Centre
CIS People
Centre for International Studies draws together a wide range of individuals both from within the Department of Politics and International Relations and from across other parts of Oxford. A number of those engaged in collaborative research projects are based at other institutions in the UK and abroad. CIS also has an active programme of academic visitors.
Director
Andrea Ruggeri
Andrea Ruggeri is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford. He joined Brasenose College and the Department of Politics an International Relations at the University of Oxford in 2014. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Amsterdam from 2010. He holds a PhD in Government from the University of Essex (2011), an MA International Relations (Essex, 2006) and a BA in Diplomatic and International Sciences (Genova, 2005). His current research deals with civil wars and peacekeeping. His broader research interests include collective political violence, state development, and comparative politics in Africa and Middle East. His research has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Security, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, International Interactions, International Organization, International Peacekeeping, International Studies Review, Political Geography, Political Science Research & Methods and edited volumes. He is a member of the Peace Operations Working group organised by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden) and he is an active member of the Network of European Peace Scientists. He is in the editorial board of Journal of Peace Research, Il Politico, International Peacekeeping, and Quaderni di Scienza Politica. He is part of the international advisory board of Italian Political Science Review/Rivista italiana di Scienza Politica. He is Research Fellow at the Michael Nicholson Centre for Conflict and Cooperation, University of Essex and Associate Member of the Nuffield College, Oxford. He is affiliated with the Oxford Q-Step Center, a new and innovative way to teach Political Science and International Relations at Oxford. He has been co-director of the Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods and visiting professor at the Bocconi University – Milan and University of Genova.
CIS Management Committee
- Lord John Alderdice, Senior Research Fellow; Director, Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, Harris Manchester College
- Julia Amos, Peter J Braam Junior Research Fellow in Global Wellbeing, Merton College and Research Associate, ODID
- Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations, University Lecturer, Official Fellow, Linacre College
- Paul Irwin Crookes, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies; Departmental Lecturer in the International Relations of China
- Janina Dill, John G. Winant Associate Professor in U.S. Foreign Policy, Professorial Fellow (Nuffield); Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC)
- Alexandra Diouk, Managing editor of St Anthony’s international Review
- John Gledhill, Departmental Lecturer in the Politics of Security Governance, Queen Elizabeth House
- Todd Hall, University Lecturer in International Relations, St. Anne's College
- Elizabeth Hodges, Research Facilitator, Department of Politics and International Relations
- Andrew Hurrell, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, Balliol College
- Annette Idler, Director of Studies, The Changing Character of War Programme, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
- Lucas Kello, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Director of the Cyber Studies Programme
- Catherine Leiben, Head of Administration, Department of Politics and International Relations
- Neil MacFarlane, Lester B Pearson Professor of International Relations and Fellow, St Anne's College
- Hartmut Mayer, Official Fellow and Lecturer in Politics (International Relations) and St. Peter's College, University of Oxford
- Vahid Nick Pay, Lecturer in International Politics at the Diplomatic Studies Programme
- Miriam Pittalis, St Anthony's International Review Treasurer
- Andrea Ruggeri, Director of the Centre for International Studies, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Brasenose College
- Petra Schleiter, Joint Head of Department, Professor of Comparative Politics and Tutorial Fellow (St Hilda's College)
Research Associates
The Centre for International Studies is fortunate to benefit from a number of research associates who are academic or practitioner colleagues in the field of international relations.
Please note that the position of research associate implies no employee relationship with the Centre for International Studies or the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. The position is also distinct from that of ccademic visitor.
- Shaddad al-Attili, Research Associate
- Dimitar Bechev, Research Associate
- Nathaniel Copsey, Research Associate
- Mr Sam Daws, Research Associate
- Jai Galliott, Research Associate
- Dr Matteo Garavoglia, Research Associate
- Suleiman Halasah, Research Associate
- Ellen Knebel, Research Associate
- Signe Larsen, Research Associate
- Jonathan Leader-Maynard, Research Associate
- Laurence Lustgarten, Research Associate
- Heidi Maurer, Research Associate
- Dr Stefan Szwed, Research Associate
- David Whineray, Research Associate
- Dr Marina Perez de Arcos, Research Associate
Senior Research Fellows
- Professor Rosemary Foot, Senior Research Fellow
- Professor Sir Adam Roberts, Senior Research Fellow
- Professor Henry Shue, Senior Research Fellow
Associated Faculty
- Professor Simon Caney
- Professor Richard Caplan
- Professor Anne Deighton
- Janina Dill
- Dr Louise Fawcett
- Professor Rosemary Foot
- Professor Timothy Garton Ash
- Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill
- Todd Hall
- Professor Andrew Hurrell
- Professor Paul Irwin Crookes
- Professor Vaughan Lowe
- Professor Neil MacFarlane
- Professor Walter Mattli
- Dr Karma Nabulsi
- Kalypso Nicolaïdis
- Professor Sir Adam Roberts
- Prof Andrea Ruggeri
- Petra Schleiter
- Professor Henry Shue
- Professor Jennifer Welsh, Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict
- Professor Ngaire Woods, Director, Global Economic Governance
Academic Visitors
The Department of Politics and International Relations attracts some of the best academics in the field to work here either as permanent faculty, as part of major research projects or as academic visitors.
Visitors have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of activities organised within the Department and are expected to participate in and contribute to in the collaborative research culture of the Department. Their visits last between one month and one year.
For more information about how to become a visitor at the Department please click here.
Visitors affiliated with CIS in 2020-21:
- Dimitar Bechev - European Policy Institute - October 2020-October 2021
- Jason Hsu - Legislative Yuan, China - MT20-MT20
Past Visitors: