Key staff in the School

Key staff throughout the School of Government.

Head of School

Head of School of Government Professor René Lindstädt
Email: r.lindstaedt@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 415 8181
PA to Professor René Lindstädt, Head of the School of Government Guvinder Kaur Rajania 
Email: govsocpahos@contacts.bham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 0121 414 8227

Departmental leads

Director of the International Development Department (IDD) Dr Jonathan Fisher
Email: j.fisher@bham.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0) 121 414 3492
Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV) Jason Lowther
Email: j.Lowther@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7787
Head, Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) Dr Richard North
Email: r.north.2@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4711
Director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Dr Richard Connolly
Email: r.connolly@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8219
Deputy Director of the Institute of German Studies (IGS) Dr Julian Pänke
Email: j.p.paenke@bham.ac.uk
Tele: +44 (0)121 414 7739
Director of the Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security (ICCS) Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler
Email: n.j.wheeler@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6215
Director, Developmental Leadership
Programme, Academic Director, GSDRC		 Professor Heather Marquette
Email: h.a.marquette@bham.ac.uk  
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2296
Centre Manager, GSDRC Neringa Collier
Email: n.collier@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 4145037

School and departmental administrators

PA to Head of the School of Government and Professor Nick Wheeler Director of ICCS. Tina Aston
Email: t.aston@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8398
PA to Director of INLOGOV Dee Pettifer
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5008
Email: d.j.pettifer@bham.ac.uk
PA to Director of IDD and Department Administrator Claire Groom
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8625
Email: c.groom@bham.ac.uk
PA Director of POLSIS

Karen Muddyman
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4852 
Email: K.M.Muddyman@bham.ac.uk
ICCS Administrator

Cecilia Davis
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8683
Email: c.c.davis@bham.ac.uk or iccs@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Academic leads

School Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer Dr Adam Quinn
Email: a.j.quinn@bham.ac.uk
School Research Excellence Framework (REF) Lead
(Politics and International Relations)		 Professor Stefan Wolff
Email: s.wolff@bham.ac.uk
School Research Excellence Framework (REF) Lead
(Development)		 Professor Paul Jackson
Email: p.b.jackson@bham.ac.uk
School Head of Education Dr Richard Shorten (POLSIS)
Email: r.c.shorten@bham.ac.uk
Deputy Head of Education and QA Lead Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis
Email: s.zartaloudis@bham.ac.uk
School Equality and Diversity Lead Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas
Email: g.tsourapas@bham.ac.uk
School Internationalisation Lead Dr Jonathan Fisher
Email: j.fisher@bham.ac.uk
School Doctoral Lead Dr Emma Foster
Email: e.a.foster@bham.ac.uk

Professional services staff

School Operations Manager Julie McLynn
Email: j.m.mcLynn@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7638
Deputy Operations Manager Amanda Griffiths 
Email: a.griffiths@bham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6950
School Learning and Teaching Manager Julie Tomkinson
Email: j.w.tomkinson@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6740
Deputy School Learning and Teaching Manager (Undergraduate) Marc Levasseur
Email: m.l.levasseur@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6526
Deputy School Learning and Teaching Manager (Postgraduate) Ben Clarke
Email: b.j.clarke@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6558
Student Welfare, Learning and Support Administrator Warren Evans
Email: w.n.evans@bham.ac.uk
Tel:  +44 (0)121 414 8060
Student Welfare, Learning and Support Administrator Jennifer Hayes
Email: j.a.hayes@bham.ac.uk
Student Experience and Enhancement Officer Eleanor Woulfe
Email: e.woulfe@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4976
School Finance Manager -
School Administrative Officer Louise Munday
Email: l.munday@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7354
School Administration and Support Manager Guvinder Kaur Rajania
Email: g.rajania@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8227
Editorial Administrator, School of Government and Society Helen Hancock
Email: h.i.hancock@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2835
I.T. Manager Dave Cottam
Email: d.s.cottam@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7498

E-Learning and College Learning Design Consultant

 Danielle Hinton
Email: d.m.hinton@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3468
Alumni Relations Danielle Albracht
Email: d.c.albracht@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 1053

Undergraduate team

Deputy Learning and Teaching Manager (Undergraduate) Marc Levasseur
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6526
Email: m.l.levasseur@bham.ac.uk
Undergraduate Deputy Manager
School of Government 		 Andrew Howell
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7563
Email: a.howell@bham.ac.uk
Undergraduate Projects Manager Michelle Dennant
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6517
Email: m.j.french@bham.ac.uk
Programme Administrator Ryan Kearney
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8627
Email: r.d.kearney@bham.ac.uk
Programme Administrator Chereece Ebanks
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7268
Email: c.a.ebanks@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate team

Deputy School Learning and Teaching Manager (Postgraduate) Ben Clarke
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6558
Email: b.j.clarke@bham.ac.uk
IDD Postgraduate Administrator Debra Beard
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5034
Email: d.l.beard@bham.ac.uk
INLOGOV Postgraduate Programmes Manager Sarah Smith
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8390
Email: s.e.smith.2@bham.ac.uk
INLOGOV Executive Development Programmes Manager Jeevan Shoker
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4980
Email: g.shoker@bham.ac.uk
POLSIS Postgraduate Administrator -
POLSIS Postgraduate Administrator
Doctoral Research Student Administrator		 Tricia Thomas
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3497
Email: p.a.carr@bham.ac.uk
Doctoral Research Student Administrator Jasvinder Sihre
Tel: +44(0)121 414 8702
Email: j.sihre@bham.ac.uk
Distance Learning Administrator Andrea Potter
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7561
Email: a.j.potter@bham.ac.uk

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