Stuart Croft (political scientist)

{{short description|British political scientist}}

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| salary = £354,000 (2021–22){{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/finance/resources/accounts/accounts2122_-_with_cover.pdf|title=Statement of accounts for the year ended 31 July 2022|publisher=University of Warwick|access-date=2 February 2023}}

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| title = Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick

| term_start = February 2016

| predecessor = Nigel Thrift

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| alma_mater = Southampton University

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| discipline = Political Science

| sub_discipline = International Security, Counter Terrorism

| workplaces = Warwick University, Birmingham University

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Stuart Croft {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSA}} (born 7 March 1963) is a British political scientist and the Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University, a position he has held since 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.cwlep.com/board-member/prof-stuart-croft|title=Prof. Stuart Croft|website=CWELP|date=2017|access-date=3 May 2018}} He received a Ph.D. from Southampton University{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/vco/vc/biog/|title=Stuart Croft: Biography|website=Warwick University|date=16 October 2017|access-date=3 May 2018}} and worked at Birmingham University before joining Warwick in 2007 as Professor of International Security. Croft has published widely in the field of international security and counter-terrorism and is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecu.ac.uk/profiles/professor-stuart-croft/|title=Professor Stuart Croft|date=2018|website=Equality Challenge Unit|access-date=3 May 2018}}