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Academic fellows

Aston Centre for Europe is led by the following Aston research experts

Patron:

Directors:

  • Professor John Gaffney - Co-Director - Specialisms: Politics, Political Leadership, Discourse, Role of Political Parties
  • Dr Nathaniel Copsey - Co-Director - Specialims: European integration with an emphasis on Poland, Ukraine and European Neighbourhood Policy

Staff:

  • Dr Amanda Beattie - Specialisms: International political thought and political theory, normative discourses of international security & intersection of international politics and ethics
  • Alexander Burdumy - Specialisms: Former East Germany (GDR), welfare state, dictatorships, economic history (Germany)
  • Dr Anneliese Dodds - Specialisms: public policy and comparative public policy
  • Dr Crispian Fuller - Specialisms: Sociospatial political economy of governance, neoliberalism, urban regeneration and economic development
  • Sarah Hayes - Specialisms: Collaboration with European University Information Systems (EUNIS) colleagues to undertake research and write papers, open educational resources, e-learning case studies from educational and sociological perspectives & visual and media literacy  
  • Dr Lucian Leustean - Specialisms: Religion and politics in post-par Europe, the history and politics of the European Union, the Cold War; nationalism and political power & Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
  • Dr Stefan Manz - Specialisms: Migration studies, Anglo-German relations, German history and politics
  • Dr Jörg Mathias - Specialisms: Comparative public policy-making, regional and federal studies, regional economic and social development, German politics & British politics
  • Dr Jelena Obradovic–Wochnik  Specialisms: Western Balkans, civil war, war crimes, transitional justice, Serbia and Kosovo
  • Professor William Paterson OBE - Specialisms: Germany and Europe, German foreign policy, government and politics in Germany & European integration  
  • Dr Carolyn Rowe - Specialisms: Territorialism in Europe, comparative Federalism and political communication
  • Prof. James Shields - Specialisms: French politics and modern history, movements of the far right in France and Europe &  political parties and elections
  • Professor Michael Sutton - Specialisms: France and European integration since 1945, European political thought in the 19th and 20th Centuries, politics and religion in the 19th and 20th Century France & theories of international relations
  • Dr Ed Turner - Specialisms: Party policitcs, sub-national politics & public policy and housing policy
  • Dr Uwe Wunderlich - Specialisms: Globalisation, global governance and international order, comparative regionalism (EU, Asia-Pacific), international relations theory & integration theory and international security.

Practitioner Fellows: