Steering Group
Dr Christine Agius, Salford [web]
Christine's research interests comprise of three broad areas: IR theory (constructivist and normative approaches in IR); Swedish and Scandinavian politics (foreign policy, Social Democratic theory and ideology, globalisation, EU membership, internationalism, and the ‘war on terror’); and security and neutral states in the international system, particularly EU ‘militarily non-aligned’ member states and European security cooperation.
Dr Claire Annesley, Manchester [web]
Before joining the University of Manchester, Claire was Research Assistant at the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) at the University of Sheffield (1998-2000) and tutor on an EU-funded exchange programme between the University of Sheffield and the University of Lodz, Poland (1996-8). Claire has been visiting fellow in the Centre for the Future of the European Social Model at Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen (Sept 2005-Feb 2006) and visiting researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) in 2002.
Ms Kate Barker, Manchester [web]
Kate did a first degree in medical cell biology and then took the Masters degree in Structure and Organisation of Science and Technology at PREST, where she was subsequently employed as a researcher and then lecturer.
Professor Stefan Berger, Manchester [web]
Current areas of research interest include: Modern and Contemporary European history, especially the history of Germany and Britain; comparative labour history; nationalism and national identity studies; history of historiography and historical theory. Stefan is currently completing a British Academy funded research project on 'Britain and the GDR' - together with Dr. Norman LaPorte (University of Glamorgan). Stefan is also currently directing a European Science Foundation funded five-year research programme on 'Representations of the Past: The Writing of National Histories in Europe'.
Dr Cristina Chiva, Salford [web]
Cristina holds a BA from the University of Bucharest and an MA and PhD from the University of Manchester. She has taught at the Universities of Manchester and Salford. She is Associate Editor of Parliamentary Affairs. Research interests include: the enlargement of the European Union to the East; democratic consolidation in Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania; women’s representation in post-communist politics; feminist political theory; and contemporary political thought.
Professor Jakob Edler, Manchester [web]
Before joining the School he was Head of Department for Innovation Systems and Policy at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research. His department focused on two major strands of activities: analysis of public and private RTDI strategies and policies, including analysis of changes in the governance and framework conditions in innovation systems, evaluation of RTDI policies in a more narrow sense, and foresight; and analysis of dynamics in innovation systems at micro, meso and macro level, with a focus on application and further development of indicators.
Dr Nuno Ferreira, Manchester [web]
Nuno joined the University of Manchester in 2006 as lecturer in law at the School of Law. From 2003 - 2006 he was Research Fellow at the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen (ZERP), and 2001-2003 lLegal consultant at the Legal Affairs and Litigation Department of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission, Lisbon. Research interests include international and European Law; Comparative Law; and Human Rights.
Dr Till Geiger, Manchester [web]
Till's research interests include European integration history since 1945; European economic history since 1850; Americanization of Western Europe.
Professor Damian Grimshaw, Manchester [web]
Damian Grimshaw's research covers several areas of employment policy and practice, involving both case-study research in small and large organisations and cross-national comparisons of employment systems. He has a BSc in Maths and Management Science from UMIST, an MA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a PhD from UMIST.
Dr Gaynor Johnson, Salford [web]
Gaynor obtained both BA and PhD from the University of Wales, Bangor. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a member of the Executive Committee of the British International History Group. Her doctoral thesis was supervised by Ruth Henig, now Baroness Henig of Lancaster. She has taught modern European history at the University of Wales and at the Open University and was Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Bolton prior to her appointment at the University of Salford in September 2006.
Dr Christian Kaunert, Salford [web]
Christian joined the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History (ESPaCH), Politics and Contemporary History Subject Group, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, in January 2007. Previously, he was a Lecturer in International Relations and EU Politics at the University of Maastricht, and a Lecturer in European Politics at the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. In 2006, he passed the examination for a PhD in International Politics from the University of Wales Aberystwyth. Christian holds an MSc in European Politics from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, a BA (Hons) in European Business from Dublin City University, ESB Reutlingen and a BA (Hons) Open University. From April until August 2004 he was a visiting researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium funded with a research scholarship by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and the European Commission.
Filippo Nereo, Manchester [web]
Filippo's primary research interest focusses on German minorities in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular the development of language varieties after 1945/46. He is also interested in issues of identity in relation to the post-war population transfers, and is currently completing a comparative project investigating language obsolescence in an enclave community in the Czech Republic.
Professor Neill Nugent, MMU [web]
Neill's research interests include the European Commission, Cyprus and the European Union, European Union enlargement, and European Union policies and policy processes. He is Academic Director, Institute of European Union Studies at the State University of New York, Visiting Professor at The College of Europe, Bruges, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn.
Dr Dimitris Papadimitriou, Manchester [web]
Dimitris is the Director of the European Politics Research Unit (EPRU) and Deputy Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE). Dimitris joined Politics in September 2003, having previously held academic posts at the London School of Economics (Fellow), the University of Bradford (Lecturer) and the University of Leeds (Associate Lecturer). He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory/European Institute of the London School of Economics and was a S.J. Seeger Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University (2006/7).