Stuart Croft (political scientist)

Stuart Croft
Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick
Assumed office
February 2016
Preceded byNigel Thrift
Personal details
Born (1963-03-07) 7 March 1963
EducationUniversity of Southampton (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineInternational security
Counterterrorism
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
University of Birmingham

Stuart Croft FRSA (born 7 March 1963) is a British political scientist and the Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University, a position he has held since 2016. He received a Ph.D. from Southampton University 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.