Dr Lars Cornelissen joined the ISRF in October 2018. As Academic Coordinator, Lars is responsible for assisting the Director of Research in academic matters, liaising with ISRF Fellows about their research, and assisting in the academic management of competitions. One of his key tasks is to encourage and facilitate the wide dissemination of research funded by the ISRF.

Lars is also a Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lars is the author of Neoliberalism and Race (Stanford University Press). Other recent publications include A Neutral Toolkit? For a Fundamental Critique of Constructive Alignment (with Lucy Newby, in Teaching in Higher Education, 2025), Post-War Ordoliberalism, Race and the Politics of Development (in Thomas Biebricher et al. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Ordoliberalism, Oxford University Press, 2022) and Neoliberal Imperialism (in Politics, 2023).