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Head of School: Professor René Lindstädt

International Development Department (IDD)

Head of Department: Dr Jonathan Fisher

Name	Job title
Dr Mohsen Abumuamar	Visiting Lecturer
Dr Petra Alderman	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Leadership for Inclusive and Democratic Politics
Dr Sameen A. Mohsin Ali	Lecturer in International Development
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	Senior Research Fellow in International Development
Professor Nic Cheeseman	Professor of Democracy and International Development
Dr Ellie Chowns	Lecturer
Dr David Cobley	Lecturer
Neringa Collier	GSDRC Manager
Dr Niheer Dasandi	Director of Research Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development
Dr Simon De Lay	Lecturer
Dr Robin Diver	Communications Officer
Professor Jonathan Fisher	Professor of Global Security
Siân Herbert	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Professor David Hudson	Professor of Politics and Development Head of the International Development Department Director, Developmental Leadership Program (DLP) and Co-Director, Development Engagement Lab (DEL)
Iffat Idris	Research Fellow, GSDRC
Dr Zenobia Ismail	Research Fellow
Dr Karen Schouw Iversen	Teaching Fellow in Development Cooperation
Professor Paul Jackson	Professor of African Politics Director of Research for the College of Social Sciences
Dr Robert Leurs	Associate Professor
Dr Chris Lyon	Teaching Fellow in Politics of Development
Professor Heather Marquette	Professor of Development Politics
Claire Mcloughlin	Senior Lecturer
Andrew Nickson	Honorary Reader in Public Management
Dr Emeka Thaddues Njoku	Newton International Fellow
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
Dr Kate Pruce	Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Leadership for Development
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	Lecturer in International Development
Dr Sheba Tejani	Lecturer
Dr Merisa Thompson	Lecturer in Gender and Development
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

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	Senior Lecturer in Public Management and Politics Director of Teaching and Learning
Emeritus Professor Tony Bovaird	Emeritus Professor of Public Management and Governance
Dr May Chu	Assistant Professor
Dr Catherine Durose	Honorary Professor of Public Policy
Dr Stephen Jeffares	Senior Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Research, INLOGOV
Dr Paul Joyce	Lecturer
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
Dr Timea Nochta	Lecturer
Mr Shailen Popat	Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Management
Emeritus Professor John Raine	Professor of Management in Criminal Justice
Dr Louise Reardon	Senior Lecturer
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

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	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Stephen Bates	Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Dr Tendayi Bloom	Lecturer in Politics and International Studies Undergraduate Admissions Lead for 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
Dr Licia Cianetti	Lecturer
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	Senior Lecturer in international relations of the Middle East
Professor David Dunn	Professor in International Politics Director of Internationalisation
Dr Lorenzo Feltrin	Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Rita Floyd	Senior Lecturer in Conflict and Security
Dr Giuditta Fontana	Senior Lecturer Leverhulme Fellow
Dr Emma Foster	Lecturer in International Politics College Director of Postgraduate Research
Dr Charlotte Galpin	Associate Professor in German and European Politics Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Government
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
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
Dr Argyro Kartsonaki	Research 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 Huw Macartney	Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
Dr Ameneh Mehvar	ESRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Cerwyn Moore	Senior lecturer in International Relations
Dr Jost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski	DAAD Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Natascha S. Neudorfer	Associate Professor, Birmingham Fellow
Dr Richard North	Reader in Political Theory
Dr Julian Pänke	Lecturer in European Politics
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	Senior Lecturer in Political Theory
Dr Asaf Siniver	Reader in International Security Head of Internationalisation, School of Government Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Global Security Studies
Dr Nicola Smith	Associate Professor in Political Science
Dr Ash Kayte Stokoe	Teaching Fellow
Emeritus Professor Colin Thain	Emeritus Professor of Political Science
Dr Graham Timmins	Reader in International Politics
Dr Tsering Topgyal	Lecturer in International Relations
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
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

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

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