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Head of Department
Professor Amelia Hadfield
Dean International, Head of Department of Politics, Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE)
Academic staff
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 in International Politics/ Politics Director of Communication; Senior Personal Tutor; Student Experience and Wellbeing; PGR Seminars & Events Lead.
Dr Simona Guerra
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Dr Malte Kaeding
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
Lecturer in Politics, Co-Director of The Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Dr Roula Nezi
Lecturer in Political Science
Professor Simon Usherwood
Professor of Politics
Dr Steven Van Hauwaert
Lecturer
Research staff
Dr Evgenia Iliadou
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Visiting staff
Prsr Michael Aaronson
Honorary Visiting Professor
Susan Scholefield
Visiting Professor
Dr Jamie Shea
Visiting Professor
Postgraduate research students
Hadiza Adamu Fika
Postgraduate Research Student
Olga Franczak
Doctoral Researcher
Emmanuel Ogueri Ibekwe
Doctoral Researcher
Julie Kolokotsa
Doctoral Researcher
Ellis Mallett
Postgraduate Research Student
Lucy Mcdermott
Postgraduate Research Student
Graziella Piga
Doctoral Researcher
David Southgate
PhD student
Panos Vasileiadis
Postgraduate Research Student
Bianka Vida
Doctoral Researcher
Nuve Yazgan
Postgraduate Research Student