People
Our people are the most important thing about our subject area. It takes a team of academics, professional services colleagues and PhD students working together to deliver our teaching, carry out our research and keep the department running. Together, they form a supportive community covering a range of professional expertise. You can search by name or role here, or browse below.
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Sudeepa Abeysinghe
Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy
Professor Emeritus Michael Adler
Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies
- Governance of welfare states
Dr Emily Adrion
Senior Lecturer, Global Health Policy
- Global health policy
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
Dr İdil Akıncı-Pérez
Lecturer in Race and Social Policy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Kinship, bodies and relatedness
- Middle East Research Group
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action
- Race and decolonial thought
Hessa Khalifa Al Khalifa
PhD
- Cities
- Cultural Heritage
- Governance of welfare states
- Identities & Inequalities
- Middle East Research Group
Megan Arthur
PhD student
- Global health policy
Cristina Asenjo Palma
PhD student
Majdi Ashour
PhD title: Beyond Resilience in the Times of Despair: Changes in Out of Pocket Payments in the Gaza Strip.
Marzia Ballardin
Subject Academic Support Officer
Fabio Battaglia
PhD title: To GDP or not to GDP? Identifying the factors promoting and inhibiting the use and impact of well-being metrics in Scotland and Italy
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Health & Well-being
- Science, knowledge and policy
Dr Hayley Bennett
Lecturer in Social Policy
- British politics research
- Governance of welfare states
- Methods
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Richard Brodie
Teaching and Student Development Fellow
Dr Orian Brook
Chancellor's Fellow
- Cities
- Culture
- Data & Digital
- Digital sociology
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Work & Economy
Eleanor Brooks
Lecturer in Health Policy
Morag Allan Campbell
Editorial Assistant, Journal of Social Policy
Tatiana Cary
PhD Student
- Gender Politics Research Group
- Governance & Democracy
Frank Castles
Emeritus Professor of Social and Public Policy
Mr Ran Chen
PhD Student
Jochen Clasen
Professor of Comparative Social Policy
Daniel Clegg
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- Governance of welfare states
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Professor Bronwen Cohen
Honorary Professor
Jeff Collin
Professor of Global Health Policy
Dr Emma Davidson
Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research Methods
- Childhood & Youth
- Children, families and relationships
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
Dr Cleo Davies
Research & Teaching
- British politics research
- European Union Studies
- Science, knowledge and policy
Dr Niccolo Durazzi
Lecturer in Political Economy of Social Policy
- Governance of welfare states
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Jan Eichhorn
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- Elections, public opinion and parties
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- Work & Economy
Bianca Luna Fabris
PhD candidate
- European Union Studies
- Governance of welfare states
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Richard Freeman
Professor of Social Science and Public Policy
Sotiria Grek
Professor of European and Global Education Governance
Daniel Heap
PhD title: Institutionalising activation for sickness and disability benefit claimants in the active UK and Danish welfare states
Dr Elke Heins
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- British politics research
- European Union Studies
- Governance of welfare states
- Health & Well-being
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Mark Hellowell
Senior Lecturer
Claire Houghton
Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research
Nikos Kanellopoulos
PhD Student
Dan Kenealy
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
- British politics research
- Culture
- Governance & Democracy
Dr Markus Ketola
Senior Lecturer in Global and International Social Policy
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- International development
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Miss Irene Ktori
PhD Student
- Children, families and relationships
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
Alan Marshall
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods.
Clara Mascaró
PhD student
- Governance of welfare states
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
- Work & Economy
Saqif Mustafa
Doctoral Researcher (Public Health and Health Systems)
- Global health policy
Ingela Naumann
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Larissa Nenning
PhD title: Part-Time Work and Welfare States
Paul Norris
Dean of Quality Assurance and Curriculum Validation, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Dr Helen Packwood
Lecturer in Social Research Methods
- Childhood & Youth
- Children, families and relationships
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Migration and experiences of displacement
Richard Parry
Honorary Fellow
Lindsay Paterson
Professor Emeritus of Education Policy
Dr Kaveri Qureshi
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rob Ralston
Research Fellow
Dr Philip Rathgeb
Lecturer in Social Policy
Alex Robertson
Honorary Fellow