Centre for Democratic Futures

Our people

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Professor Louise Siddons PhD

Head of Department Art & Media Tech

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Dr Luca Di Gregorio

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Dr Mariana Borges

Lectureship in Politics and Int Relation

Research interests

  • Political Behavior
  • Ethnography
  • Clientelism
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Professor Matt Ryan

Professor

Research interests

  • Democracy
  • Social Research Methods
  • Web Science

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Dr Max Stafford

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • The role, evolution, influence and significance of the Downing Street Chief-of-Staff (1997-present); and
  • Leadership of directly-elected mayors

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Ms Melyssa Ortiz

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Dr Michael Da Silva

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Constitutional and administrative law
  • Legal and political philosophy
  • Health law, policy, and ethics

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Dr Michael Kranert PhD (UCL), QTS, Staatsexamen, SFHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Political Discourse
  • Comparative Political Discourse Analysis

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Mr Michele Zadra

Research interests

  • Political Participation
  • Migration Studies
  • Democratic Innovations
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Professor Mike Grocott BSc MBBS MD FRCA FRCP FFICM

Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care
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