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

POLSIS Director of Education

Undergraduate Programme Lead

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

Deputy Head of Department

Postgraduate Taught Programme Lead

Dr Nicola Smith
Email: n.j.smith.1@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 Peter Kerr
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7745
Email: p.kerr@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