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Head of Department
Professor Amelia Hadfield
Dean International, Head of Department of Politics, Founder and Former Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE)
Academic staff
Professor Daniele Albertazzi
Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe
Dr Baris Celik
Teaching Fellow in European Politics
Dr Laura Chappell
Senior Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos
Reader in European Politics
Dr Ciaran Gillespie
Teaching Fellow in International Politics/Placement and Exchange Coordinator
Dr Nikolaos Gkotsis Papaioannou
Teaching Fellow B in International Politics/ Senior Personal Tutor - Student Experience and Wellbeing; Politics Director of Communication; PGR Seminars & Events Lead.
Dr Simona Guerra
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Dr Malte Kaeding
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Dr Nicholas Kitchen
Senior Lecturer in International Relations; Co-Director, Centre for International Intervention
Dr Alex Leveringhaus
Lecturer in Political Theory; Co-Director, Centre for International Intervention
Professor Emma Mayhew
Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor of Pedagogy in Politics and International Relations
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
Professor Simon Usherwood
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Steven Van Hauwaert
Lecturer
Research staff
Dr Evgenia Iliadou
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Visiting staff
Prsr Michael Aaronson
Visiting Professor in Practice
Susan Scholefield
Visiting Professor in Practice
Dr Jamie Shea
Visiting Professor in Practice
Postgraduate research students
Hadiza Adamu Fika
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Olga Franczak
Associate Lecturer
Ellis Mallett
Doctoral Research Student
Lucy Mcdermott
Postgraduate Research Student
Graziella Piga
Doctoral Researcher
Micheal Slade
Postgraduate Research Student
Christian Turner
Postgraduate Research Student
Panos Vasileiadis
Postgraduate Research Student
Bianka Vida
Doctoral Researcher in Politics
Nuve Yazgan
PhD Candidate