Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Artificial Intelligence (AI) and human security; art, poetry, emotions as languages for global peace; political/social psychology; the global politics of power and resistance; global thought and comparative philosophies; Iran, East-West relations, West Asia and North Africa.
Lecturer in Media in Development and International Journalisms Dr Somnath Batabyal South Asia with a focus on India; transnational news spheres; Development discourses and its articulation in mainstream and alternate news forums; environmental politics.
Professor in International Relations Professor Stephen Chan, OBE Politics of southern Africa, normative values and non-Western methodologies
Reader in Laws of Central Asia Professor Scott Newton Post-Soviet law and legal/institutional reform in Central Asia and CIS; law and development (markets and globalisation in developing and transitional states); law, governance and post-conflict reconstruction; human rights.
