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Staff

Canterbury Staff

 

A-D | E-H | I-L | M-P | Q-Z |

A-D

Name Job title Research interests
Dr Gülnur Aybet Senior Lecturer in International Relations International security; European security; strategic thought; international organisations
Dr Ruth Blakeley Senior Lecturer in International Relations
US foreign policy; US-Latin American relations; terrorism; state violence; human rights
Professor Michael Burgess Professor of Federal Studies Federal political theory and philosophy; comparative federalism; Canadian constitutional politics; European integration.
Govinda Clayton Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis
Employability Officer

 International Conflict and Cooperation; Mediation; Negotiation, Intra-state Conflict and Resolution
Professor Feargal Cochrane Professor of International Conflict Analysis Conflict studies; Northern Ireland conflict; Irish American diaspora
Dr Philip Cunliffe Lecturer in International Conflict
Web Editor		 IR theory; sovereignty; peacekeeping; liberal interventionism; Marxism and critical theory; political theory, social theory.
Dr Paolo Dardanelli Lecturer in European and Comparative Politics State Structures; Federalism, Devolution; Nationalism; Democracy; European Politics
Dr Charles Devellennes Lecturer in Political and Social Thought History of political thought, Political theory, IR theory
Dr Andrea den Boer Lecturer in International Relations Human rights and ethics; international political theory; continental political philosophy; feminism.

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E-H

Name Job title Research interests
Dr Frank Grundig Lecturer in International Relations
Director of International Recruitment and Alumni Relations		 Power, interests and institutions; regime and rational actor theory; international environmental politics; hegemonic leadership.
Dr Anne Hammerstad Lecturer in International Relations Displacement and security; securitisation theory; the UNHCR; conflict and security in Africa.
Dr Sarah Hyde Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of East Asia Party politics; electoral systems; participation; e-democracy; e-voting; Japanese politics.

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I-L

Name Job title Research interests
Professor Elena Korosteleva Professor of International Politics European politics; European Union studies; eastern partnership and the new eastern Europe.
Dr Ersun Kurtulus Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics State sovereignty; Lebanese politics; collapsed states; international relations of the Middle East; counter-terrorism.
Dr Pak Kuen Lee Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and International Relations Chinese politics; non-traditional security threats in China (especially energy security and public health security); China’s engagement with global governance.
Dr Neophytos Loizides Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis Divided societies, South-East
Europe; federalism and
consociationalism; refugee/settler
conflict resolution models;
transitional justice.
Dr Matthew Loveless Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics Comparative and European Politics; Political Behaviour and Attitudes

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M-P

Name Job title Research interests
Dr Iain MacKenzie Lecturer in Politics
Outreach Officer and Acting Admissions Officer
 Critical political theory and philosophy.
Dr Luca Mavelli Lecturer in Politics and International Relations International relations theory, social theory; security and political violence.
Professor Hugh Miall Professor of International Relations War and peace; conflict prevention and conflict resolution; environmental security and
international relations.
Dr Edward Morgan-Jones Lecturer in Comparative Politics Parliamentary and semi-presidential regimes; Cabinet composition and termination; West and East European Politics.
Dr Jane O'Mahony Lecturer in European Politics (part-time)
School Admissions and Recruitment Officer		 European integration; EU policymaking; Europeanisation; Irish politics
Dr Adrian Pabst Lecturer in Politics The complex links between democracy, capitalism and religion, with a focus on sovereignty; Geo-economics and geo-politics; European traditions of federalism and the import of Christian social teaching.

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Q-Z

Name Job title Research interests
Dr Stefan Rossbach Senior Lecturer in Politics Political theory and methodology; history of political philosophy; religion and politics.
Professor Richard T. Sakwa

Professor of Russian and European Politics

Head of School

 Russian government and politics; communism and postcommunism; democratisation.
Dr Ben Seyd Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics
Study Skills Officer		 Political institutions; electoral systems; public attitudes to the state and trust; British politics.
Keith Somerville Specialist Associate Lecturer African politics and military/strategic issues, Environmental and wildlife issues in Africa and beyond, Marxism and the foreign policy of the former Soviet Union
Dr Harmonie Toros Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis Conflict resolution; conflict
transformation; terrorism studies.
Professor Richard Whitman Professor of Politics and International Relations European Union foreign and
security policy; EU member states
foreign policies; European
integration processes.
Dr Andrew Wroe Lecturer in American Politics
Acting Director of Learning and Teaching		 Direct democracy; trust in politics; immigration; race/ethnicity; American politics and government.

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Last Updated: 23/04/2013