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Mahmoud Refaat
President
James Bacchus
Distinguished Fellow - US
Klaus Buchner
Distinguished Fellow of the IISA
Jason Altmire
Distinguished Fellow - US
Csaba Sógor
Distinguished Fellow - Romania
Jiri Tomas Payne
Distinguished Fellow - Czech Republic
Andreas Pribersky
A fellow of the IISA
Angelika Mlinar
Distinguished Fellow - Austria, Slovenia
Tracy B.Strong
Fellow – United Kingdom
Richard D. Anderson Jr.
Fellow - United States
Richard D. Anderson, Jr., is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has taught since 1989. He obtained the Ph.D in Political
Elena Korosteleva
Fellow – United Kingdom
Elena Korosteleva is Professor of International Politics and Director of the Global Europe Centre, at the University of Kent. She is also Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics, which she was awarded
Alexander Etkind
Fellow - Italy
Alexander Etkind is the Chair of Russia-Europe relations at the European University Institute. He completed his B.A. and M.A. in 1978 in Psychology and English at Leningrad State University.
Patrick Paul Walsh
Fellow – Ireland
Patrick Paul Walsh is currently a Full Professor of International Development Studies and an elected member of the Governing Authority in University College Dublin. He is the Director of the UCD Centre
Gorm Harste
Fellow – Denmark
Gorm Harste is associate professor of political science at Aarhus University. He is expert in European state building and his books in includes Law and Intersystemic Communication:
Fernanda Neutel
Fellow - Portugal
Fernanda Neutel, Ph.D. in Political Science/European Studies and Master degree in International Relations from Leeds University, United Kingdom, is Associate Professor at Lusófona
Véronique Dimier
Fellow – Belgium
Véronique Dimier is a political scientist working on history. She has been formerly Deakin and Marie Curie fellow at St Antony’s college, Oxford University, Fulbright Fellow at NYU
Christian Karner
Fellow – Austria
Christian Karner is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln (UK). Prior to this, Christian was Associate Professor of Sociology at the
Lucas Knotter
Fellow - Netharlands
Lucas Knotter is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Groningen. In his scholarship, he marries expertise in questions of secession and state creation with International
Natasha Lindstaedt
Fellow – United Kingdom
Natasha Lindstaedt is a Professor of Government at the University of Essex. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Politics and International Relations from the University of California, Santa Barbara Her
Gina Yannitell Reinhardt
Fellow – United Kingdom
Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, PhD: Professor Reinhardt studies how citizens and policy makers make decisions under uncertainty, and how those decisions affect economic, social,
Jeffrey Edward Green
Fellow - United States
Jeffrey Edward Green is a political theorist at the University of Pennsylvania, he directs the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy. His books include: The Shadow of Unfairness:
David Richards
Fellow – United States
David Richards is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, with appointments in both the Department of Political Science and the Human Rights Institute
Kevin R. Spiker
Fellow – United States
Kevin R. Spiker is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Internships at Ohio University where he routinely teaches courses on political theory, political parties and elections,
Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek
Fellow - Poland
Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek is an expert in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) affairs as well as the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean relations. Since April 2020 she is Deputy Director of
Hongyi Lai
Fellow – United Kingdom
Hongyi LAI is Associate Professor of the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom.Prior to the University of Nottingham
Marianna Charountaki
Fellow – United Kingdom
Marianna Charountaki is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at University of Lincoln (UK). She has a PhD in International Relations & Middle East Studies from University of Exeter (UK).
Judith Grant
Fellow - United States
Judith Grant is a professor and activist in the political science department at Ohio University. She is co-editor of the journal New Political Science. Her research interests are political theory,
David A. Welch
Fellow – Canada
David A. Welch is University Research Chair and Professor of Political Science at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. His 2005 book Painful Choices
Tomasz Lukaszuk
Fellow – Poland
Tomasz Lukaszuk is a scholar in the Department of Regional and Global Studies, the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw.
Peter J. Jacques
Fellow - United States
Peter J. Jacques is Professor of the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs and the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at the University of Central Florida.
Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene
Fellow – Poland
Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene is an associate professor of political science at the University of Warsaw. She is also a sociologist and a mediator living in Warsaw and in Luxembourg.
Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Fellow – United States
Jeffrey M. Stonecash is a political scientist, and educator who has worked for the Maxwell School of Syracuse University in the department of political science.
Rico Isaacs
Fellow - United Kingdom
Rico Isaacs is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. His research interests lay at the intersection of authoritarianism, nationalism,
Mariam Mufti
Fellow – Canada
Mariam Mufti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political science at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Johns Hopkins University.
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Fellow - United Kingdom
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies at SOAS, University of London and Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Educated at the
Dimitris Skleparis
Fellow - United Kingdom
Dimitris Skleparis is Lecturer in the Politics of Security at Newcastle University. Dimitris’s research is at the intersection between critical security studies and migration/refugee studies.
Luigi Achilli
Fellow - Italy
Luigi Achilli is senior researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Peter S. Henne
Fellow - United States
Peter S. Henne is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on religious politics
Kerstin Hamann
Fellow - United States
Kerstin Hamann (Ph.D. Washington University) is Pegasus Professor in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs (SPSIA) at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Patricia V. Tapia
Fellow -
Patricia V. Tapia is the EU representative of AJE Peru and an Ambassador of the Young Entrepreneurs wing of the Iberoamerican Federation (La Federación Iberoamericana de Jóvenes Empresarios, FIJE).