HCRI University of Manchester affiliates

Qualified as a medical doctor, Rony Brauman has worked in the field of international medical assistance since 1977. Initially serving as a field physician in developing countries with Médecins Sans Frontières (France), he became the President of the organisation from 1982 -1994. Rony is also Associate Professor at L'Institut d'Études Politiques (Paris), and Director of Research at the MSF Foundation also in Paris.

After working in Turkey and Nigeria during the 1990s, Tim Jacoby won an ESRC-funded place on the International Conflict Analysis Masters degree programme at the University of Kent. He then completed his PhD and an ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Department of Politics at the University of York, after which he joined the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester.

Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance and Co-Director of the Centre for Applied Theatre Research, University of Manchester.

Tanja is Professor of Political Sociology at the Global Development Institute, and a founding member/ former director of research (2010-2014) of HCRI. She was also founder of the Manchester Migration Lab, and leads the GDI Research Group Migration, Refugees and Asylum. Key themes of Tanja's research are (1) revolutions, rebel governance and new elites; (2) global solidarity and its discontents, including celebrity humanitarianism; and (3) migration and transitional lived citizenship. Tanja is the PI of a ESRC project on diaspora citizenship and political belonging in the Horn of Africa

Professor of Applied and Social Theatre and Associate Vice President for Social Responsibility, University of Manchester. He is also the founder and Co-Director of In Place of War.

Sam Hickey is Professor of Politics and Development at The University of Manchester, and Joint Director of Research at the DFID-funded Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre.