21 Feb 2026
Open Event, Undergraduate
Undergraduate Open Day
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Book now for our next Open Day at our campus in Chiswick Park, west London.

22 Apr 2026
Open Event, Postgraduate
Postgraduate Information Evening
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for an evening where you can learn more about master’s degrees. This is your chance to ask real questions, hear from the academics who’ll teach you, and get a feel for what it means to study your master’s at Richmond.

06 Jun 2026
Open Event, Undergraduate
Undergraduate Open Day
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Book now for our next Open Day at our campus in Chiswick Park, west London.

‘I am Richmond’ blog

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This blog was created to provide an insight into what life at Richmond, American University London is really like. It’s written by the people who know it best: our students.

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Importance of Voting as a U.S. International Student Living in the UK

Voting is the defining feature of democracy, the very fabric of the United States’ identity.

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How can I improve my chances of getting hired after graduation? 

Here are some tips from Dr Maria Theodosopoulou, our Careers Support Officer, to help our students and graduates to stand out in a competitive job market.

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Exploring the History of London this Summer  

We were pleased to welcome our Summer School students from China as they joined us for our ‘History of London’ course this month.

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“Education abroad is a path to recapture what has been lost in America”

How can higher education play a role in addressing a tribal divisiveness that threatens our society?

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How business schools can address gender inequality in leadership

Dr Theano Lianidou, Associate Dean - Research and Professional Engagement, presented her paper at the 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium in Milan recently.

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The Business of Luxury Summer Programme

Two of our students, Christian and Patricia, on the MA Luxury Brand Management programme have had a unique educational experience in the south of France. 

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Richmond member of staff attends UK-Ukraine conference in Warsaw

Jelena Pivovarova, programme support manager and course leader for our Russian history and politics class, recently attended the second UK-Ukraine International Twinning Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

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What are The WURI Awards? 

Why are we talking about them? For the first time, it’s just been announced that Richmond American University London has won awards in three categories in The World University Rankings for [...]

Media Enquiries

Press enquiries

If you’re a journalist and you’d like to get in touch with any of our experts, or find out more, please get in touch with Rebecca Pearce in the PR and Communications team, [email protected].

General enquiries

For general enquiries (non-journalist) email [email protected].

Find an expert

Richmond American University London, has a broad range of expertise across a number of areas, including the liberal arts, international relations, international history, business management, communications, arts and social sciences.

Dr Jane Norris
Areas of expertise – design theory, specifically luxury product future trends.

Professor George Zhang
Areas of expertise – Chinese language learning and teaching, intercultural communications and cross-cultural business management, language policy, language competence, language standards and assessment, teacher training and professional development.

Dr Eunice Goes
Areas of expertise – British party politics, British political thought and Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Dr Michael F. Keating
Areas of expertise – tarriffs and trade, global best practices, Neo-liberalism, energy and infrastructure, financial sector reform, knowledge economies and innovation systems, tertiary education, politics in sub-Saharan Africa and East/South-East Asia.

Dr Kandida Purnell
Areas of Expertise – War, Conflict, COVID-19 Pandemic, Commemoration, Body Politics, Gender and Global Politics/Security. Also research and professional enagement as Head of at Richmond.

Dr. Rafal Soborski 
Areas of expertise – Far-right politics; political ideologies; social movements; globalization.

Dr Martin D. Brown
Areas of expertise – international history, the Cold War, European diplomatic history, James Bond

Dr Ira Konstantinou
Areas of expertise – psychology, cognitive processes of memory and awareness, critical thinking

Nicola Mann
Areas of expertise – visual culture, popular culture, urban regeneration, cultural studies, the social value of the arts, museum education

Dr Sue Pell
Areas of expertise – activist archives, DIY archives, social housing activism, anti-gentrification campaigns, urban social movements, social movement communication, public sphere and democracy

James Peaty
Areas of expertise – Political communication, media and pop culture.

Dr. Alex Seago 
Areas of expertise – US politics and culture, Popular culture, Contemporary art & design

Carola Hieker 
Areas of expertise – Coaching, leadership

Isabelle Knight
Areas of expertise – PR & Publicity for creatives & businesses, Marketing and Brands, Self Publishing & Authors

Dr. Ian Taylor
Areas of expertise – Media coverage of protests and social movements, Social movement engagement with New Media

Professor Dr. Carola Hieker
Areas of expertise – organizational behavior, leadership, coaching & mentoring, diversity

Associate Professor Inma Ramos
Areas of expertise – international investment banking and international corporate finance law, compliance and regulation, with a particular emphasis on Corporate Governance in Financial Markets

Professor Sabine Spangenberg
Areas of expertise – history of economic thought, welfare economics, public economics

Vanessa Carreras 
Areas of expertise – Finance in Education, System implementations and Change Management, Operations in Education

Sohil Majmudar
Areas of expertise – Data Analysis, Health Statistics, Mathematics

Dr. Lucia Morawska
Areas of expertise – History of Football, Holocaust Studies, Jewish Art

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