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Areas of supervision

Staff name PhD/MPhil supervision topics
Alison Mohr

Science and technology studies (STS), including developing critical approaches to the study of public engagement around science and technology; science-policy-society relationships; innovative methodologies for embedding STS in innovation systems; social dimensions of sustainable energy practices and policies; governance of environmental and energy technologies

Alison Pilnick Sociology of health and illness, including but not limited to obesity, genetics, testing and screening; intellectual disability; veterinary interactions; professional/client interaction within and outside healthcare; conversation analysis
Amal KabeshTreacher Post-colonial subjectivity; ethnicity; the Middle-East
Andrew Yip

Contemporary religious/spiritual identities; contemporary sexual identities; politics of sexuality, gender, and religion/spirituality; Islam and Muslim communities in the West; human rights and sexuality; youth culture; intimate relationships; ageing within national and transnational context

Brigitte Nerlich Sociology of science; cultural sociology; science and technology studies; history and philosophy of science; sociology etc. Anything to do with language; discourse; media; metaphor
Bruce Stafford Social security in general, but welfare to work, the delivery of welfare services / benefits and disability issues in particular; implementation studies; and policy evaluation, as a subject of study in its own right
Christian Karner Ethnicity; national identities; nationalism; the sociology of religion and culture (and, to a slightly lesser extent, social theory)
David Parker Ethnicity and identity, particularly overseas Chinese and mixed race identities; urban life; social theory
Davide Pero Migration; multiculturalism; class; ethnicity; identity; social movements/collective action; the practice of citizenship; transnationalism
Elisabetta Zontini

Transnational families; gender and migration; ageing and ethnicity; multiculturalism; care and reciprocity; social capital; ethnographic methods; Southern Europe

Esther Bott Migration (especially new, atypical typologies); tourism (and tourism-migration); migrant labour; identity; mobilities; gender
Hugh Middleton I am interested in the ways in which professional interests and practices, structural aspects of healthcare, in particular the NHS, commercial interests, and politics all shape and frame lay understandings of mental health difficulties, and thus influence treatment expectations and outcome
Ian Shaw I can supervise any area of HSR, particularly primary care and mental health. Any evaluation work from policy initiation to programme delivery.
John Holmwood

the relation between sociological theory and explanation, in particular,  the challenge of global social inquiry and the role of pragmatism in the construction of public sociology; and social stratification and inequality, in particular on problems of class analysis and the moral economy of inequality, including the role of higher education

Julia O’Connell Davidson Migrant labour; ‘trafficking’; forced labour and ‘modern slavery’ (in any sector); prostitution and other forms of sex commerce; human rights, child rights, childhood; sexuality and gender and race
Justine Schneider Mental health services; social care for adults; carers; employment and disability; dementia care; Sure Start; social capital and health
Kate Morris

Prevention and social exclusion; whole family approaches in social care; integrated working; partnership and participation; families with multiple and complex needs

Lina Song General topics include: international social policy; labour market and poverty alleviation; gender and development; demographic change and the related socio-economic consequences. Particularly, I am interested in the topics including socio-political stability and wellbeing; family policy, marriage market and fertility decisions; migration and health care; trust in transitional economy and social capital
Liora Sion Gender and masculinity; race, ethnicity and interracial relations; nationalism and the relationship between the state and military violence; post-conflict operations; qualitative research methods
Marilyn James Research interests: Health Economics including: economics of screening (diabetic retinopathy); applied economic evaluation; outcome measures in health economics (esp. EQ5D); health policy
Mark Lymbery Social care/ social work for adults/ older people; personal social services – policy, management, professionalism,  autonomy & discretion, etc; inter professional/ inter-agency working
Nick Manning Sociology of health and health policy (including mental health); social change in Central and Eastern Europe (including Russia); general social problems; general social policy (including international social policy)
Nick Stevenson Social, political and cultural theory. I am particularly interested in the study of questions of cultural identity in relation to issues of citizenship, media and education.
Paul Martin Science and technology studies (ethical, legal and social issues, innovation, knowledge, policy etc); medical sociology
Pauline Yas organisational practices; individual agency within institutions; strategic management and leadership; voluntary sector organisations and democratic governance; research methods
Rachel Fyson My main area of research relates to people with learning disabilities. Within this field I have particular interests in: policy implementation and service provision outcomes; abuse and adult safeguarding; service user involvement. I am also interested in adult social care and disability issues more broadly, including the personalisation agenda
Saul Becker Informal care;  children who are carers (‘young carers’); children and childhood; social care; general social problems
Siobhan Laird Qualitative or mixed methods in cross-cultural or cross-national issues in welfare policy or health and social care practice.   Aspects of the law in relation to cultural diversity, child protection or social care.   Therapeutic interventions with individuals, groups or families.
Srila Roy

Gender and feminist theory; cultural memory and trauma studies; postcolonial studies; violence and conflict; social movements and civil society; development and NGOs; South Asia

Stephen Cope Public policy/policy analysis; public management; policy evaluation; regulation of public services; globalisation and governance; European Union policy-making; Police governance/reform 
Stephen Joseph Post-traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth; counselling and psychotherapy; person-centred psychology; positive psychology; well-being; happiness; social psychology of Religiosity
Sujatha Raman

Science, politics, publics and policymaking; Energy, technology, sustainability and society; Narratives of Ecological health with reference to antibiotic resistanc

Tony Fitzpatrick British politics and social policy; political, social and moral philosophy; environmentalism and green politics; Basic Income debates; New Labour;social democracy welfare change and reform proposals
Tracey Warren I am interested in supervising on: work, employment and society; social inequalities of gender; class and ethnicity. My main research interests lie in: work and time; work-life balance; work and leisure; inequalities of income, wealth and economic well-being; secondary analysis of large scale data-sets; and the comparative analysis of European societies.

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