Professor of Security and International Development Professor Zoë Marriage The political economy of security, DR Congo, demobilisation, emergency assistance to countries at war
Professor Carlos Oya West Africa, Southern Africa, agrarian political economy; poverty; rural labour; development aid; research methods
Professor of Development Studies and International Relations Professor Gilbert Achcar Political economy and sociology of globalisation; global power structure and grand strategy; empire theory and US hegemony; politics and development of the Middle East and North Africa; sociology of religion; Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism; social change and social theory.
Professor of the Political Economy of Development Professor Christopher Cramer Africa: economics of Africa, political economy of development, political economy of war and peace in southern Africa, and the economics of cashew production, processing and trade
Dr Jonathan Di John Development economics, economic growth, institutional economics, taxation in less developed countries, the political economy of oil states, political economy of industrial policy in Latin America, especially of Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Professor Jonathan Goodhand South and Central Asia; complex political emergencies, humanitarian aid; NGO capacity building, aid, conflict and development
Dr Colette Harris Violence and conflict, governance, post colonial state building, Muslim societies, sexualities, (reproductive) health, migration, and community development/transformative education - all explored through a gendered lens. Central Asia, Latin America but currently focus mainly on West and East Africa.
Professor Jens Lerche India; labour, social movements and globalisation; labour and the ILO; labour and caste in India; agrarian political economy.
Senior Lecturer in Forced Migration Studies Dr Tania Kaiser East Africa, particularly Uganda and Sudan, West Africa; conflict and development; forced migration; refugees; humanitarian interventions
Senior Lecturer in Migration, Mobility and Development Dr Anna Lindley Global migration dynamics, politics and experiences: displacement & refugees; transnationalism & remittances; Somali mobilities; UK immigration policy; detention; access to justice; civic mobilization.
Dr Michael Jennings Politics, governance, and civil society in sub-Saharan Africa; non-governmental organisations; faith and development; history of development processes and interventions; issues in international health and non-state actors in health delivery.
Reader in Development Studies Dr Thomas Marois Political economist; Public banks; Development banks; Climate finance; Green transitions; Privatisation; Alternative development
Dr Alessandra Mezzadri International trade, global commodity chains; production networks and industrial systems; informality and processes of labour informalisation; inequality and social structures of oppression; gender, feminisms and reproduction; the political economy of the garment industry; the political economy of India
Dr Andrew Newsham Research: Vulnerability to climate impacts, climate change adaptation and locally held knowledge, the political economy of climate-compatible development, knowing and deciding for conservation and development.
Dr Paolo Novak Trans-nationality with particular reference to migration; refugee regime; borders and NGOs.
Professor of Development Studies Professor Peter P Mollinga South Asia, Central Asia; comparative political sociology of water resources and development; technology and agrarian change; boundary work in natural resources management; interdisciplinary social theory.
Dr Tim Pringle East Asia, labour relations in China and Vietnam, trade union reform in China and Vietnam, labour and social movements in China, labour migration in China.
Professor in Political Sociology and Development Studies Professor Navtej K Purewal Bordering logics; feminism; gender and social policy; reproductive rights; girls' education; coloniality; neoliberal development; South Asia; India and Pakistan
Dr Matteo Rizzo Political economy of development, labour markets and informalisation, agrarian change, urbanisation, privatisation, aid effectiveness, Africa, Tanzania.
Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development Dr Subir Sinha South Asia; social movements; civil society; the environment; institutions; agrarian questions; Marxist and postcolonial theory; Social theory in Development studies.
Dr Thomas Tanner Research: climate change policy and planning, anticipatory decision-making, urban resilience, policy processes and political economy.
Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Development Dr Annabel de Frece Research: development, environment, agriculture, gendered constructions, political economy and culture of food production
Lecturer in Sustainable Development Dr Giuseppina Siciliano Research: Environmental economics, specialising in public policy evaluation, environment and development.
Dr Jon Phillips Research: Climate and development; political ecology; socio-natures; environmental justice; low carbon energy; extractive politics; infrastructural politics; sub-Saharan Africa
