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/Professor in International Development
Academic and teaching staff
- Dr Venera Bekteshi, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
- Dr Michael Bloomfield, Lecturer in International Development/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Professor Louise Brown, Professor of International Social Work and Innovation/Director of Studies (departmental MRes courses)
- Dr Emma Carmel, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Mel Channon, Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Aurelie Charles, Lecturer in Global Political Economy/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Professor Lynn Prince Cooke, Professor of Social Policy/Head of Group
- Professor James Copestake, Professor of International Development
- Jo Davis, Professional Practice Tutor (Social Work), Admissions Tutor
- Dr Séverine Deneulin, Senior Lecturer in International Development/Admissions Tutor
- Dr Matt Dickson, Reader in Public Policy
- Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, Reader in Sociology
- Dr Jeremy Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Social Work/Head of Group
- Dr Luisa Enria, Lecturer in International Development
- Professor Rachel Forrester-Jones, Professor of Social Policy /Director for Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Dr Alinka Gearon, Lecturer in Social Work
- Dr Kate Gooch, Senior Lecturer in Criminology
- Dr Jennifer Golan, Lecturer
- Professor Paul Gregg, Professor of Social Policy
- Dr Jason Hart, Senior Lecturer in International Development
- Caroline Hickman, Teaching Fellow in Social Work/Senior Tutor
- Dr Neil Howard, Prize Fellow
- Dr Rana Jawad, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
- Professor Yvonne Jewkes, Professor of Criminology
- Dr Susan Johnson, Senior Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Ricky Kanabar, Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Katharina Lenner, Prize Fellow
- Dr Roy Maconachie, Reader in International Development/Director of Studies (postgraduate research)
- Dr Peter Manning, Lecturer in Sociology/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Dr Mathilde Maitrot, Lecturer in International Development
- Professor Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy
- Dr Sarah Moore, Lecturer in Sociology/Director of Learning & Teaching
- Dr Piotr Ozieranski, Lecturer in Social Policy/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer in Social Policy
- Dr Rosana Pineiro-Machado, Lecturer in International Development
- Dr Rushil Ranchod, Teaching Fellow in International Development
- Dr Justin Rogers, Lecturer in Social Work/Director of Studies (undergraduate)
- Professor Graham Room, Professor of Social Policy/Director of Research and Impact
- Professor Harry Rutter, Professor of Global Public Health
- 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, Senior Lecturer in International Development/ Director of Studies (MSc International Development)
- Professor Sarah C. White, Professor of International Development and Wellbeing/Centre Director for Development Studies/Head of Group
- Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Senior Lecturer in Sociology /Research Ethics Officer
Research associates/officers
- Dr Fariba Alamgir, Research Associate
- Dr Sara Bailey, Research Associate
- Miss Liz Beaven, Outreach Officer
- Miss Annie Bunce, Research Associate
- Dr Rossella Icardi, Research Associate
- Mrs Michelle James, Research Assistant
- Ms Tara Jessop, Research Assistant
- Dr Natalia Paszkiewicz, Research Associate
- Dr Philip Proudfoot, British Academy Post Doctoral Researcher
- Dr Hannah Rumble, Research Fellow
- Ms Lorna Templeton, Research Officer
- Dr Christine Valentine, Research Associate
Emeritus and honorary staff
- Professor Angus Buchanan, Emeritus Professor (History of Technology Research Unit)
- Professor Ian Butler, Emeritus Professor of Social Work
- Professor Nick Gould, Emeritus Professor of Social Work
- Professor Ian Gough, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy
- Professor Tess Ridge, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy
- Professor Tony Walter, Emeritus Professor of Death Studies
- Professor Geof Wood, Emeritus Professor of International Development
Visiting staff
- Professor Nick Abercrombie, Visiting Professor
- Dr Zulfiqar Ali, Visiting Fellow
- John Birrell, Visiting Research Fellow
- Michael Bone, Visiting Research Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Dr Jean Boulton, Visiting Senior Research Fellow
- Angus Buchanan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Brenda Buchanan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Mateo Garcia Cabello, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
- Dr Young Jun Choi, Visiting Research Fellow
- Christopher Coles, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
- Dr Michael Drinkwater, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
- Dr Lucy Easthope, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Keith Falconer, Visiting Research Fellow
- Dr Chao Fang, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Dr Mateo Garcia Cabello, Visiting Research Fellow
- Claire Gittings, Visiting Research Fellow
- Professor John Hailey, Visiting Professor
- Professor Paul Higgs, Visiting Professor
- Richard Harvey, Visiting Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Ms Shreya Jha, Visiting Fellow
- Professor Malcolm Johnson, Visiting Professor/Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Bryn Jones, Visiting lecturer
- Stephen Jones, Visiting Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Dr Hester Kan, Visiting Fellow
- Ricardo Valezquez Leyer, Visiting Fellow
- Dr Andreia Martins van den Hurk, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Dr Simon Milligan, Visiting Research Fellow
- Peter Morris, Visiting Research Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Dr Cate Newsome, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Dr Max Nino-Zarazua, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Development Studies
- Dr Dan O'Brien, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Giles Richard, Visiting Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Dr Starvos Rodokanakis, Visiting Fellow
- Dr Hannah Rumble, Research Fellow, Centre for Death and Society
- Professor Young Shim, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Morten Siersted, Visiting Research Fellow
- Lorna Templeton, Visiting Research Fellow
- Mr Geoffrey Wallis, Visiting Research Fellow, History of Technology Research Unit
- Dr Jeremy Wildeman, Research Associate International Development
- Dr Jo Wilson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Death and Society