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Head of School: Professor René Lindstädt

International Development Department (IDD)

Head of Department: Dr Jonathan Fisher

Name	Job title
Dr Philip Amis	Senior Lecturer
Dr William Robert Avis	Research Fellow
Professor Richard Batley	Emeritus Professor of Development Administration
Dr Brock Bersaglio	Lecturer
Dr Danielle Beswick	Senior Lecturer
Dr Adrian Campbell	Senior Lecturer Convenor of Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Public Administration and Development
Dr Ebrima Ceesay	Research Fellow in International Development
Professor Nic Cheeseman	Professor of Democracy and International Development
Dr Ellie Chowns	Lecturer
Dr David Cobley	Teaching Fellow
Neringa Collier	GSDRC Manager
Dr Laurence Cooley	Lecturer
Dr Rachel Victoria Cooper	Research Fellow
Dr Niheer Dasandi	Director of Research Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development
Dr Simon De Lay	Lecturer
Dr Jonathan Fisher	Head of the International Development Department Academic Director of the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) Reader in African Politics
Siân Herbert	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Professor David Hudson	Professor of Politics and Development Director, Developmental Leadership Program (DLP) Co-Director, Development Engagement Lab (DEL)
Iffat Idris	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Dr Zenobia Ismail	Research Fellow
Professor Paul Jackson	Professor of African Politics Director of Research for the College of Social Sciences
Dr Robert Leurs	Senior Lecturer
Professor Heather Marquette	Professor of Development Politics
Claire Mcloughlin	Lecturer
Professor Fiona Nunan	Professor of Environment and Development
Dr Martin Ottmann	Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies Co-Director of Doctoral Research
Emeritus Professor Carole Rakodi	Emeritus Professor, Director, Religions and Development Research Programme
Dr Merisa Thompson	Lecturer in Gender and Development
Alana Tomlin	Program Manager, Developmental Leadership Program
Willem Van Eekelen	Teaching Fellow
Dr Sanne Weber	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Staff in the International Development Department (IDD).

Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV)

Head of Department: Jason Lowther

Name	Job title
Dr Koen P.R. Bartels	Senior Lecturer in Public Management
Dr Karin Bottom	Lecturer in Public Management and Politics Director of Teaching and Learning
Emeritus Professor Tony Bovaird	Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Governance
Dr Catherine Durose	Reader in Policy Sciences Director of Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV)
Dr Stephen Jeffares	Senior Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Research, INLOGOV
Professor Vivien Lowndes	Professor Emerita (Public Policy)
Jason Lowther	Head of the Institute of Local Government Department
Professor Catherine Mangan	Director of Education, College of Social Sciences
Mr Shailen Popat	Teaching Fellow in Public Policy and Management
Emeritus Professor John Raine	Professor of Management in Criminal Justice
Dr Louise Reardon	Lecturer
Emeritus Professor Chris Skelcher	Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor Catherine Staite	Emeritus Professor
Dr Peter Watt	Reader in Public Sector Economics
Dr Philip Whiteman	Lecturer

Staff in the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV).

Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS)

Head of Department: Dr Richard North

Name	Job title
Dr Daniele Albertazzi	Reader in Politics and PI for “The survival of the mass party” research project, funded by ESRC
Dr Derek Averre	Reader in Russian Foreign and Security Policy
Dr David Bailey	Senior Lecturer
Dr Stephen Bates	Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Tendayi Bloom	Lecturer in Politics and International Studies
Professor Peter Burnham	Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Dr Tereza Capelos	Associate Professor in Political Psychology Director of the Institute for Conflict Cooperation and Security
Dr Mwita Chacha	Assistant Professor
Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper	Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies
Professor David Cutts	Professor of Political Science
Dr May Darwich	Lecturer in international relations of the Middle East
Professor David Dunn	Professor in International Politics Director of Internationalisation
Dr Adrian Favero	Research Fellow
Dr Rita Floyd	Senior Lecturer in Conflict and Security
Dr Giuditta Fontana	Birmingham Fellow Leverhulme Fellow
Dr Emma Foster	Lecturer in International Politics and Gender
Dr Charlotte Galpin	Lecturer in German and European Politics
Dr Julie Gilson	Reader in Asian Studies
Emeritus Professor Philip Hanson	Emeritus Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe
Dr Tim Haughton	Reader in European Politics
Dr Mattias Hjort	Teaching Fellow in Political Science
Dr Laura Jenkins	Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Deema Kaneff	Reader in Social Anthropology
Dr Argyro Kartsonaki	Research Fellow
Dr Nino Kemoklidze	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Peter Kerr	Senior Lecturer in Politics
Dr Sameera Khalfey	Lecturer in International Relations
Dr George Kyris	Lecturer in International Politics
Professor René Lindstädt	Head of the School of Government Professor of Government and Data Science
Dr Richard Lock-Pullan	Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Professor Scott Lucas	Professor of American Studies
Dr Huw Macartney	Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
Dr Cerwyn Moore	Senior lecturer in International Relations
Dr Jeanne Morefield	Senior Lecturer
Dr Jost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski	DAAD Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Natascha S. Neudorfer	Senior Lecturer, Birmingham Fellow
Dr Richard North	Reader in Political Theory
Dr Julian Pänke	Lecturer in European Politics
Professor Patrick Porter	Professor of International Security and Strategy
Emeritus Professor Peter Preston	Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology
Dr Adam Quinn	Senior Lecturer in American and International Politics
Dr Andrew Reid	Teaching Fellow
Dr Richard Shorten	Senior Lecturer in Political Theory
Dr Judith Sijstermans	Research Fellow
Dr Asaf Siniver	Reader in International Security Head of Internationalisation, School of Government Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Global Security Studies
Dr Nicola Smith	Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Emeritus Professor Colin Thain	Emeritus Professor of Political Science
Dr Graham Timmins	Reader in International Politics
Dr Tsering Topgyal	Lecturer in International Relations
Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas	Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for the School of Government
Dr Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou	Lecturer in International Organisations
Dr Marco Vieira	Senior Lecturer in International Relations Director of Research, POLSIS
Dr Robert Watt	Lecturer
Professor Mark Webber	Professor of International Politics
Dr Mark Wenman	Senior Lecturer in Political Theory
Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler	Professor of International Relations
Dr David White	Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Matthew Whiting	Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Professor Kataryna Wolczuk	Professor of East European Politics
Professor Stefan Wolff	Professor of International Security
Dr Christalla Yakinthou	Birmingham Fellow
Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis	Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics
Dr Mattia Zulianello	Research Fellow

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

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