Europe and international

Expert comment on European and global politics.

Dr Ceri Fowler

Ceri Fowler is a Lecturer in Politics, specialising in gender and comparative politics. Her research covers British and European politics, with particular interests in public attitudes towards immigration, the EU, and Brexit, how such attitudes are shaped by gender, and how they affect voting behaviour. She has provided commentary and expert opinion for various media outlets on British Politics.

Prof Peter Gries

Peter is a political psychologist with expertise in Chinese and American politics and foreign policy, US-China relations, and nationalism. He studies the causes and consequences of how Chinese feel and think about the world - and how the world feels and thinks about China. Peter is particularly interested in the dynamics of misperception and mistrust, with an eye towards the reduction of international conflict. He directs the Manchester China Institute.

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Email: peter.gries@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 2754646

Dr Olga Onuch

Dr Onuch is an internationally leading expert in Ukrainian and Argentine politics. She specializes in the comparative study of protest, elections ethnolinguistic identity and public opinion in democratizing states in Latin American and Eastern Europe. Her research has appeared in the Washington Post, The Times, BBC, Channel Four, Guardian, ITV, Al Jazeera, AFP, among others.

Prof Dimitris Papadimitriou

A Professor of Politics with interests in European affairs, particularly Brexit, the Eurozone and contemporary Greek politics. He is the Director of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) and the Co-Editor of a Manchester University Press book series on European policy. An experienced media commentator, his analysis is regularly heard in the media during the Brexit process and the recent Eurozone crisis.

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Email: dimitris.papadimitrou@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 2754888

Prof James Pattison

James has expertise in relation to war and conflict, writing widely on humanitarian intervention, private military and security companies, the responsibility to protect, and the ethics of war. His first book, Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: Who Should Intervene?, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. He has spoken widely to the media on the ongoing crisis in Syria and is currently working on a project that examines the case for economic sanctions, diplomatic coercion, and other non-military options.

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Email: james.pattison@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 2754931

Prof Angelia Wilson

Angelia is an expert on American politics, especially the rise of the Tea Party and the Christian Right. Her current project, 'The American Right & the Politics of Hate', includes original interviews with Tea Party members and participant observation in over a dozen grassroots gatherings. She is an experienced political commentator appearing on BBC World Service, BBC News, BBC Breakfast, The Big Question, Newsround and other programmes. Her analysis has been featured in the Guardian's Comment is Free, Time Higher Educational Supplement and Political Insight.

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Email: angelia.r.wilson@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: 0161 2754766