People

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Co-Directors

Colin Hay

Co-Director
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

Colin Hay is Co-Director of SPERI and Professor of Political Analysis. He joined the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield in 2007.

Email address: c.hay@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Hindmoor

Professor of Politics

Political Economy

Email address: a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliated Staff

Email address: a.m.gamble@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1694

Dr Jonathan K Gamu

Lecturer in International Politics

Email address: j.k.gamu@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1668

Professor Andrew Hindmoor

Professor of Politics

Political Economy

Email address: a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk

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Tom Hunt

Deputy Director
Faculty of Social Sciences

Email address: Tom.Hunt@sheffield.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Michael Jacobs

Emeritus Professor of Political Economy
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

Email address: m.jacobs@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Hannah Lambie-Mumford

Professor of Food and Social Policy

Email address: h.lambie-mumford@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Owen Parker

Senior Lecturer in European Politics

Email address: o.parker@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Liam Stanley

Senior Lecturer

Email address: l.m.stanley@sheffield.ac.uk

Doctoral Researcher Network conveners

Nina Lotze

PhD research student
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

PhD title: Neoliberal ideas in crises: Covid-19 and Inflation

Email address: nilotze1@sheffield.ac.uk

Vicki Reif-Breitwieser

PhD Student
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

PhD title: The Shadows of the Green Transition - Continuity or Change in Everyday Extractive Violence?

Political Economy

Email address: vmreif-breitwieser1@sheffield.ac.uk

Josh White

PhD Research Student
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: How do states shape, and how are they themselves shaped by, global production networks?

Political Economy

Email address: JWhite9@sheffield.ac.uk

Emma Mahoney

PhD Candidate
School of Geography and Planning

PhD project title: Understanding Power in Urban Climate Governance: The Case of Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Email address: elmmamahoney1@sheffield.ac.uk

International Advisory Board

Professor Jacqueline Best

Professor at the School of Political Studies, the University of Ottawa
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Gurminder K Bhambra

Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of Sussex
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor David W. Blight

Sterling Professor of History, Yale University
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ben Chu

Economics Editor, BBC Newsnight
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Jennifer Clapp

Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
Faculty of Social Sciences

Rana Foroohar

Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Kieran Guilbert

Journalist and Editor
Faculty of Social Sciences

Andrew Haldane

RSA Chief Executive
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Eric Helleiner

Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Faculty of Social Sciences

Gavin Kelly

Chair, Resolution Foundation
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Daniel Mügge

Professor of Political Arithmetic, University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Jamie Peck

Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, University of British Columbia
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Professor V. Spike Peterson

Professor of International Relations, University of Arizona
Faculty of Social Sciences

Anne Posthuma

Director of ILO/Cinterfor (The Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training)
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Randeep Ramesh

Chief leader writer, The Guardian
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Vivien Schmidt

Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Robbie Shilliam

Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Helen Thompson

Professor of Political Economy, University of Cambridge
Faculty of Social Sciences

Associate Fellows

Professor Rowland Atkinson

Research Chair in Inclusive Societies

I am Chair in Inclusive Societies. My work focuses on social inequalities and cities, urban violence and disorder, illicit finance in property, and hostile architecture.

Email address: rowland.atkinson@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Ruth Blakeley

Vice-President and Head of Faculty of Social Sciences

International Relations

Email address: r.blakeley@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Luke Blindell

University Teacher
School of Law

Law

Email address: l.blindell@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Sarah Brown

Professor of Economics
School of Economics

My research interests lie in the broad area of applied microeconometrics focusing on labour economics, the economics of education and household finances.

Email address: sarah.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3404

Professor Bojan Bugarič

Professor of Law
School of Law

Law

Email address: B.Bugaric@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Charlotte (Charlie) Burns

Professor of Politics

EU and UK environmental policy
European Parliament
Brexit and environmental policy

Email address: charlotte.burns@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Diane Burns

Professor in Organisation Studies
Management School

Email address: d.burns@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3216

Dr Richard Craven

Senior Lecturer in Law
School of Law

Law

Email address: richard.craven@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Hugo Dobson

Professor of Japan's International Relations; Lead Faculty Director and Interim Head of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

International relations; global summitry (G7 and G20); informal politics; soft power; visual politics

Email address: h.dobson@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Rosaleen Duffy

Professor of International Politics

biodiversity conservation
wildlife trade
human-animal relations
political ecology
bird conservation

Email address: r.v.duffy@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Georgios Efthyvoulou

Senior Lecturer in Economics
School of Economics

Email address: g.efthyvoulou@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3412

Professor Liam Foster

Professor of Social Policy

Ageing, pensions & income in later life
Gender
Work & care
Remembrance & sport
Pensions
Reform and the impact of particular governments

Email address: l.foster@sheffield.ac.uk

Katy Fox-Hodess wearing a green shirt and black jacket.

Dr Katy Fox-Hodess

Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations
Management School

Email address: Katy.Fox-Hodess@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3428

Dr Irini Katsirea

Reader in International Media Law
School of Information, Journalism and Communication

My research interests are in European and Comparative Media Law and Freedom of Expression. My current research includes 'Polinoculate: Inoculating and coaching policymakers to resist disinformation.'