Academic Staff

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

Key Contacts:

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 Mwita Chacha

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 3910
Email: m.chacha@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 4965
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

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 Argyro Kartsonaki

Research Fellow

Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security

Email: a.kartsonaki@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 Sameera Khalfey

Lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: s.m.khalfey@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 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

Senior Lecturer, 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 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 Andrew Reid

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: a.reid@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-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

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

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 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
Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for the School of Government

Department of Political Science and International Studies

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

Dr Aslihan Turan Zara

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)736 680 1501
Email: a.turanzara@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

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

Dr Mattia Zulianello

Research Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: m.zulianello@bham.ac.uk

Academic Staff

Key Contacts:

Head of Department

Deputy Head of Department

Director of Teaching and Learning

Departmental Research Lead

Departmental Doctoral Research Lead

Undergraduate Programme Leads

Postgraduate Programme Leads

Undergraduate Admissions Lead