Key Staff in the School of Government

Head of School

Head of School

René Lindstädt
Email: r.lindstaedt@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 414 6060

Deputy Head of School

Danielle Beswick 
Email: d.beswick@bham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 0121 414 7976

PA to Head of School

Dee Pettifer
Email: govsocpahos@contacts.bham.ac.uk 
Tel: +44 0121 414 8227

Department and  Institute Leads

Head of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS Academic Staff)
Stefan Wolff

Head of International Development Department (IDD Academic Staff)
David Hudson

Head of the Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP Academic Staff)
Jason Lowther

Director of the Institute for German Studies (IGS Academic Staff)
Thomas Brodie

Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV Academic Staff)
Jason Lowther

Academic Leads

Martin Ottmann, Head of Research

Louise Reardon, Deputy Head of Research (Impact lead)

Julian Pänke, Head of Education

Eleni Vezirgiannidou, Deputy Head of Education (Quality Assurance Lead)

Peter Kerr, Head of Postgraduate Research

May Chu, Head of Global Engagement

Professional Services Staff

Head of Operations

Julie McLynn
Email: j.mcLynn@bham.ac.uk 

Deputy Head of Operations

Heather Cooper
Email: h.white.1@bnham.ac.uk

Learning and Teaching Managers

Ben Clarke
Email: b.j.clarke@bham.ac.uk 

Tim Suffield
Email: T.M.Suffield@bham.ac.uk

Executive Officer

Dee Pettifer
Email: d.j.pettifer@bham.ac.uk 

Executive Officer

Sobia Baig
Email: s.baig.2@bham.ac.uk

Senior School Administrator

Sonia Arshad 
Email: s.arshad.1@bham.ac.uk

Project Administrator

Indi Shambi
Email: I.Shambi.2@bham.ac.uk 

School Administrators

Kieran Folan
Email: k.p.folan@bham.ac.uk

Marcela Avila Soler
Email: m.d.p.avilasoler@bham.ac.uk

Student Experience Officer

Kerrie Myers
Email: K.L.Myers@bham.ac.uk

Journal Administrator

Gemma Banks
Email: g.m.banks@bham.ac.uk

Education support office

Undergraduate Deputy Learning and Teaching Manager 

Andrew Howell
Email: A.Howell@bham.ac.uk

Undergraduate Projects Manager

Michelle Dennant
Email: M.J.French@bham.ac.uk

Undergraduate Programme Administrators

Chereece Ebanks
Email: C.A.Ebanks@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate Deputy Learning and Teaching Manager

Sarah Smith 
Email: S.E.Smith.2@bham.ac.uk

Senior Programme Administrators

Emma Steadman
Email: E.P.Steadman@bham.ac.uk

Johanne Ingram
Email: j.e.ingram.1@bham.ac.uk

School PGR Administrator

Tricia Thomas
Email: P.A.Carr@bham.ac.uk

Postgraduate Programme Administrators

Debra Beard
Email: D.L.Beard@bham.ac.uk

Habiba Begum
Email: h.begum.7@bham.ac.uk