Senior Fellows

In 2026, Trevelyan College launches a new senior fellowship scheme to celebrate and recognise the scholarly dynamism of college life as part of our 60th Anniversary celebrations. 

The fellowship is comprised of senior members of academic staff at Durham University and aims to contribute to our ‘better understanding of the world and the broader environment’. 

We are delighted to welcome four senior fellows and a chair of fellows this academic year, who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to their respective fields and who we feel will inspire our students to ‘explore without limits’.  Senior Fellows will both lead an academic activity within the college and contribute to the college’s wider scholarly life.  We are delighted to welcome each of them to our college community. 

Our Senior Fellows are:

Professor Anoush Ehteshami

Professor Anoush Ehteshami is President of Trevelyan College's Senior Common Room. He is Professor Emeritus in International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. He served as the Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Chair in International Relations and Director of the HH Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah Programme in International Relations, Regional Politics and Security between 2012 and 2026. He was Durham University’s first Dean of Internationalisation, 2009-2011, and the founding Head of the School of Government and International Affairs (2004-9). He has been a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and served as a member of the WEF’s foremost body, the Global Agenda Councils, focusing on energy. 

In 2023, he established the Trevelyan College Global Dynamics series, which explores topics of international significance and brings expert speakers to share their world-leading research with the college’s members.  In 2026, he was elected as Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, United States.

Professor Markian Prokopovych

Markian Prokopovych is Professor for Modern European History at Durham University's History Department and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ukraine (CSU). His research interests are interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities, the history of cities and their cultures, migration, gender, and the broader region of East Central Europe - the space between the Baltic and the Adriatic. Since Russia's full-scale invasion into Ukraine in 2022, he has been involved in a number of initiatives supporting Ukraine and Ukrainian academics, having led or been involved in interdisciplinary projects focusing on the understanding of the long-term consequences of prolonged war on the society and the resilience of the country. With colleagues at CSU, Durham's strategic partner Zaporizhzhia National University, and other Ukrainian and international institutions he has worked towards a better understanding of Ukraine and the broader region and on demystifying some of the misconceptions about them deeply rooted in academic circles and the broader audiences 

Professor Julie Hodges

Professor Julie Hodges is a leading international expert on change in organizations, particularly the engagement of people with business transformations. Before entering the academic world in 2006 Julie had a very successful career working as a business consultant for over 20 years in several profit and non-profit organizations, including PwC. Julie also worked with Vertex where she set up and led a commercial consultancy team. Her first role was with the British Council where she was the Development Consultancy for East Asia.  

Julie has published in a number of international journals on change in organisations. She is the author of several books including ‘Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change’, ‘ Managing and Leading People through Change’ (Kogan Page); 'People-centric Organizational Change' (Kogan Page).  Her latest book ‘Wellbeing and Organizational Change’ will be published in 2027. 

An award-winning educator and researcher, Julie makes significant contributions through her teaching to the Business School’s Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Executive Education programmes. 

Julie is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Academic Fellow of the ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes) and a Senior Fellow of the Foundation for Management Education (FME). She is also a member of the editorial board of the ‘Management Consulting’ journal. 

When not working Julie loves running, swimming and walking.  She is also a keen gardener and enjoys wandering around art galleries. 

Professor Tammi Walker 

Professor Tammi Walker is Professor of Forensic Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Durham University. A Fellow and Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, qualified Mental Health Nurse, and Registered Senior Fellow of Advance HE, she is internationally recognised for her research at the intersection of health, justice, and mental health. 

Tammi leads Durham University's Health and Justice Forensic Research Lab, which focuses on improving outcomes for adults, particularly women, who experience multiple and complex needs within prisons and forensic mental health services. Her interdisciplinary work draws together psychology, public health, psychiatry, criminology, primary care, and the medical humanities to inform policy, practice, and service development. She has secured significant research funding, including major studies funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). 

Beyond academia, Tammi contributes to national and international policy and professional leadership. She serves as Chair of the British Psychological Society's North East of England Branch and is Co-Chair of the International Association for Suicide Prevention's Special Interest Group on Suicide Prevention in the Criminal Justice Sector. Between 2021 and 2026, she also served as Principal of St Cuthbert's Society, leading one of Durham University's largest and most diverse collegiate communities. An award-winning author and editor, she founded Routledge's New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology series, which published seven influential volumes exploring emerging areas of research and practice. 

Professor Clive Jones  

Clive Jones is Professor of Regional Security (Middle East) at Durham University and was formerly director of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies between 2022-2025.  He is also Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Historical and Classical Studies, NTNU in Trondheim Norway. Clive was awarded his PhD from the University of Wales Aberystwyth in 1994 and the following year, moved to the University of Leeds where he eventually came to hold a Chair in Middle East Studies and International Politics. After 17 years, Clive moved to Durham in 2013.  

His research interests lie in three related areas: the legacy of British imperialism in the Middle East; Middle East studies (with a clear emphasis upon Israel/Palestine and Gulf Security); and the role of intelligence in national decision-making. His research monographs, notably Britain and the Yemen Civil War (2004/10), Fraternal Enemies: Israel and the Gulf Monarchies (2019) and The Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: Code Name Grin (2020) have explored many of these themes. In October 2025, his book on Britain and the Yemen Civil War was turned into an award-winning documentary with Al Jazeera.