Andrew Mumford FRHistS (born 1983[1]) is a British political scientist, military historian, and Professor of War Studies in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham.[2] He is a member of the EU/NATO Hybrid Threats Centre of Excellence expert pool on security and has consulted the UK Ministry of Defence and NATO. In December 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[3][4][5] He is the editor of the Bloomsbury book series Studies in Contemporary Warfare.[6][2]
In 2009, Mumford received his ESRC-funded PhD from the University of Warwick in International Relations. He was a Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) at Pennsylvania State University in 2007, and taught at the University of Hull (2009-2010) and University of Sheffield (2010-2011).[2][3] He served as the Book Review Editor of Civil Wars (2008-2012).[3]
Between 2011 and 2015, Mumford was an Assistant Professor. He also served as an Associate Editor of Political Studies (2011-2017). Between 2015 and 2020, he was an Associate Professor. In 2020, Mumford was promoted to Professor.[3]
Between 2020 and 2021, Mumford was a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Academic Fellow in the UK House of Commons International Affairs Unit.[6][2]