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Head of Discipline
Professor Theofanis Exadaktylos
Professor in European Politics
Academic staff
Professor Daniele Albertazzi
Professor of Politics
Dr Laura Chappell
Senior Lecturer in European Politics
Dr Simon Curtis
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
Dr Mustafa Demir
Associate Research Fellow, Centre for Britain and Europe
Dr Gabriela Garcia Garcia
Lecturer in International Relations
Dr Ciaran Gillespie
Lecturer in International Politics & Director of Employability
Dr Nikolaos Gkotsis Papaioannou
Senior Lecturer in International Politics/ Senior Personal Tutor - Student Experience and Wellbeing; Politics Disability Coordinator.
Dr Simona Guerra
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
Professor Amelia Hadfield
Director, CIFAL Surrey. Co-Director of the Institute for Sustainability. Associate Vice-President for External Engagement. Founding Director, Centre for Britain and Europe.
Dr Malte Kaeding
Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Vassilis Karokis-Mavrikos
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Nicholas Kitchen
Associate Professor 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
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education (interim) 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) and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Dr Roula Nezi
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Visiting staff
Michael Aaronson
Emeritus Professor
Barbara Serra
Visiting Professor in Practice
Dr Jamie Shea
Visiting Professor
Professor Simon Usherwood
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Nick Wright
Visiting Researcher
Postgraduate research students
Hadiza Adamu Fika
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Nicole Boyce
PhD Candidate
Giada D'Andrea
PhD Candidate in Politics
Emmanuel Ogueri Ibekwe
Doctoral Researcher
Margaryta Khvostova
PhD Candidate
Darill Liew
PhD Candidate in Politics
Beatrice Mentasti
PhD Candidate in Politics
Patricia Rehus
Postgraduate Research Student
Hazal Süslü
PhD Candidate
Bianka Vida
Doctoral Researcher in Politics