Judith Sijstermans is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham on “The Survival of the Mass Party: Evaluating Activism and Participation Among Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe” (aka “Populism In Action”), funded by the ESRC (ES/R011540/1).
Judith focuses on Belgium's Flemish case and the Vlaams Belang party. She
completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where she worked on policy-oriented research projects at the University of Edinburgh on gender and local government, Brexit and devolution, and post-Brexit migration policy in Scotland.
Alex Oaten is a Teaching Fellow in Political Science specializing in populism, political identities, discourse analysis, and British politics.
Mattia Zulianello is a Research Fellow of the Populism in Action Project at th University of Birmingham. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Florence in Italy. Mattia is the author of the book Anti-System Parties: From Parliamentary Breakthrough to Government and of articles in international journals such as Government and Opposition; The International Journal of Press/Politics, Quality and Quantity – International Journal of Methodology; European Politics and Society; and Contemporary Italian Politics.
Steve Hewitt is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and the American and Canadian Studies Research Centre at the University of Birmingham.
Adrian Favero is a Research Fellow of the Populism In Action Project (PiAP) at the University of Birmingham. His research specialism is aspects of European integration, local politics, and public opinion in post-communist settings.
Professor Nicholas Crowson is a Professor of Contemporary British History, specializing in homelessness from the 1880s to the modern day.
Meghan Campbell is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Birmingham, specializing in how the international human rights system can best respond to gender inequality and poverty.
Charika Channuntapipat is a lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Birmingham Business School, who works with Responsible Business on fast fashion.
Huw Macartney, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the University of Birmingham, is a political economist whose work is broadly concerned with the politics of banking and financial services.
