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Staff throughout the School of Government.

Head of School: Professor René Lindstädt

International Development Department (IDD)

Head of Department: Dr Jonathan Fisher

Name	Job title
Asiyah Vanessa Dubuisson	SOC ACE Communications and Policy Engagement Manager
Dr Mohsen Abumuamar	Visiting Lecturer
Dr Petra Alderman	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Leadership for Inclusive and Democratic Politics Research Fellow with the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)
Dr Sameen A. Mohsin Ali	Lecturer in International Development
Dr Philip Amis	Associate Professor
Dr William Robert Avis	Research Fellow
Professor Richard Batley	Emeritus Professor of Development Administration
Dr Brock Bersaglio	Lecturer
Dr Danielle Beswick	Associate Professor
Dr Adrian Campbell	Associate Professor Convenor of Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Public Administration and Development
Dr Ebrima Ceesay	Senior Research Fellow in International Development
Professor Nic Cheeseman	Professor of Democracy and International Development Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)
Dr Ellie Chowns	Lecturer
Dr David Cobley	Lecturer Director of Education
Dr Niheer Dasandi	Director of Research Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development
Dr Simon De Lay	Lecturer
Professor Jonathan Fisher	Professor of Global Security
Manoel Gehrke	Research Fellow with the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation
Siân Herbert	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Professor David Hudson	Professor of Politics and Development Director, Developmental Leadership Program (DLP) and Co-Director, Development Engagement Lab (DEL)
Iffat Idris	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Dr Zenobia Ismail	GSDRC Manager
Professor Paul Jackson	Professor of African Politics Director of Research for the College of Social Sciences
Dr. Anne Kairu	Newton International Fellow, Postdoctoral Position
Dr Robert Leurs	Associate Professor
Dr Chris Lyon	Teaching Fellow in Politics of Development Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes (Distance Learning)
Professor Heather Marquette	Professor of Development Politics
Claire Mcloughlin	Associate Professor
Andrew Nickson	Honorary Reader in Public Management
Dr Emeka Thaddues Njoku	Assistant Professor
Professor Fiona Nunan	Professor of Environment and Development
Dr Soomin Oh	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Martin Ottmann	Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies Head of Research in the School of Government
Dafni Kalatzi Pantera	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Kate Pruce	Honorary Research Fellow
Emeritus Professor Carole Rakodi	Emeritus Professor, Director, Religions and Development Research Programme
Ms Alina Rocha Menocal	Director, Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice Senior Research Fellow, International Development Department
Dr Emily Scott	Assistant Professor
Dr Merisa Thompson	Lecturer in Gender and Development
Dr Willem van Eekelen	Teaching Fellow
Dr John Watson	Honorary Senior Lecturer Dissertation supervisor
Dr Sanne Weber	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Kailing Xie	Lecturer in International Development
Dr Bizuneh Getachew Yimenu	Teaching Fellow in Public Policy and Management

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	Associate Professor in Public Management
Dr Karin Bottom	Senior Lecturer in Public Management and Politics Director of Teaching and Learning
Emeritus Professor Tony Bovaird	Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Governance
Sonia Bussu	Associate Professor in Public Policy
Dr May Chu	Assistant Professor
Honorary Professor Catherine Durose	Honorary Professor of Public Policy
Dr Abena Frimpoma Dadze-Arthur	Assistant Professor Co-Director of the Public Management & Leadership Programme Departmental Lead on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Dr Stephen Jeffares	Associate Professor Director of Postgraduate Research, INLOGOV
Emerita Professor Vivien Lowndes	Emerita Professor (Public Policy)
Jason Lowther	Head of the Institute of Local Government Department
Professor Catherine Mangan	Director of Education, College of Social Sciences
Dr Dave McKenna	Research Fellow
Alice Moore	Assistant Professor in Public Management and Public Policy
Dr Timea Nochta	Lecturer
Marina Pera	Visiting scholar
Shailen Popat	Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Management
Emeritus Professor John Raine	Professor of Management in Criminal Justice
Dr Louise Reardon	Associate Professor in Governance and Public Policy
Emeritus Professor Chris Skelcher	Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor Catherine Staite	Emeritus Professor
Dr Peter Watt	Emeritus Reader in Public Sector Economics
Dr Philip Whiteman	Lecturer
Dr Elizabeth Mary Woodcock	Research Fellow

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 Columba Achilleos-Sarll	Lecturer
Dr David Bailey	Associate Professor
Dr Ahmad Barakat	Teaching Fellow
Dr Nicholas Barker	Teaching Fellow
Dr Stephen Bates	Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Tendayi Bloom	Associate Professor Undergraduate Admissions Lead for Politics and International Studies
Dr Verena K. Brändle	Assistant Professor
Dr Sarah Bufkin	Assistant Professor in Political Theory
Professor Peter Burnham	Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Dr Mwita Chacha	Assistant Professor
Dr Licia Cianetti	Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies Deputy Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)
Dr Laurence Cooley	Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper	Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies
Professor David Cutts	Professor of Political Science
Dr May Darwich	Associate Professor in International Relations of the Middle East
Professor David Dunn	Professor in International Politics
Dr Lorenzo Feltrin	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Rita Floyd	Associate Professor in Conflict and Security
Dr Giuditta Fontana	Associate Professor in International Security
Dr Emma Foster	Associate Professor in International Politics College Director of Postgraduate Research
Nikolaos Frantzeskakis	Assistant Professor
Dr Charlotte Galpin	Associate Professor in German and European Politics
Manoel Gehrke	Research Fellow with the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation
Dr Julie Gilson	Reader in Asian Studies
Dr Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente	Associate Professor in Political Economy
Professor Tim Haughton	Professor of Comparative and European Politics Deputy Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)
Dr Mattias Hjort	Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Julian Hoerner	Lecturer
Dr Laura Jenkins	Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Deema Kaneff	Reader in Social Anthropology Director of CREES
Dr Peter Kerr	Associate Professor
Dr Sameera Khalfey	Lecturer in International Relations
Dr George Kyris	Associate Professor in International Politics
Professor René Lindstädt	Head of the School of Government Professor of Government and Data Science
Dr Huw Macartney	Associate Professor in Political Economy
Dr Cerwyn Moore	Associate Professor in International Relations
Dr Jost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski	DAAD Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Richard North	Reader in Political Theory
Dr Julian Pänke	Lecturer in European Politics Head of Education for the School of Government
Dr Geoffrey Pigman	Honorary Research Fellow in Government
Professor Patrick Porter	Professor of International Security and Strategy
Emeritus Professor Peter Preston	Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology
Dr Adam Quinn	Associate Professor in American and International Politics
Dr Robert Ralston	Lecturer
Dr Richard Shorten	Associate Professor in Political Theory
Professor Asaf Siniver	Professor of International Security
Dr Nicola Smith	Associate Professor in Political Science Deputy Head of Department
Dr Ash Kayte Stokoe	Teaching Fellow
Emeritus Professor Colin Thain	Emeritus Professor of Political Science
Professor Graham Timmins	Professor of International Politics
Dr Tsering Topgyal	Lecturer in International Relations
Ioannis Tzortzis	Teaching Fellow
Dr Patrick Vernon	Teaching Fellow
Dr Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou	Lecturer in International Organisations
Dr Marco Vieira	Associate Professor in International Relations
Dr Yi Wang	Assistant Professor
Dr Robert Watt	Lecturer
Professor Mark Webber	Professor of International Politics
Dr Mark Wenman	Associate Professor in Political Theory Director of Education for the College of Social Sciences
Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler	Professor of International Relations
Professor Kataryna Wolczuk	Professor of East European Politics
Professor Stefan Wolff	Professor of International Security
Dr Christalla Yakinthou	Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies
Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis	Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics

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

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