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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
Carmen Caruso
Research Fellow
Dr Laura Chappell
Senior Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Mustafa Demir
Associate Fellow
Professor Theofanis Exadaktylos
Professor in European Politics
Dr Ciaran Gillespie
Lecturer in International Politics/Director of Employability
Dr Nikolaos Gkotsis Papaioannou
Lecturer B in International Politics/ Senior Personal Tutor - Student Experience and Wellbeing; Politics Director of Communication.
Dr Simona Guerra
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Dr Jonathan Hall
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Dr Malte Kaeding
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Dr Nicholas Kitchen
Senior Lecturer in International Relations; Director, Centre for the Study of Global Power Competition (CGPC)
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
Visiting staff
Michael Aaronson
Visiting Professor in Practice
Barbara Serra
Visiting Professor in Practice
Dr Jamie Shea
Visiting Professor in Practice
Dr Nick Wright
Visiting Researcher
Postgraduate research students
Hadiza Adamu Fika
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Nicole Boyce
Postgraduate Research Student
Emmanuel Ogueri Ibekwe
Doctoral Researcher
Ellis Mallett
Doctoral Research Student
Patricia Rehus
Postgraduate Research Student
Micheal Slade
Postgraduate Research Student
Christian Turner
Postgraduate Research Student
Panos Vasileiadis
Postgraduate Research Student
Bianka Vida
Doctoral Researcher in Politics