The Political Studies Association (PSA) is pleased to introduce our new Executive Committee (EC) members:

• Dr Arianna Giovannini is from the Department of Politics & Public Policy at De Montfort University where she serves as the Deputy Director of the Local Governance Research Centre. Arianna returns to serve a second term on the EC, and will continue as the lead for the PSA’s Specialist Groups

• Dr Manjeet Ramgotra is a Lecturer at SOAS University of London. She will be the EC trustee leading for our Early Career Network.

• Professor John Craig is Dean of Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University and will continue to lead on our Teaching & Learning Network – which he co-founded in 2005

• Dr James Weinberg will take up the EC lead for our Schools and Undergraduate programmes. James is a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and previously convened both the Political Psychology and Young People’s Politics specialist groups

• Professor of International Politics at Glasgow Caledonian University, Professor Umut Korkut will be the EC’s lead on International matters and will continue to serve as the PSA’s IPSA Representative.

In welcoming these new and re-elected members of the EC, PSA Honorary Secretary Professor Fiona Mackay said:
We are delighted to welcome these talented and energetic colleagues to the Executive Committee to help us steer the association in these tricky times, and to ensure we support our members and defend the study of politics.

She added:
The whole of the EC and I would also like to take this opportunity to also thank our outgoing trustees: Dr Rose Gann, Dr Matt Wood and Dr Peter Allen for their time and their fantastic contributions to the PSA over the last few years.

You can find out more about our trustees and our Executive Committee here.