People
The Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) is staffed by high-profile experts on both the UK and Europe drawn from the University of Surrey's Department of Politics, as well as many others institutions and organisations. These include academic institutions around the world, think-tanks, the international media, the civil service and organisations based in the local community.
Centre Directors
Professor Daniele Albertazzi
Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe
Dr Alia Middleton
Senior Lecturer in Politics, Co-Director of The Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), Deputy Chair (FASS), University Ethics Committee and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Our Experts
EU-UK relations
Paul Adamson
Founder/Editor of Encompass
Professor Gianfranco Baldini
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna
Stephen Fidler
Bureau Chief at Large of The Wall Street Journal. Formerly bureau chief in London and Brussels. Ex-Financial Times and Reuters.
Professor Amelia Hadfield
Dean International, Head of Department of Politics, Founder and Former Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE)
Dr Mary C Murphy
Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, University College, Cork
Dr Jamie Shea
(Professor in Practice) Former NATO spokesman. Senior Fellow responsible for security and defence programmes at Friends of Europe and a Senior Advisor with the European Policy Centre
Dr Uta Staiger
Director of European Institute, UCL
Christian Turner
Junior Fellow and Studentship Holder
Georgina Wright
Senior Fellow and Director, Europe Programme, Institut Montaigne
Dr Nicholas Wright
Visiting Researcher
Elections and Public Opinion
Dr Nikolaos Gkotsis Papaioannou
Teaching Fellow B in International Politics/ Senior Personal Tutor.
Dr Alia Middleton
Senior Lecturer in Politics, Co-Director of The Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), Deputy Chair (FASS), University Ethics Committee and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Dr Roula Nezi
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
European Politics and European Law
Dr Martyn Bond
Writer; former academic, BBC correspondent and civil servant for the EU
Dr Laura Chappell
Senior Lecturer in European Politics
Professor Theofanis Exadaktylos
Professor in European Politics
Dr Simona Guerra
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Dr Noreen O'Meara
Associate Professor (Reader), Human Rights, European and Environmental Law. Co-director: Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law (SCIEL).
Barbara Serra
Journalist and broadcaster. European Media/Communication and EU citizens in the UK
Professor Simon Usherwood
Professor of Politics and International Relations, Open University
Local Engagement
Rabbi Alex Goldberg
Dean of Religious Life and Belief, University of Surrey
Robert Pickles
Chair/Governor - Employment & Skills Board; Orbital South Colleges Group; Brooklands College
Populism, Euroscepticism and Social Movements
Professor Daniele Albertazzi
Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe
Professor Paolo Graziano
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Padua
Dr Nick Startin
Associate Professor in International Relations, John Cabot University, Rome
Economics, Sociology and Social Anthropology
Professor Holger Breinlich
Professor of Economics
Dr Venetia Evergeti
Principal Teaching Fellow and Director of Learning and Teaching