Department of Social & Policy Sciences academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Our responsibilities include:
- teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses
- supervising postgraduate research students
- offering research expertise across the department's portfolio
Head of Department
Professor Joe Devine, Head of Department/Senior Lecturer in International Development
Academic and teaching staff
- Dr Shamel Azmeh, Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Michael Bloomfield, Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Louise Brown, Reader of Social Work/Director of Studies (MRes and Professional Doctorate)
- Dr Emma Carmel, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Aurelie Charles, Lecturer in Global Political Economy/Admissions Tutor/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Dr Eleanor Chowns, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Professor Lynn Prince Cooke, Professor of Social Policy/Head of Group
- Professor James Copestake, Professor of International Development
- Dr Caroline Cresswell, Teaching Fellow in Sociology
- Jo Davis, Professional Practice Tutor, Social Work
- Dr Séverine Deneulin, Senior Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Matt Dickson, Lecturer/Reader in the Institute for Policy Research
- Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, Senior Lecturer in Sociology/Research Ethics Officer
- Dr Jeremy Dixon, Lecturer in Social Work/Head of Group
- Dr Luisa Enria, Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Alinka Gearon, Lecturer in Social Work
- Professor Paul Gregg, Professor of Social Policy/Director for Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Dr Jason Hart, Senior Lecturer in International Development
- Caroline Hickman, Teaching Fellow in Social Work/Senior Tutor
- Dr Rana Jawad, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy/Admissions Tutor / Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Dr Susan Johnson, Senior Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Katharina Lenner, Prize Fellow
- Dr Roy Maconachie, Reader in International Development/Director of Studies (postgraduate research)
- Dr Peter Manning, Lecturer in sociology
- Dr Marcus McCorkell, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Professor Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy
- Professor David Miller, Professor of Sociology
- Dr Sarah Moore, Lecturer in Sociology
- Dr Nelson Oppong, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Dr Piotr Ozieranski, Lecturer / Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Rushil Ranchod, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Dr Justin Rogers, Lecturer in Social Work/Admissions Tutor
- Professor Graham Room, Professor of Social Policy/Director of Research and Impact
- Dr Maurice Said, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Dr Mel Semple, Teaching Fellow in Sociology
- Dr Tina Skinner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- Dr Jordan Tchilingirian, Lecturer in Sociology
- Dr John Troyer, Senior Lecturer in Sociology/Director of Centre for Death & Society
- Dr Oliver Walton, Lecturer in International Development/ Director of Studies (MSc International Development)
- Professor Sarah C. White, Professor of International Development and Wellbeing/Director for Centre for Development Studies/Head of Group
- Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Research associates/officers
- Dr Felix Marco Conteh, Research Associate International Development
- Anna Hagglund, Research Assistant
- Dr Rossella Icardi, Research Associate
- Dr Thanos Maroukis, Research Associate
- Dr Thomas Mills, Research Officer
- Dr Natalia Paszkiewicz, Research Associate
- Dr Bozena Sojka, Research Associate
- Lorna Templeton, Research Officer
- Dr Christine Valentine, Research Associate
- Dr Daniel Wroe, Research Associate
Emeritus and honorary staff
- Professor Nick Gould, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Tess Ridge, Honorary Professor of Social Policy
- Professor Tony Walter, Honorary Professor of Death Studies
- Professor Geof Wood, Emeritus Professor
Visiting staff
- Professor Nick Abercrombie, Visiting Professor
- Dr Zulfiqar Ali, Visiting Research Fellow
- Michael Bone, Visiting Research Fellow, Unit for the History of Technology
- Dr Jean Boulton, Visiting Senior Research Fellow
- Angus Buchanan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Brenda Buchanan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Young Jun Choi, Visiting Research Fellow
- Keith Falconer, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Mateo Garcia Cabello, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Chris Gilleard, Visiting Senior Research Fellow
- Claire Gittings, Visiting Research Fellow
- Professor John Hailey, Visiting Professor
- Professor Paul Higgs, Visiting Professor
- Dr Jie Lei, Visiting Research Fellow
- Professor Malcolm Johnson, Visiting Professor/Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Simon Milligan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Professor Agnes Nairn, Visiting Professor
- Dr Max Nino-Zarazua, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
- Dr Didem Ozkiziltan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Lorna Templeton, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Patricia Walls, Visiting Research Fellow
- Owen Ward, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Jeremy Wildeman, Research Associate International Development