People
Members of the Centre are based at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, but we also have Associate Members drawn from other Schools, Universities and Organisations. The Centre’s Co-Directors are Dr Richard Hayton and Dr Eike Rinke.
George Aylett
PhD Researcher
Dr Alexander Beresford
Associate Professor in African Politics
Oliver Booth
PhD Researcher & PGR Ambassador for the Centre for Democratic Politics
Emma Brewis
PhD Researcher
Dr Charlie Dannreuther
Lecturer in European Political Economy
Dr Jonathan Dean
Associate Professor of Politics
Dr Kris Dunn
Associate Professor in Quantitative Political Psychology
Dr Derek Edyvane
Associate Professor of Political Theory
Professor Jocelyn Evans
Chair in Politics
Paul Geyer
PhD Researcher
Dr Anna Grimaldi
Lecturer
Dr Richard Hayton
Co-director of the Centre for Democratic Politics & Associate Professor of Politics
Dr Timothy Heppell
Associate Professor of British Politics
Professor Jack Holland
Professor of Global Security Challenges
Dr Victoria Honeyman
Associate Professor of British Politics
Dr Cristina Juverdeanu
Lecturer in Politics and International Studies
Sara Kaizuka
PhD Researcher
Yeonsu Lee
PhD Researcher
Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Professor of Politics
Dr Papiya Mazumdar
Lecturer in Global Health
Dr Stuart McAnulla
Associate Professor in Politics
Dr Sean McDaniel
Lecturer in British Politics
Dr Alexandra Meakin
Lecturer in British Politics
Alex Norman
PhD Researcher
Temitayo Odeyemi
PhD Researcher
Natalie Rhodes
PhD Researcher
Dr Eike Mark Rinke
Co-director of the Centre for Democratic Politics & Lecturer in Politics and Media
Susan Ann Samuel
PhD Researcher
Shivani Singhal
PhD Researcher
Dante Solano Silva
PhD Researcher
Dr Viktoria Spaiser
Associate Professor in Sustainability Research and Computational Social Science
Professor Kevin Theakston
Professor of British Government
Daniel Valdenegro Ibarra
PhD Researcher
Dr Mette Wiggen
Lecturer
Dewa Ayu Putu Eva Wishanti
PhD Researcher
Jeffrey Zhao
PhD Researcher