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 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
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- UK and Comparative Politics
Jessica E. Hewkin
PhD student
Stephen Hill
Lecturer
Dr Jared Holley
Lecturer (Political Theory)
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Political Theory Research Group
- Race and decolonial thought
Dr Andrew Hom
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
Mr Jingbo Hua
PhD Student
Katie Hudson
PhD Student, Tutor
Ismail Kadir Hurdogan
PhD
- Childhood & Youth
- Data & Digital
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- UK and Comparative Politics
Camilo Jara-Villalobos
PhD title: Effectiveness of Freedom of Information Laws and Information Commissioners in the fight against corruption
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
Dr Johannes Jude
Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Action Postdoctoral Fellow
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Politics and political violence
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
Jaida Casakit Keaveney
PhD Candidate
- Environment and energy
- Middle East Research Group
- Politics and political violence
Professor Meryl Kenny
Head of Politics and International Relations
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Abdullah Keşvelioğlu
PhD
- International Relations Research Group
Thijs Keulen
PhD student
- Governance & Democracy
- Political Theory Research Group
- Work & Economy
Dr Harshan Kumarasingham
Reader in Politics and History
- Culture
- Governance & Democracy
- Race and decolonial thought
- South Asian studies
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Constantine Kyritsopoulos
PHD Politics - Research Fellow
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- European Union Studies
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Natalie Lau
PhD Candidate
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Nationalism and political action
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Juliette Le Ménahèze
PhD Student
- Middle East Research Group
- Politics and political violence
- Religion and social movements
Sarah Liu
Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Methods
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
Dr Clare Llewellyn-MacRae
Senior Lecture in Governance, Technology, and Data
- Cultural Heritage
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- Methods
Mrs Sally Loudon OBE
Honorary Fellow
Professor Fiona Mackay
Professor Emerita, Politics and International Relations
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Cetta Mainwaring
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- Identities & Inequalities
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action
Dr Stefanos Manolis
Recent PhD graduate in Politics & IR
Professor Luke March
Personal Chair of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Nationalism and political action
Dr Benjamin Martill
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
- International Relations Research Group
Alyssa Martin
PhD Student
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Orlando Massari-Beniquez
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
- Nationalism and political action
- Political Theory Research Group
Kazuto Matsuda
PhD Student
- Foreign Policy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Mr Richard McAllister
Honorary Fellow
Dr Leah McCabe
Lecturer in British Politics
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Health & Well-being
- Identities & Inequalities
- Race and decolonial thought
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Dr Fraser McMillan
Lecturer in Scottish Electoral Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- UK and Comparative Politics
Mr Liam McNulty
Student Adviser
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
- Transitional Justice
Juan Pablo Orrego
PhD Student
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
Professor James Mitchell
Professor of Public Policy
- UK and Comparative Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Governance & Democracy
- Nationalism and political action
- Territorial Politics Research Group
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle
PhD Student
- International Political Economy Research Group
- Middle East Research Group
Joe Murphy
PhD Student
- International Relations Research Group
Saqif Mustafa
PhD student & global health consultant
- Global health policy
Professor Andrew Neal
Personal Chair of International Security; Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes for the School of Social and Political Science
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- International Relations Research Group
- Methods
- Politics and political violence
- UK and Comparative Politics
Dr Nicola Nymalm
Lecturer in International Relations of East Asia
- International Political Economy Research Group
- International Relations Research Group
Dr Tom O'Shea
Lecturer in Political Theory
- Political Theory Research Group
- Work & Economy
Dr Pontus Odmalm
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action
Ugur Ozdemir
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science
- Data & Digital
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Methods
- Religion and social movements