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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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Andrea Gimeno Solaz

PhD Student

  • Finance and economic sociology
  • International development
  • International Political Economy Research Group
  • International Relations Research Group
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Unai Gómez-Hernández

PhD Candidate

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • European Union Studies
  • Governance & Democracy
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Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau

Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)

  • British politics research
  • Culture
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Methods
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Caroline Groisillier

Subject Academic Support Officer - PIR

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Dr Hemangini Gupta

Lecturer in Gender and Global Politics

  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • International Political Economy Research Group
  • South Asian studies
  • Studies of information and communication technology
  • Work & Economy
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Iain Hardie

Dr Iain Hardie

Visiting Lecturer in International Relations

  • International Political Economy Research Group
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Professor Tim Hayward

Professor of Environmental Political Theory

  • Political Theory Research Group
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Ailsa Henderson

Professor of Political Science

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
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Jessica E. Hewkin

PhD student

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Stephen Hill

Senior Teaching Fellow

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Dr Jared Holley

Lecturer (Political Theory)

  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Methods
  • Political Theory Research Group
  • Race and decolonial thought
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Dr Andrew Hom

Senior Lecturer in International Relations

  • International Relations Research Group
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Mr Jingbo Hua

PhD Student

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Katie Hudson

PhD Student, Tutor

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Mr Scot Hunter

Teaching Fellow (Quantitative Methods)

  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Methods
  • Work & Economy
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Camilo Jara-Villalobos

Camilo Jara-Villalobos

PhD title: Effectiveness of Freedom of Information Laws and Information Commissioners in the fight against corruption

  • Data & Digital
  • Governance & Democracy
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Dr Johannes Jude

Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Action Postdoctoral Fellow

  • International Relations Research Group
  • Nationalism and political action
  • Politics and political violence
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Kasia

Katarzyna (Kasia) Kaczmarska

Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

  • Governance & Democracy
  • International Relations Research Group
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Manolis Kalaitzake

Lecturer in Political Economy

  • International Political Economy Research Group
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Beth Katz

Beth Katz

PhD Student

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Russell Keat

Professor Emeritus Russell Keat

Emeritus Professor

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Professor Meryl Kenny

Professor of Gender and Politics

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
  • Governance & Democracy
  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Abdullah Kesvelioglu

Abdullah Kesvelioglu

PhD Student

  • International Relations Research Group
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Thijs Keulen

Thijs Keulen

PhD student

  • Governance & Democracy
  • Political Theory Research Group
  • Work & Economy
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Dr Harshan Kumarasingham

Reader in Politics and History

  • British politics research
  • Culture
  • Governance & Democracy
  • Race and decolonial thought
  • South Asian studies
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Dr Valerie Lapointe

Postdoctoral fellow

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
  • Governance & Democracy
  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Methods
  • Nationalism and political action
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Natalie Lau

PhD Candidate

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Nationalism and political action
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Jack Liddall

Research Assistant

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Governance & Democracy
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Sarah Liu

Sarah Liu

Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Migration and experiences of displacement
  • Welfare, policy and Covid-19
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Dr Clare Llewellyn

Lecture in Governance, Technology, and Data

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Fiona Mackay

Professor of Politics

  • British politics research
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Identities & Inequalities
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Cetta Mainwaring

Senior Lecturer in International Relations

  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Migration and experiences of displacement
  • Nationalism and political action
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Professor Luke March

Personal Chair of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Nationalism and political action
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Dr Benjamin Martill

Dr Benjamin Martill

Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

  • International Relations Research Group
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Alyssa Martin

PhD Student

  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Mr Richard McAllister

Honorary Fellow

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Dr Leah McCabe

Lecturer in British Politics

  • British politics research
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Health & Well-being
  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Race and decolonial thought
  • Religion and social movements
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Dr Fraser McMillan

Career Launch Fellow (Territorial Politics)

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Governance & Democracy
  • Territorial Politics Research Group
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Professor Mihaela Mihai

Personal Chair of Political Theory

  • Cultural Heritage
  • Culture
  • Gender Politics Research Group
  • Identities & Inequalities
  • Political Theory Research Group
  • Politics and political violence
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Juan Pablo Orrego

PhD Student

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Governance & Democracy
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Professor James Mitchell

Professor of Public Policy

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Governance & Democracy
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Alexis Montambault-Trudelle

Alexis Montambault-Trudelle

PhD Student

  • International Political Economy Research Group
  • Middle East Research Group
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Joe Murphy

PhD Student

  • International Relations Research Group
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Saqif Mustafa

PhD student & global health consultant

  • Global health policy
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Professor Andrew W. Neal

Professor Andrew Neal

Personal Chair of International Security; Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes for the School of Social and Political Science

  • British politics research
  • Data & Digital
  • Governance & Democracy
  • International Relations Research Group
  • Methods
  • Politics and political violence
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Dr Nicola Nymalm

Lecturer in International Relations of East Asia

  • International Relations Research Group
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Dr Tom O'Shea

Lecturer in Political Theory

  • Political Theory Research Group
  • Work & Economy
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Dr Pontus Odmalm

Senior Lecturer in Politics

  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Migration and experiences of displacement
  • Nationalism and political action
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Ugur Ozdemir

Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science

  • Data & Digital
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Methods
  • Religion and social movements
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Isep P. Yahya

PhD Student

  • British politics research
  • Elections, public opinion and parties
  • Governance & Democracy
  • International Relations Research Group