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Co-Directors

Colin Hay

Co-Director
Department of 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
Department of Politics and International Relations

Political Economy

Email address: a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0661

Affiliated Staff

Professor Andrew Baker

Faculty Professorial Fellow in Political Economy
Department of Politics and International Relations

Email address: a.p.baker@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1691

Dr Matthew L Bishop

Senior Lecturer in International Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations

Email address: m.bishop@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0664

Dr Remi Edwards

Research and Impact Associate
Department of Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: Exploring the potential of worker-driven alternatives in supply chains.

Political Economy

Email address: remi.edwards@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Gamble

Chair in Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations

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

Dr Jonathan K Gamu

Lecturer in International Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations

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

Professor Andrew Hindmoor

Professor of Politics
Department of Politics and International Relations

Political Economy

Email address: a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0661

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Email address: o.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1695

Dr Liam Stanley

Senior Lecturer
Department of Politics and International Relations

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

Doctoral Researcher Network conveners

Nina Lotze

PhD research student
Department of Politics and International Relations

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

Email address: nilotze1@sheffield.ac.uk

Frank Maracchione

PhD research student
Department of Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: Tamerlane's trip to Shanghai: Sino-Uzbek relations in the 21st century.

International Relations | Political Economy

Email address: fmaracchione1@sheffield.ac.uk

Charline Sempéré

PhD research student
Department of Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: Women and Unfree Labour: A Feminist Political Economy Account.

Email address: charline.sempere@sheffield.ac.uk

Vicki Reif-Breitwieser

PhD Student
Department of 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
Department of 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

With an academic and working background in urban planning and a deep motivation for environmental stewardship, my research interests include local government action relating to climate change in the UK, as well as municipalism and participation in practice. I joined the University of Sheffield's Urban Studies and Planning Department in October of 2022, following completing an MSc In Environmental Change and International Development from the Department of Geography. During this degree I specialised in urban development in the Global South, and completed my dissertation on Justice in Urban Climate Governance with Dr Linda Westman of the Urban Institute.

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

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Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum

Executive Director, Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum
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

Research Support

Katie Pruszynski

PhD research student
Department of Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: Trump Priming: the anatomy of a Wedge Lie and its impact on democratic health

Governance and Public Policy

Email address: k.m.pruszynski@sheffield.ac.uk

Associate Fellows

Professor Rowland Atkinson

Research Chair in Inclusive Societies
School of Geography and Planning

Gentrification and displacement, cities and crime; wealth, poverty and exclusion; segregation and urban security; 'gated communities' and fortress homes.