Politics and International Relations

Dr Philip Catney
Senior Lecturer in Politics

Expert in UK Politics, elections, Parliamentary standards, Parliamentary procedure.

• CBA 2.028
• +44 (0) 1782 733346
• p.j.j.catney@keele.ac.uk

Professor Robert Ladrech
Emeritus Professor of European Politics

Expert in French politics, the EU, European party politics, the politics of climate change.

• CBA 1.029
• +44 (0) 1782 734316
• r.ladrech@keele.ac.uk

Dr Gemma Loomes
Teaching Fellow in Politics

Expert in British politics, party systems in western Europe, political parties and democracy, electoral systems and institutional engineering.

• CBA1.038
• 01782 734236
• g.loomes@keele.ac.uk

Dr Jon Parker
Senior Lecturer in Politics

Expert in US Politics, the US justice system, US domestic policy, the Presidency, American elections.

• CBB 2.029
• +44 (0) 1782 733547
• j.parker@keele.ac.uk

Dr Afshin Shahi
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Middle East Politics & International Relations

Expert in Iranian politics, climate change and conflict, sectarianism, and political Islam in the Middle East.

• a.shahi@keele.ac.uk

Mr Naveed S Sheikh
Lecturer in International Relations

Expert in International Relations, politics of the Middle East, political violence, terrorism, history of the Middle East, the Cold War.

• CBB 2.019
• +44 (0) 1782 733400
• n.sheikh@keele.ac.uk

Dr Kathryn Simpson
Associate Professor in Politics & Economics of the European Union

Expert in Brexit, European politics, political behaviour, the Northern Ireland Protocol, political economy

• Keele Business School
• k.simpson@keele.ac.uk

Michael Tappin
Honorary Fellow

Expert in US politics, US presidents, US elections, history of American politics

Dr Heidi Wang-Kaeding
Lecturer in International Relations

Expert in How the rise of China is shaping the region/wider world; global environmental governance; economic statecraft in East Asia; and the role of emotions in international politics.

• CBA1.030
• 01782 733217
• h.wang-kaeding@keele.ac.uk