Research expertise
Topics and areas of research interest have been grouped with relevant sociology, social policy and criminology academics below. Members of staff are happy to hear from prospective PhD students as well as fellow researchers, and to take media enquiries relating to their respective fields of expertise.
Activism, protests, and resistance
- Dr Matthew Kearney
- Professor Shadd Maruna
- Professor Gabe Mythen
- Dr Laura Naegler
- Dr Anna Shadrina
- Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage
Ageing and the life course
Alcohol, drugs, and the night time economy
Critical military studies
Class
- Dr Charlotte Branchu
- Dr Matthew Kearney
- Professor Fiona Measham
- Dr Kirsty Morrin
- Dr Anna Shadrina
- Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage
Community engagement
Corporate and state harms
Courts and sentencing
- Professor Barry Godfrey
- Dr Lynn Hancock
- Dr Alice Ievins
- Dr Carly Lightowlers
- Professor Fiona Measham
- Dr Ellen Reeves
- Professor Sandra Walklate
- Dr Shuai (Eddie) Wei
Cultural and creative industries
Cultural criminology
Death studies
Digital culture and society
- Dr Phillip Brooker
- Dr Antionette Huber
- Dr Andrew Kirton
- Dr Carly Lightowlers
- Professor Michael Mair
- Dr Laura Naegler
- Dr Gina Potarca
- Dr Katherine Roscoe
Education
Family sociology
Gender-based violence
- Dr Gemma Ahearne
- Professor Barry Godfrey
- Dr Antionette Huber
- Dr Alice Ievins
- Dr Ellen Reeves
- Professor Sandra Walklate
- Dr Shuai (Eddie) Wei
Green criminology
Hate crime
Historical criminology
Immigration and asylum
Police
- Dr David Baker
- Dr Antoinette Huber
- Professor Fiona Measham
- Dr Ellen Reeves
- Dr Liz Turner
- Professor Sandra Walklate
Politics and Government
Prisons and punishment
- Professor Barry Godfrey
- Dr Alice Ievins
- Professor Shadd Maruna
- Professor Fiona Measham
- Dr Katherine Roscoe
Race, ethnicity, and post-colonialism
- Dr Elham Amini
- Dr Diane Frost
- Dr Joseph Greener
- Dr Laura Gutiérrez
- Dr Leon Moosavi
- Professor Susan Pickard
- Dr Katherine Roscoe
- Dr Anna Shadrina
- Dr William Shankley
Researching extremism
- Dr Antoinette Huber
- Dr Leon Moosavi
- Professor Gabe Mythen
- Dr Laura Naegler
- Dr Brittany Ralph
- Professor Sandra Walklate
Science and technology studies
Social policy
- Dr Peter Campbell
- Dr Lynn Hancock
- Dr Louise Hardwick
- Dr Terence Heng
- Dr Alice Ievins
- Dr Carly Lightowlers
- Professor Michael Mair
- Dr Kirsty Morrin
- Dr Gina Potarca
- Dr Ellen Reeves
- Dr Anna Shadrina
- Dr Daniela Tepe-Belfrage
- Dr Nicole Vitellone
Sociology of sporting cultures and physical activity
Social theory
- Dr Elham Amini
- Dr Charlotte Branchu
- Dr Phillip Brooker
- Dr Chao Fang
- Dr Paul Jones
- Dr Matthew Kearney
- Professor Michael Mair
- Dr Leon Moosavi
- Dr Kirsty Morrin
- Professor Gabe Mythen
- Professor Susan Pickard
- Dr Nicole Vitellone
Sociology of architecture
Sociology of health and illness
- Dr Elham Amini
- Dr Chao Fang
- Dr Matthew Kearney
- Professor Susan Pickard
- Dr Gina Potarca
- Dr Nicole Vitellone
Sociology of gender
- Dr Elham Amini
- Dr Charlotte Branchu
- Dr Matthew Kearney
- Professor Fiona Measham
- Professor Susan Pickard
- Dr Brittany Ralph
- Dr Anna Shadrina
- Dr Nicole Vitellone