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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