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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Andrea Gimeno Solaz
PhD Student
- Finance and economic sociology
- International development
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group

Unai Gómez-Hernández
PhD Candidate
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- European Union Studies
- Governance & Democracy

Paulina Gonzalez Martinez
PhD student

Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau
Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)
- British politics research
- Culture
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods

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

Dr Iain Hardie
Visiting Lecturer in International Relations
- International Political Economy Research Group

Professor Tim Hayward
Professor of Environmental Political Theory
- Political Theory Research Group

Ailsa Henderson
Professor of Political Science
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties

Jessica E. Hewkin
PhD student

Stephen Hill
Senior Teaching Fellow

Dr Jared Holley
Lecturer (Political Theory)
- Political Theory Research Group

Dr Andrew Hom
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
Mr Jingbo Hua
PhD Student

Katie Hudson
PhD Student, Tutor

Camilo Jara-Villalobos
PhD title: Effectiveness of Freedom of Information Laws and Information Commissioners in the fight against corruption

Dr Johannes Jude
Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Action Postdoctoral Fellow
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Politics and political violence
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Professor Juliet Kaarbo
Professor of Foreign Policy
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Katarzyna (Kasia) Kaczmarska
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group

Manolis Kalaitzake
Lecturer in Political Economy
- International Political Economy Research Group

Beth Katz
PhD Student

Professor Emeritus Russell Keat
Emeritus Professor

Professor Michael Keating
Professor
- Nationalism and political action
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Professor Meryl Kenny
Professor of Gender and Politics; SPS Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Dr Ewan Kerr
Senior Teaching Fellow in Environmental Politics

Abdullah Kesvelioglu
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group

Thijs Keulen
PhD student
- Governance & Democracy
- Political Theory Research Group
- Work & Economy

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

Dr Valerie Lapointe
Visitor Staff
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Nationalism and political action
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Natalie Lau
PhD Candidate

Ms Caroline Leicht
PhD Student
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender Politics Research Group

Jack Liddall
Research Assistant
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Sarah Liu
Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Migration and experiences of displacement

Yue Liu
PhD student
- International Relations Research Group

Dr Clare Llewellyn
Lecture in Governance, Technology, and Data

Dr Omar Alejandro Loera
PhD title: Making Sense of Mexico's Place In The World: A Role Theoretical Analysis Of Mexico's Foreign Policy
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance of welfare states
- International development
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
- Political Theory Research Group

Fiona Mackay
Professor of Politics
- British politics research
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Identities & Inequalities

Cetta Mainwaring
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- Identities & Inequalities
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action

Professor Luke March
Personal Chair of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics; Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Nationalism and political action

Dr Benjamin Martill
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
- International Relations Research Group

Mr Richard McAllister
Honorary Fellow

Dr Leah McCabe
Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
- British politics research
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Identities & Inequalities
- Race and decolonial thought
- Territorial Politics Research Group

Professor Nicola McEwen
Professor of Territorial Politics
- Territorial Politics Research Group

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

Professor James Mitchell
Professor of Public Policy
- British politics research
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy

Alexis Montambault-Trudelle
PhD Student
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Middle East Research Group

Dr Yazmin Morlet Corti
Quants Senior Tutor. Defended PhD Thesis Title: "Privacy Attitudes [Behaviour] & Political Culture. A Comparative Study in Mexico and Spain."
- Culture
- Data & Digital
- Methods
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Social Studies of Information and Communication Technologies
- Studies of information and communication technology
- Technology and material culture

Maša Mrovlje
CRITIQUE Visiting Fellow

Saqif Mustafa
PhD student & global health consultant
- Global health policy

Professor Andrew Neal
Professor of International Security; Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes for the School of Social and Political Science
- British politics research
- Data & Digital
- International Relations Research Group
- Methods

Dr Tom O'Shea
Lecturer in Political Theory
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Political Theory Research Group
- Race and decolonial thought
- Work & Economy