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Our honorary staff

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View the honorary staff of the Department of Government

Our honorary staff hold a variety of roles and are recognised for their range of academic contributions to the department from their field of expertise.

To visit an individual member of staff's academic profile and view their contact details, please click on the links below:

Emeritus Professors

Professor Ian Budge
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: How democracy works in terms of party competition; How democracy works in terms of party competition; Party government and interaction with the populationParty government and interaction with the population
Professor Ivor Crewe
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Professor Michael Freeman
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: Philosophy, History, and Social Science of Human Rights
Professor Michael Fry
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Prof David Howarth
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Professor Emil Kirchner
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: German Politics; German Politics; EU external relations; EU security and defence policy; EU social policy
Prof Moya Lloyd
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: The politics of the human; The work of Judith Butler; The politics of the body; Agency and resistance; Human Rights
Professor David McKay
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Professor Frances Millard
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Professor David Sanders
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Professor Hugh Ward
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: environmental politics; political economy
Prof Paul Whiteley
Emeritus Professor, Department of Government
Research interests: Public Opinion; Electoral Behaviour; Political Economy; Political Methodology

Visiting members of staff

Dr Marian De Vooght
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Karl Ekeman
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Lora El-Sayed Abdel Aziz
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Emily Helms
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Reid Kleinberg
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Rafael Marchesan Tauil
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Jimena Vazquez Garcia
AKT Research Associate, School of Health and Social Care
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Serkan Yavuz
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
Dr Shenghao Zhang
Visiting Fellow, Department of Government
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