanne Morefield

Senior Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: j.morefield@bham.ac.uk

Dr Natascha S. Neudorfer

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 Alex Oaten

Teaching Fellow in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: a.f.oaten@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

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

Senior Lecturer in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5313
Email: a.j.quinn@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 Judith Sijstermans

Research Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0) 7398102624
Email: j.sijstermans@bham.ac.uk

Dr Asaf Siniver

Reader in International Security
Head of Internationalisation, School of Government
Editor, 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

Senior Lecturer 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 Jill Steans

Senior Lecturer in International Relations Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6278
Email: j.a.steans@bham.ac.uk

Professor Colin Thain

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

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5019
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 Gerasimos Tsourapas

Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Lead, School of Government

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6263
Email: g.tsourapas@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

Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Director of Research, POLSIS

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
Director of the Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6215/Tina Aston: +44 (0)121 414 8398
Email: n.j.wheeler@bham.ac.uk

Dr David White

Lecturer in Political Science

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8237
Email: d.j.white.1@bham.ac.uk

Dr Matthew Whiting

Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: m.whiting.1@bham.ac.uk

Professor Kataryna Wolczuk

Professor of East European Politics

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

Lecturer in Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Mattia Zulianello

Research Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: m.zulianello@bham.ac.uk