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Staff Profile

Dr Rosario Aguilar

Senior Lecturer: Comparative Politics

Dr Safaa Al Zerouni

Physical Geography Technician

Dr Jen Bagelman

Reader in Human Geography Deputy Director for the Institute for Social Science

Amanda Bailey

Director, North East Child Poverty Commission

Dr Rupert Bainbridge

Physical Geography Technician and School Safety Officer

Professor Michael Barr

Professor in Philosophy as a Way of Life

Professor Hartmut Behr

Professor of International Politics

Professor Derek Bell

Professor of Environmental Political Theory

Dr Matt Benwell

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Leeann Bewick

School Operations Coordinator

Dr James Bilsland

Dr Matej Blazek

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Dr Mwenza Blell

NUAcT Fellow

Professor Alastair Bonnett

Professor of Social Geography

David Bradley

Principal Research Associate

Dr Diana Burlacu

Lecturer in Comparative Politics

Dr Louise Callard

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Professor Elaine Campbell

Professor of Criminology

Dr Rachel Carr

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Mark Casey

Lecturer in Sociology

Emeritus Professor Esteban Castro

Emeritus Professor

Professor Anthony Champion

Emeritus Professor of Population Geography

Professor Alistair Clark

Professor of Political Science

Dr Emma Clavering

Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Dr Jacqui Close

Ana Contessa

Physical Geography Lab Technician

Emeritus Professor Mike Coombes

Senior Research Investigator

Dr Alison Copeland

Lecturer in Human Geography

Dr Niall Cunningham

Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography

Dr Nick Cutler

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Matt Davies

Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy

Dr Stuart Dawley

Reader in Economic Geography

Jenny Dawley

School Postgrad Research Administrator

Professor Cathrine Degnen

Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Dr Jan Dobbernack

Lecturer in Political Sociology

Dr Richard Dodgson

Lecturer in International Politics

Dr Stuart Dunning

Reader in Physical Geography

Dr Stephen Elstub

Reader in British Politics

Dr Bunmi Eniola

Physical Geography Facilities Manager

Professor Valentina Feklyunina

Professor of International Politics

Dr Robin Finlay

Research Associate

Professor Rachel Franklin

Professor of Geographical Analysis

Helene Gadsden

Clerical officer

Dr Dariusz Gafijczuk

Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Anselma Gallinat

Reader in Social Anthropology

Dr Lisa Garforth

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Soudeh Ghaffari

Lecturer in Social Geography

Tamara Gilbert

GCRF Project Coordinator

Emeritus Professor John Goddard OBE

Professor of Regional Development Studies

Dr Ruth Graham

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Professor Tim Gray

Senior Research Investigator

Professor Kyle Grayson

Professor in Security, Politics, and Culture

Dr Mark Griffiths

NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

Dr Christopher Hackney

NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

Emerita Professor Erica Haimes

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, PEALS Research Centre

Dr Bethan Harries

Senior Lecturer

Lona Hawdon

School Estates & Staff Wellbeing Coordinator

Professor Andrew Henderson

Professor of Physical Geography

Dr Gina Henderson

Dr Suzanne Hocknell

Professor Robert Hollands

Professor of Sociology

Professor Peter Hopkins

Professor of Social Geography

Dr Geoff Horn

Lecturer

Professor Alexandra Hughes

Acting Dean of Research & Innovation, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Mary Hull

Teaching Assistant

Professor Al James

Professor of Economic Geography

Professor Helen Jarvis

Professor of Social Geography Engagement

Dr Neil Jenkings

Senior Research Associate

Dr Johannes Kniess

Lecturer in Political Philosophy

Dr Caleb Johnston

Senior Lecturer in Human Geographies

Dr Craig Jones

Senior Lecturer in Political Geography

Professor Peter Jones

Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy

Nicola Kelly

School Manager

Pen Kelly

School Finance Officer

Dr Louise Kempton

Principal Research Associate, CURDS & Associate Dean (Research and Innovation), HaSS Faculty

Daniel Key

School Research Officer

Professor Andy Large

Professor in River Science

Dr Robert Shaw

Senior Lecturer

Dr Kean Fan Lim

Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography

Dr Wen Lin

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Dr Graham Long

Senior Lecturer

Dr Jessa Loomis

Lecturer in Economic Geography

Dr Maarja Luhiste

Reader in Comparative Politics & Gender

Professor Danny MacKinnon

Professor of Regional Development and Governance; Director of CURDS

Professor Darrel Maddy

Prof of Quaternary Science

Dr Kathryn Manzo

Senior Lecturer

Tom Martin

Research Operations Co-ordinator

Olivia Mason

Research Associate

Professor Jocelyn Mawdsley

Professor of European Politics

Professor Ruth McAreavey

Professor of Sociology

Karyn McCloud

Education Administrator

Dr Pauline McCormack

Senior Lecturer

Dr Una McGahern

Senior Lecturer in Politics

Lynda McGill

Clerical Officer

Heather McGrath

People Services Adviser

Kirsty McGregor

School Office Receptionist

Professor Janice McLaughlin

Professor of Sociology

Professor Nick Megoran

Professor Nick Megoran

Dr Judy Murray

Professor Anoop Nayak

Professor of Social & Cultural Geography

Professor Ian O'Flynn

Professor of Political Theory

Dr Emma Ormerod

Lectureship in Economic Geography

Professor Rachel Pain

Professor of Human Geography

Dr Raksha Pande

Senior Lecturer

Dr Silvia Pasquetti

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Nicola Gillies

Deputy School Manager

Dr Emma Pearson

Principal Research Associate

Dr Matthew Perks

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Simon Philpott

Head of Politics, Deputy Head of School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Reader in Postcolonial Politics and Popular Culture

Professor Andy Pike

Sir Henry Daysh Chair of Reg Dev Studies

Professor Jane Pollard

Professor of Economic Geography

Dr Sebastian Popa

Senior Lecturer

Dr Gareth Powells

Senior Lecturer

Dr Jonathan Pugh

Reader in Island Studies

Dr Emily Rainsford

Research Associate

Nicola Ralph

Clerical Officer

Dr Mori Ram

Lecturer in Politics of the Global South

Dr Nick Randall

Senior Lecturer

Dr Gethin Rees

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Jemima Repo

Reader in Political and Feminist Theory

Dr Michael Richardson

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

Dr James Riding

NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

Dr Katharine Rietig

Reader in International Politics

Dr Neil Ross

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Laura Routley

Senior Lecturer in African and Postcolonial Politics

Professor Andrew Russell

Professor of Physical Geography

Emily Sear

Physical Geography Research Technician

Dr Stephen Seely

NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

Professor Tracy Shildrick

Professor of Inequalities

Dr Orly Siow

Lecturer in the Politics of Gender

Dr Dimitris Skleparis

Lecturer in the Politics of Security

Professor Alison Stenning

Professor of Social & Economic Geography

Professor Simon Tate

Professor of Higher Education

Holly Thacker

Living Deltas Research Comms Manager

Jane Tilbrook

PA to Professor Kyle Grayson and Mrs Nicola Kelly

Dr Lewis Turner

Lecturer in International Politics

Dr Maarten van Hardenbroek van Ammerstol

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Audrey Verma

Lecturer in Sociology

Dr David Walker

Politics Senior Tutor

Dr Andrew Walton

Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy

Dr Richard Walton

Research Associate

Dr Alison Williams

Reader in Political Geography

Dr Sarah Winkler-Reid

Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Dr Astrid Wood

Lecturer in Economic Geography

Libby Wood

GCRF Living Deltas Hub Project Manager

Professor Rachel Woodward

Professor of Human Geography

Dr Katharine A. M. Wright

Senior Lecturer in International Politics

Professor Anthony Zito

Professor of European Public Policy

Dr Anh Vu

Post-doctoral Researcher

Ruby Mar

Education Assistant

Tarun Bisht

Research Associate

Dr Sorana-Cristina Jude

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Roseanna Mayfield

Research Associate

Dr Magdalena Smigaj

Research Associate

Dr Clare Fearon

Teacher

Michael Mulvihill

Research Associate

Dr Sanne Velthuis

Research Associate

Hannah West

Research Associate: Conflict & Intimacy

Dr Eman Zied

Research Associate

Emeritus Professor Jane Wheelock

Emerita Professor

Emerita Professor Ella Ritchie OBE

Emerita Professor

Emeritus Professor William Outhwaite

Emeritus Professor

Emeritus Professor Neill Marshall

Emeritus Professor

Dr Ingrid A. Medby

Lecturer in Human Geography

Dr Karenza Moore

Lecturer in Sociology of Crime

Professor Robin Humphrey

Director of Postgraduate Research Training Programme

Dr Christine Batchelor

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Seb Pitman

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Dr Terri Teo

Lecturer in Politics of Race & Ethnicity

Dr Deniz Yonucu

Lecturer in Sociology of Crime

Professor Alison Phipps

Professor of Sociology

Dr Nilanjana Premaratna

Lecturer in International Politics

Dr Benjamin Faude

Lecturer in International Politics

Dr Gainbi Park

Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography

Dr Skyler Hawkins

Lecturer in Politics of Race & Ethnicity

Dr Jessica Wild

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Amanda Schmid-Scott

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Alice Cree

NUAcT Fellow: Economic & Social Sciences

Professor William Maloney

Professor of Politics

Dr Burak Tansel

Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy & Politics of Global Development

Rachel Duffy

Student Wellbeing Adviser

Dr Miranda Iossifidis

Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Malene Jacobsen

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

Dr Stephanie Mulrine

Research Associate

Dr Nicola Mulkeen

Lecturer in Political Philosophy

Hollie Bean

Geochemistry Research Technician

Emma Little

School Student Conversions Co-ordinator

Dr Jonathan Hall

Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry

Dr Thembi Luckett

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

Dr Chris Moreh

Lecturer in Sociology

Emeritus Professor Reinhard Drifte

Emeritus Professor

Emeritus Professor Tony Stevenson

Emeritus Professor

Oanh Allington

Education Assistant

Professor Diane Richardson

Anna Gray

Research Project Administrator

Dr Angeliki Sifaki

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

Emeritus Professor Steve Juggins

Emeritus Professor

Dr Bethan Davies

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Daniel Hutton Ferris

Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy

Dr Megan Armstrong

Lecturer in International Politics

Dr Mark Kincey

Lecturer in Physical Geography

Chloé Josse-Durand

Research Associate Afterlives

Dr Erin Shannon

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Esther McKay

School Finance Officer

Dr Ade Johnson

Lecturer in Politics of Global South

Ruth Silver

School Research Support Officer

Alice Maxted

Education Assistant

Katie Salmon

Research Associate

Deborah Leitch

INE Project Coordinator

Jackalyn Carione

INE Engagement and Impact Coordinator

Emily Johnson

School Research Support Officer