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People

Meet our faculty, staff and research students

Key Contacts

Head of Department
Professor Paul Kelly
gov.hod@lse.ac.uk

Department Manager
Imran Iqbal
i.iqbal2@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7908

Deputy Department Manager
Kate Jessop
k.a.jessop@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7909

Faculty Enquiries
gov.faculty@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7908

Undergraduate Enquiries
gov.ug@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 6498

Postgraduate Enquiries
gov.msc@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 6300

PhD Enquiries
gov.phd@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)207 955 7929

Academic Staff

AB | C | DFH | J | K | L | M | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y


A

Portrait photo of Victor Agboba

Victor Agboga (Dr)
LSE Fellow
Room CBD 3.16 | v.o.agboga@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Elise Antoine

Elise Antoine (Dr)
Fellow in Public Policy and Administration
Room CBG 3.11 | e.antoine@lse.ac.uk

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Marta Antonetti
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.10 | m.antonetti@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Paul Apostolidis

Paul Apostolidis (Prof)
Professor (Education) and Department Tutor
Room CBG 3.07 | +44 (0)207 955 6295 | p.apostolidis@lse.ac.uk


B

Portrait photo of Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey (Mr)
LSE Fellow in Political Philosophy
Room CBG 3.08 | t.j.bailey@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dan Berliner

Daniel Berliner (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 3.15 | d.berliner@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Catherine Boone

Catherine Boone (Prof)
Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CON 6.04 | c.boone@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Sarah Brierley

Sarah Brierley (Dr)
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 4.28 | s.brierley@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Michael Bruter

Michael Bruter (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and European Politics
Room CBG 3.03 | +44 (0)207 955 6547 | m.bruter@lse.ac.uk


C

Portrait photo of Professor John Chalcraft

John Chalcraft (Prof)
Professor in Middle East History and Politics
Room CBG 4.19 | j.t.chalcraft@lse.ac.uk

Alexandra-Cirone

Alexandra Cirone (Dr)
Assistant Professor (School of Public Policy - Joint Appointment)
Room CBG 5.27 | a.e.cirone@lse.ac.uk

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Anna Clemente
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.16 | a.clemente@lse.ac.uk


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Nicholas Devlin (Dr)
LSE Fellow in Government
Room CBG 3.08 | n.devlin@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Torun Dewan

Torun Dewan (Prof)
Professor of  Political Science and Deputy Head of Department for Research
Room CBG 4.22 | t.dewan@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Dimitrov Vesselin

Vesselin Dimitrov (Dr)
Associate Professor (Education) and Deputy Head of Department for Education
Room CBG 4.38 | v.t.dimitrov@lse.ac.uk


F

Portrait photo of Professor Katrin Flikschuh

Katrin Flikschuh (Prof)
Professor of Modern Political Theory
Room CBG 4.21 | k.a.flikschuh@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Florian Foos

Florian Foos (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Behaviour
Room CBG 3.25 | f.foos@lse.ac.uk


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Kun Heo
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.11 | b.heo@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Steffen Hertog

Steffen Hertog (Dr)
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.27 | s.hertog@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Sara Hobolt

Sara Hobolt (Prof)
Sutherland Chair in European Institutions
Room CBG 4.34 | s.b.hobolt@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Rafael Hortala-Vallve

Rafael Hortala-Vallve (Prof)
Professor in Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 4.27 | r.hortala-vallve@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor James Hughes

James Hughes (Prof)
Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.33 | j.hughes@lse.ac.uk


J

Portrait photo of Ryan Jablonski

Ryan Jablonski (Dr)
Associate Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 3.32 | r.s.jablonski@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Rehan Rafay Jamil

Rehan Rafay Jamil (Dr)
LSE Fellow in Public Policy and Administration
CBG 3.06 | r.r.jamil@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Nirvikar Jassal

Nirvikar Jassal (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 4.14 | n.jassal@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Leigh Jenco

Leigh Jenco (Prof)
Professor in Political Theory
Room CBG 4.25 | l.k.jenco@lse.ac.uk


K

Portrait photo of Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly (Prof)
Professor of Political Theory and Head of Department
Room CBG 4.18 | p.j.kelly@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Bill Kissane

Bill Kissane (Dr)
Associate Professor (Reader)
Room CBG 3.39 | b.kissane@lse.ac.uk

Mathias KA

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi (Dr)
Associate Professor in Global Politics
Room CBG 3.38 | m.koenig-archibugi@lse.ac.uk


L

Portrait photo of Professor Valentino Larcinese

Valentino Larcinese (Prof)
Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 3.02 | v.larcinese@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Rune Larsen

Rune Wriedt Larsen (Mr)
LSE Fellow in Political Science
Room CBG 3.25 | r.w.larsen@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Room CBG 4.21 | m.h.lerner@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Martin Lodge

Martin Lodge (Prof)
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Deputy Head of Department for Research
Room CBG 3.05 | m.lodge@lse.ac.uk


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Jacklyn Majnemer (Dr)
LSE Fellow in Political Science
Room CBG 3.04 | j.majnemer@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Omar McDoom

Omar McDoom (Dr)
Associate Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.36 | +44 (0)207 955 7557 | o.s.mcdoom@lse.ac.uk

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Stefano Merlo
Fellow in Public Policy and Administration
Room CBG 3.04 | s.merlo@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell (Dr)
Associate Professor in European Politics and Political Methodology
Room CBG 3.30 | p.l.mitchell@lse.ac.uk

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Carl Müller-Crepon (Dr)
Assistant Professor 
Room CBG 3.28 | c.a.muller-crepon@lse.ac.uk


O

Portrait photo of George Ofosu

George Ofosu (Dr)
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.29 | g.ofosu@lse.ac.uk


P

Portrait photo of Professor Ed Page

Ed Page (Prof)
Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 4.30 | e.c.page@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Francisco Panizza

Francisco Panizza (Prof)
Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics
Room CBG 4.32 | f.e.panizza@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Mathias Poertner

Mathias Poertner (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Behaviour
Room CBG 3.34 | m.poertner@lse.ac.uk


R

Portrait photo of Stephanie Rickard

Stephanie Rickard (Prof)
Professor of Political Science
Room CBG 4.36 | s.rickard@lse.ac.uk


S

Portrait photo of Melissa Sands

Melissa Sands (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Politics and Data Science
Room CBG 4.37 | m.sands@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey (Prof)
Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science
Room CBG 3.09 | +44 (0)207 955 7187 | c.m.schonhardt-bailey@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of John Sidel

John Sidel (Prof)
Sir Patrick Gillam Chair in International and Comparative Politics (Joint appointment with LSE International Relations)
Room CBG 3.35 | j.t.sidel@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Kai Spiekermann

Kai Spiekermann (Prof)
Professor of Political Philosophy
Room CBG 4.26 | k.spiekermann@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Pavithra Suryanarayan

Pavithra Suryanarayan (Dr)
Associate Professor
Room CBG 4.31 | p.suryanarayan@lse.ac.uk


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Portrait photo of Felipe Torres-Raposo

Felipe Torres Raposo (Dr)
Fellow in Quantitative Methods
CBG 3.12 | f.torres-raposo@lse.ac.uk

 

Portrait photo of Aliz Tóth

Aliz Tóth (Dr)
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Room CBG 4.13 | a.toth1@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Professor Tony Travers

Tony Travers (Prof)
Professor in Practice
Room CBG 5.28 | +44 (0)207 955 7777 | a.travers@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Deidre Troy

Deirdre Troy (Dr)
LSE Fellow in Political Theory
Room CBG 3.06 | d.a.troy@lse.ac.uk

 


W

Portrait photo of Joachim Wehner

Joachim Wehner (Dr)
Associate Professor in Public Policy
Room CBG 3.22 | j.h.wehner@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Stephane Wolton

Stephane Wolton (Prof)
Professor in Political Science
Room CBG 3.40 | s.wolton@lse.ac.uk

Portrait photo of Dr David Woodruff

David Woodruff (Dr)
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Room CBG 3.31 | d.woodruff@lse.ac.uk


Y

Portrait photo of Professor Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi (Prof)
Professor in Political Theory
Room CBG 4.33 | l.l.ypi@lse.ac.uk

 

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Agnes Yu
LSE Fellow
Room CBG 3.25 | a.c.yu@lse.ac.uk

Professional Services Staff

Please note, our student desk is at CBG 3.20 and our opening hours are weekdays, 10.00am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.00pm.


Portrait photo of Imran

Imran Iqbal (Mr)
Department Manager
Room CBG 3.01 | +44 (0)207 955 7908 | i.iqbal2@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Department Strategy | The Communications, Research and Resources Team | The Teaching Team


Education Team

Portrait photo of Kate Jessop

Kate Jessop (Ms)
Deputy Department Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7909 | k.a.jessop@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: The Teaching Team | Teaching Policy | Teaching Resourcing


Portrait photo of Charlie Tickle

Charlie Tickle (Mr)
Programmes Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7651 | c.b.tickle@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MSc & UG Programme Administration | Postgraduate & Undergraduate Admissions | Assessments & Exams


Portrait photo of Katerina Collins

Katerina Collins (Ms)
Programme Administrator (UG)
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.ug@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Programme Administration

 


Portrait photo of BellaRose Lennon

BellaRose Lennon (Ms)
Programme Administrator (UG)
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.ug@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Programme Administration


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Laure Van Rensburg (Ms)
Programme Administrator (MSc)
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Programme Administration


Portrait photo of Moushumi Mehta

Moushumi Mehta (Ms)
Programme Administrator (MSc)
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.msc@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Programme Administration


Portrait photo of Emily

Emily Crook (Mrs)
PhD and Programme Delivery Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7929 | gov.phd@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: MRes/PhD Programme | Teaching administration/enquiries


Portrait photo of Natalie

Natalie Paris (Ms)
Student Advice and Support Manager
Room CBG 3.21 | gov.support@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Getting advice and support


Portrait photo of Serena James

Serena James (Ms)
Student Advice and Support Manager
Room CBG 3.21 | gov.support@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Getting advice and support


Faculty Affairs Team


Portrait photo of Karen

Karen Dickenson (Ms)
Finance and Advancement Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 955 7748 | gov.finance@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Finance and Advancement


Portrait photo of Kay O'neill

Kay O'Neill
Communications and Events Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Events | Communications | Blog | Social Media


Portrait photo of Clair Harrison

Clair Harrison (Ms)
Faculty Affairs Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)207 849 4970 | gov.faculty@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Faculty Affairs


Portrait photo of James

James Robins (Mr)
Web and Digital Media Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)203 486 2617 | gov.website@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Website | Video & Multimedia Production | Blog | Social Media


Portrait photo of Kevin Shields

Kevin Shields (Mr)
Faculty Affairs Administrator
Room CBG 3.20 | +44 (0)20 7106 1199 | gov.faculty@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Faculty Affairs


Portrait photo of Shelly

Shelly Wilkley (Mrs)
Research Manager
Room CBG 3.20 | gov.research@lse.ac.uk

Ask me about: Research

Research Staff

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Jacob Fordham (Dr)
Research Officer
Room CBG 4.29 | j.b.fordham@lse.ac.uk


Portrait photo of Sarah Harrison

Sarah Harrison (Dr)
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow (Electoral Psychology Observatory)
Room CBG 3.24 | s.l.harrison@lse.ac.uk


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Andy Li (Dr)
Research Officer
Room CBG 4.29 | h.li44@lse.ac.uk


Portrait photo of Laura Serra

Laura Serra (Dr)
Research Officer (Electoral Psychology Observatory)
Room CBG 3.24 | l.serra@lse.ac.uk

Guest Teachers and GTAs

Guest Teachers

Sarah Goff (GV4D7, GV4H3 and GV499)

Geoffrey Myers (GV343)

Jill Stuart (GV344 and GV499)

Elisabeth Widmer (GV321 and GV4G7)

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Luqman Abu El Foul (GV248)

Faris Al-Sulayman (GV248)

Luis Bosshart (GV482)

Syeda Iqraa (Iqraa) Bukhari (GV245)

Cristina Conesa Pla (GV100)

Julia-Anne Costet (GV100)

Andrea Delestrade (GV262)

Scott Downham (GV101 and GV264)

Melanie Erspamer (GV100)

Isolde Hegemann (GV264)

Kristof Horvath (GV245 and GV248)

Gaetano Inglese (GV251 and GV264)

Roni Küppers (GV245)

Alexander McKenna (Dr) (GV311)

Lennard Metson (GV249)

Benedetta Morari (GV251)

Ellen Munroe (GV3L6)

Emma Obermair (GV262)

Asfa Shakeel (GV225)

Tarsha Vasu (GV249)

Stephanie Wanga (GV101)

Jan Wasserziehr (GV100)

Peter Wyckoff (GV263)

Alex Yeandle (GV249)

Khairulanwar Zaini (GV262)

Maham Zaman (GV263)

Research Students

A | B | C | DF | G | H | I | J | KL | MN | O | P | S | T | V | W | Y | Z


A

Luqman Abu El Foul
Thesis: 'Palestine up in Arms: Contentious Politics and the Arab Revolt of 1936-1939'
l.abu-el-foul@lse.ac.uk

Meshal Alkhowaiter
Thesis: 'How targeted economic policies shape government approval in non-democratic and rentier countries'
m.alkhowaiter@lse.ac.uk

Laurence Antao
l.a.antao@lse.ac.uk

Anusha Arumugam (MRes Student)
a.arumugam1@lse.ac.uk


B

Luis Bosshart
Thesis: 'Essays in coming to terms with the past: Transitional justice and memory in postwar Germany'
l.s.bosshart@lse.ac.uk


C

Christian Cervellera (MRes Student)
c.cervellera@lse.ac.uk

Morris Chan
Thesis: 'The Democratic Bubble: Subnational Opposition Enclaves within Dominant-Party Electoral Autocracies'
m.s.chan1@lse.ac.uk

Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno
Thesis: 'Political Instability: Does it Disrupt the Bureaucracy?'
v.cheng-matsuno@lse.ac.uk

Joel Chong
Thesis: 'Disenchanting the Divine'
j.z.chong@lse.ac.uk

Asli Ceren Cinar
Thesis: 'Power of Perception: Unveiling the Multidimensional Dynamics of Candidate Preference'
a.cinar@lse.ac.uk

Cristina Conesa Pla
c.conesa-pla@lse.ac.uk

Julia Costet
Thesis: 'Speaking Rape: Feminist Dilemmas on Language and Experience'
j.costet@lse.ac.uk


D

Matt Davies (MRes Student)
m.o.davies@lse.ac.uk

Maryam Dharas (MRes Student)
m.k.dharas@lse.ac.uk


F

Reuben Finighan
r.finighan@lse.ac.uk

Maximilian Fink
m.f.fink@lse.ac.uk


G

Hilke Gudel
h.gudel@lse.ac.uk


H

Martin Haus
Thesis: 'Three Essays on Bureaucracy and Public Schools in Rural India'
m.haus@lse.ac.uk

Isolde Hegemann
i.h.hegemann@lse.ac.uk


I

Angga Indraswara
Thesis: 'Beyond Numerical Inferiority: The Politics of Catholic and Protestant Minorities in Indonesia'
a.indraswara@lse.ac.uk

Gaetano Inglese
g.inglese@lse.ac.uk


J

Sarah Jewett
s.jewett1@lse.ac.uk


K

Yusuf Imaad Khan
y.i.khan@lse.ac.uk

Anton Könneke (MRes Student)
a.konneke@lse.ac.uk

Lara Charlotte (Charlotte) Kuberka (MRes Student)
l.kuberka@lse.ac.uk


L

Rune Wriedt Larsen
Thesis: 'Civil War, Statebuilding, and Types of Armed Organisations in Southeast Asia'
r.w.larsen@lse.ac.uk

Tiffany Lau
Thesis: 'Exposure to polarised political discussions online and generalised trust'
t.t.lau@lse.ac.uk

Nick Lewis
Thesis: 'Do social media create bias in democratic deliberation?'
n.lewis3@lse.ac.uk


M

Xufan (Nadia) Ma
Thesis: 'Chinese Feminism 1980s-2010s'
x.ma19@lse.ac.uk

Luca Marsico (MRes Student)
l.marsico@lse.ac.uk

Lennard Metson
l.m.metson@lse.ac.uk


N

Oscar Nowlan
Thesis: 'Blame Avoidance and Blame Attribution in Government'
o.w.nowlan@lse.ac.uk


O

Emma Obermair
Thesis: 'Critically rethinking scientific production'
e.obermair@lse.ac.uk


P

Michal Pasovsky
Thesis: (TBD) 'Multitudes of Denial in a Settler-Colonial State'
m.pasovsky@lse.ac.uk


S

Diego Sazo
Thesis: 'The Violent Disconnection: Broken Societies and the Logic of Civil Disorder in Latin America'
d.n.sazo-munoz@lse.ac.uk

Asfa Shakeel
a.shakeel2@lse.ac.uk

Andreas-Johann Sorger
Thesis: 'A Philosophical Colour Line: Racism and Political Theory'
a.j.sorger@lse.ac.uk


T

Carol Thanki
c.thanki2@lse.ac.uk

Theint Theint Thu
Thesis: 'The Politics of Public Service Provision in Fragile States'
t.thu@lse.ac.uk


V

Tarsha Vasu
Thesis: 'Political representation of women and education in India'
t.vasu@lse.ac.uk

Lorenzo Vicari

l.vicari@lse.ac.uk


W

Stephanie Wanga
Thesis: 'The State and its Competitors in East Africa: A History'
s.s.wanga@lse.ac.uk

Jan Henrik Wasserziehr
j.h.wasserziehr@lse.ac.uk

Felix Westerén
Thesis: 'Preserving value in the face of climate change: a pluralist account'
f.j.westeren@lse.ac.uk

Jack Wilkinson (MRes Student)
j.j.wilkinson@lse.ac.uk

Peter Wyckoff
Thesis: 'Employment, climate policy and legislative politics'
p.s.wyckoff@lse.ac.uk


Y

Alex Yeandle
Thesis: 'Information and Electoral Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa'
a.r.yeandle@lse.ac.uk


Z

Khairulanwar Zaini
k.zaini@lse.ac.uk

Antoine Zerbini
Thesis: 'Essays in Informational Political Economy'
a.r.zerbini@lse.ac.uk

Emeritus, Affiliated & Visiting Academic Staff

Emeritus | Affiliated | Visiting

Emeritus and Retired academic staff

Affiliated academic staff

Visiting academic staff

  • David Banisar (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until May 2025)

  • Andrea Capussela (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until April 2026)

  • Daniel de Kadt (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until February 2025)

  • Francesco Esposito (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until August 2025)

  • Federico Fuchs (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until March 2026)

  • Efe Gurcan (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until September 2025)

  • Mark Hallerberg (Prof) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until August 2026)
  • Dominik Hangartner (Dr) - Visiting Professor (until November 2024)

  • J. Andrew Harris (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until August 2025)
  • Vincent Harting (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until August 2025)

  • Helios Herrera (Prof) - Visiting Professor (until August 2026)

  • Tuomas Kari (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until July 2025)

  • Matthias Krönke (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until October 2026)
  • Lanlan Li (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until January 2025)
  • Li Li (Ms) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until June 2025)
  • Geoffrey Myers (Prof) - Visiting Professor in Practice (until August 2026)
  • Alberto Parmigiani (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until May 2025)

  • Elena Pupaza (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until January 2025)

  • Antoni Rodon-Casarramona (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until December 2025)

  • Nelson Ruiz (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until May 2026)

  • Lukas Slothuus (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until September 2025)

  • Christine Stedtnitz (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until March 2027)

  • Jill Stuart (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until September 2026)

  • Tinghua Yu (Dr) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until February 2025)

  • Denise van der Kamp (Prof) - Visiting Senior Fellow (until August 2027)
  • Elisabeth Widmer (Dr) - Visiting Fellow (until April 2025)

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