People
Our people are the most important thing about our subject area. It takes a team of academics, professional services colleagues and PhD students working together to deliver our teaching, carry out our research and keep the department running. Together, they form a supportive community covering a range of professional expertise. You can search by name or role here, or browse below.
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Dr Francisca A. Adom-Opare
Research Fellow
- Childhood & Youth
- Data & Digital
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Global health policy
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar
Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Cities
- Data & Digital
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Not just energy futures
- Science, technology and innovation
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- Work & Economy
Dr Gerhard Anders
Senior Lecturer in African Studies & International Development
- Criminal justice
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Public anthropology
- Transitional Justice
Dr Beatrice Bonami
Research Fellow (Planetary Networks of AI Systems - WP1)
- Cultural Heritage
- Culture
- Data & Digital
- Digital sociology
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- International development
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Science, technology and innovation
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- Technology and material culture
Dr Andrew Bowman
Senior Lecturer, Africa & International Development
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Work & Economy
Kevin Donovan
Senior Lecturer, African Studies & International Development
- International development
- International Development Cluster
Dr Tosin Durodola
Tutor and Guest Lecturer
- Culture
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- Migration and experiences of displacement
Dr Maggie Dwyer
Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Politics and political violence
- Transitional Justice
Jean-Benoit Falisse
Co-Director, Centre of African Studies. Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Criminal justice
- Global health policy
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Migration and experiences of displacement
Hazel Gray
Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- International development
- International Development Cluster
Dr Akin Iwilade
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in African Studies
- Childhood & Youth
- Cities
- Criminal justice
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- Kinship, bodies and relatedness
- Politics and political violence
- Public anthropology
George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane
Co-Director, Centre of African Studies. Senior Lecturer in African Studies
Professor Emeritus Kenneth King
Professor Emeritus
Dr Simeon Koroma
Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
Albert Mkony
Senior Tutor and Researcher
Professor Sonwabile Mnwana
Honorary Fellow
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
Dr Thomas Molony
Senior Lecturer in African Studies
- Data & Digital
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Health & Well-being
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
Jose-Maria Munoz
Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Public anthropology
Thabani Mutambasere
Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Race and decolonial thought
- Religion and public action
Professor Paul Nugent
Professor of Comparative African History (History, Classics and Archaeology/Centre of African Studies)
- Cities
- Cultural Heritage
- Culture
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Governance & Democracy
- Historical approaches to science, technology and medicine
- Identities & Inequalities
- Innovation in life sciences (agriculture, food and health)
- Science, technology and innovation
Dr Nelson Oppong
Senior Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Energy & Sustainability
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- Governance & Democracy
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
- Not just energy futures
- Politics and political violence
- Work & Economy
Lorraine Porteous
Honorary Fellow
Dr Ian Russell
Lecturer in African Studies and International Development
- Childhood & Youth
- Identities & Inequalities
- International development
- International Development Cluster
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
- Race and decolonial thought
- Science, knowledge and policy
Professor Sam Spiegel
Professor and Chair of Global Studies and International Development
Jo Vearey
Associate Professor at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Emeritus Marc Wuyts
Honorary Professor
- International development
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Methods