In 1989, he graduated from the ۶Ƶ of Birmingham with a degree in “International Security.
In 2007, he received his PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). He defended his Thesis at the ۶Ƶ of Southampton.
Since 2007, he worked as a professor of international security at the ۶Ƶ of Warwick.
In 2011, he was appointed the Vice Chancellor for Research (Arts and Social Sciences) at the ۶Ƶ of Warwick. At this position, his responsibility was the ۶Ƶ’s research strategy in the arts and social sciences, including the development of research capabilities and collaborations. He also provided academic leadership for the ۶Ƶ’s fundraising and development activities, as well as our European strategy.
In 2013, he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the ۶Ƶ of Warwick; this role involved leading the university’s academic development, including the academic strategy and its implementation, collaborating with vice-chancellors and deans in the development and support of academic departments, and providing line management for department heads.
Since 2016, following a transition from my previous position as Vice Provost, I have served as Vice-Chancellor and President of the ۶Ƶ of Warwick.
As Vice-Chancellor, he works with 5,500 colleagues across the ۶Ƶ of Warwick to ensure excellence in education and research at the university at the local, national, and international levels.
For the past eight years, he has served as director of the ESRC’s New Security Challenges Program, a program worth over 6.5 million pounds that has supported nearly 50 research projects based at various universities and other institutions across the United Kingdom. The latest initiative under this program involves supporting a series of projects investigating radicalization and violence around the world. Prior to joining the New Security Challenges Programme, he worked on an ESRC-funded project on media representations of the war in Iraq, and before that, he collaborated with colleagues on an ESRC-funded project on the future of NATO. He has also received a NATO research grant, as well as grants from the Nuffield Foundation, the Cadbury Trust, and the British Academy.
He has over 80 scientific publications.
Key publications include, among others: *Culture, Change, and America’s War on Terror*, Cambridge ۶Ƶ Press, 2006. He has published articles on arms control in South Asia in the journal *International Relations* (2006) and served as a guest editor for *International Relations* (December 2006) and *Government and Opposition* (2007).
Since 2022, Professor Stuart Croft has been promoting and supporting the development of scientific and academic cooperation between the ۶Ƶ of Warwick and Kh۶Ƶ. Initially, as part of the REWARD grant program: Radio Electronics–Warwick Allied Research and Development (March 2023–December 2023), the Twinning initiative, under which researchers from the ۶Ƶ of Warwick and Kh۶Ƶ conducted scientific research in two cutting-edge joint research projects focused on analysis in the field of IT and computer technologies, and also strengthened the visiting scholar program. This was followed by a joint dual master’s degree program: “Warwick-۶Ƶ MSc by Research in Computer Science” (Dual Degree Master’s Program “Warwick-۶Ƶ MSc by Research in Computer Science”), which enables K۶Ƶ master’s students to earn two master’s degrees while working under the supervision of two academic advisors from both universities.
Currently, faculty members, researchers, and graduate students from ۶Ƶ are participating in the joint UK-UA STEM PRO program: a professional development program for STEM educators and early-career researchers. The UK–UA STEM PRO program aims to strengthen cooperation between the academic communities of Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The initiative is designed to provide participants with up-to-date knowledge, practical tools, and international contacts to advance scientific research, facilitate its commercialization, and establish partnerships with the business sector. Participation in the program will help build lasting ties between universities and the business sector, foster joint projects, and contribute to the development of Ukraine’s innovation-driven economy. The program was launched at the initiative of the Presidential Foundation of Ukraine, in partnership with the ۶Ƶ of Warwick and with the support of the UK–Ukraine Academic Diaspora Network and the UK Foreign Office.
Awarded the diploma of Honorary Professor of Kharkiv National ۶Ƶ of Radio Electronics (Decision of the ۶Ƶ Academic Council, dated February 09, 2026).