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 in 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
- Governance of welfare states
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Identities & Inequalities
- Middle East Research Group
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action
- Race and decolonial thought
Hessa Khalifa Al Khalifa
PhD student, Social Policy
- Cities
- Cultural Heritage
- Governance of welfare states
- Identities & Inequalities
- Middle East Research Group
Julze Alejandre
Research Fellow in Public Engagement
- Global health policy
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
- Science, knowledge and policy
Megan Arthur
PhD student, Social Policy
- Global health policy
Cristina Asenjo Palma
PhD student, Social Policy
Marzia Ballardin
Subject Academic Support Officer
Gulce Baskaya
PhD Student
- British politics research
- Governance & Democracy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Kinship, bodies and relatedness
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Nationalism and political action
Dr Hayley Bennett
Lecturer in Social Policy
- British politics research
- Cities
- Data & Digital
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Science, knowledge and policy
- Territorial Politics Research Group
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Helen Berry
PhD Student
- Childhood & Youth
- Children, families and relationships
- Health & Well-being
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Science, knowledge and policy
Dr Dhaneswar Bhoi
Recently conferred with the title of 'Honorary Fellow' by UoE and has successfully completed his Post-Doctorate in Sociology at the Centre for South Asian Studies, School of Social and Political Science, UoE, UK
- Culture
- Global health policy
- Governance of welfare states
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Race and decolonial thought
- South Asian studies
- Work & Economy
Richard Brodie
Lecturer in Social Policy
Dr Orian Brook
Chancellor's Fellow
- Culture
- Data & Digital
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
- Work & Economy
Dr Eleanor Brooks
Senior Lecturer in European Health Policy
- European Union Studies
- Global health policy
- Governance & Democracy
Maddi Bunker
PhD student, Social Policy
- Childhood & Youth
- Children and families
- Children, families and relationships
- Health & Well-being
- Identities & Inequalities
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
Emily Cameron-Blake
PhD student, Social Policy
Professor Emeritus Frank Castles
Emeritus Professor of Social and Public Policy
Ran Chen
PhD student, Social Policy
Jochen Clasen
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Social Policy
Daniel Clegg
Professor of Comparative Social Policy, Head of 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
Xiangruo Dai
PhD Student
- Identities & Inequalities
Dr Emma Davidson
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research Methods
- Childhood & Youth
- Children, families and relationships
- Identities & Inequalities
- Methods
Dr Niccolo Durazzi
Honorary Fellow
- 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 student, Social Policy
- European Union Studies
- Governance of welfare states
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Richard Freeman
Professor of Social Science and Public Policy
Hannah Glover
PhD Student
- Childhood & Youth
- Health & Well-being
- Identities & Inequalities
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
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
Dr. Mark Hellowell
Senior Lecturer
- Global health policy
- Governance & Democracy
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- International development
Dr Sarah Hill
Honorary Fellow
Claire Houghton
Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research
Nikos Kanellopoulos
PhD student, Social Policy
Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush
Lecturer Global Health Policy
- Childhood & Youth
- Children and families
- Children, families and relationships
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Identities & Inequalities
- Kinship, bodies and relatedness
- Methods
- Migration and experiences of displacement
- Public anthropology
- Religion and public action
- Religion and social movements
- Science, technology and innovation
Dr Daniel Kenealy
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
- British politics research
- Cities
- Culture
- Governance & Democracy
Dr Markus Ketola
Senior Lecturer in Global and International Social Policy
- Energy & Sustainability
- Energy, environment and sustainability
- Environment and energy
- Governance & Democracy
- Governance of welfare states
- International development
- Science, knowledge and policy
Kristina Kim
Research Fellow
- Global health policy
- Health & Well-being
- Historical approaches to science, technology and medicine
- Race and decolonial thought
- Science, knowledge and policy
Irene Ktori
PhD student, Social Policy
- Children and families
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Governance of welfare states
- Methods
- Work & Economy
Zain Kurdi
PhD Student
- Childhood & Youth
- Children and families
- Children, families and relationships
- Data & Digital
- Health & Well-being
- Identities & Inequalities
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
Dr Kathrin Lauber
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
- Global health policy
- Governance & Democracy
- Health & Well-being
- Science, knowledge and policy
Dr Lukas Lehner
Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy
- Data & Digital
- Governance of welfare states
- Methods
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy
Dr Nason Maani
Lecturer
- Global health policy
- Science, knowledge and policy
Dr Amitai Marmor
Honorary fellow
- Childhood & Youth
- Children and families
- Culture
- Social work profession and social work education
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
Alan Marshall
Professor of Social Research on Inequality
- Health & Well-being
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Methods
Clara Mascaró
PhD student, Social Policy
- Governance of welfare states
- Health inequalities, disability and older people
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Methods
- Work & Economy
Saqif Mustafa
PhD student & global health consultant
- Global health policy
Professor Ingela Naumann
Honorary Professorial Fellow
- Children and families
- Gender, Feminism and Sexuality
- Governance of welfare states
- Religion and social movements
- Welfare, policy and Covid-19
- Work & Economy