Academic staff
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Professor Sundari Anitha
Chair in Sociological StudiesDepartment of Sociological Studies
Violence against women & girls at the intersection of gender, race, border & migration
Gender-based violence
Intersection of gender, race & ethnicity in employment relations
Domestic violence
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S.Anitha@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Matthias Benzer
Lecturer in SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Sociological Theory
Sociological Methodology
Cultural Theory
Quality of Life Debates
Biopolitics
Sociology of Health & Illness
Sociology of Suffering, Dying & Death
Regulation Studies
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m.benzer@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6406
David Bosworth
Director of Social Work EducationDepartment of Sociological Studies
Disability & mental health
The personalisation agenda
Mental Capacity & Human Rights
Empowering & strengths based theories of intervention
Learning disabilities practice
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d.bosworth@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6409
Dr Jo Britton
Senior Lecturer in Applied SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Theories of race & racism
Theories of identity
Muslim minorities
Multiculturalism & citizenship
Critical whiteness & ‘mixed race’ studies
Inter-generational relations
Qualitative methods
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n.j.britton@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6431
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Dr Harriet Churchill
Senior Lecturer (Social Policy/Social Work)Department of Sociological Studies
Social policy debates, reforms & contexts related to childhood & family relations
Sociology of childhood & family life
Welfare state reform
Promoting social equality for young people
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h.churchill@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6440
Dr Tom Clark
Lecturer in Research MethodsDepartment of Sociological Studies
Sociology of evil
Extreme deviance
Cultural criminology
Sociology of (lower league) football
Sociology of football singing
Impact of research on social work practice
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t.clark@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6446
Dr Laura Connelly
Lecturer in CriminologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Sex work
Modern slavery & trafficking
Scholar-activism & social justice
Migration
Alternatives to/the abolition of the police
Feminist methodologies, including participatory research
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l.connelly@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- 0114 222 6412
Dr Catherine Craven
Leverhulme Early Career FellowDepartment of Sociological Studies
Diaspora politics
Transnational political mobilisation and social movements
Migration governance
Global Politics
International Political Sociology
Global History
Connected Sociologies
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c.r.craven@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Stevienna de Saille
Lecturer in SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Science and technology studies
Social robotics/robots for care
Intersectionality
Reprogenetic technologies
Heterodox economics & science policy
Responsible research and innovation
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s.desaille@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Hannah Ditchfield
Research AssociateDepartment of Sociological Studies
Digital identity (and the presentation of self)
Online interaction
Social media/platform affordances
Everyday perceptions of digital media
Digital methods and ethics
Qualitative research methods
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hannah.ditchfield@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6419
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Dr Loren E. Parton
Research AssociateDepartment of Sociological Studies
Gender-based violence
Image-based sexual abuse
Qualitative/Narrative Methods
Narrative Criminology
Consent
Aggression (including violence) during sex (AVS)
Technology-facilitated violence and abuse
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l.parton@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Eva Haifa Giraud
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media & SocietyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Alternative & activist media
Food politics
‘Lifestyle’ ethics
Online dis/misinformation & hate speech
Mediated activism
Science & technology studies
Social & cultural theory
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E.H.Giraud@sheffield.ac.uk
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Jonathan Herbert
Research AssociateDepartment of Sociological Studies
Technology, identity and agency
Technology, young people and families
Digital culture
Asset-narratives of technology in disadvantaged settings
Creative, participatory research methods
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jonathan.herbert@sheffield.ac.uk
Greg Hollin
Wellcome Trust Research FellowDepartment of Sociological Studies
Science and Technology Studies
Medical Sociology
Sociology of the psy- and neuro-sciences
Concussion and neurodegenerative disease
Autism spectrum conditions
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g.hollin@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 468
Dr Daniel Holman
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Public HealthDepartment of Sociological Studies
Intersectionality
Health inequalities
Healthy ageing
Chronic disease and multimorbidity
MAIHDA (Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy)
Mixed methods
Social class
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daniel.holman@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6417
Lynda Hughes
СŷÊÓƵ Teacher in Social WorkDepartment of Sociological Studies
Professional resilience - surviving & thriving as a social worker
Integrating research & theory with practice experience
Online teaching methods for social work
Adoption & permanence planning
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lynda.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6492
Professor Nathan Hughes
Professor of Adolescent Health and JusticeDepartment of Sociological Studies
Youth/young adult criminal justice policy
Childhood neurodevelopmental impairment
Developmental science & its applications to social sciences
Family-focused policy, practice & research methods
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nathan.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6439
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Professor Helen Kennedy FBA FacSS
Professor of Digital SocietyDepartment of Sociological Studies
New media theory, practice & creativity
Social media data mining, big data analytics and data visualisation
The myths of new media
Media industries & cultural labour
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h.kennedy@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6488
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Professor Paul Martin
Professor of SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
The development of epigenetics & the role of science in policy
Novel biosocial concepts & methods in the social sciences
What it means to be human in the 21st Century
Responsible research
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paul.martin@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6414
Dr Alvaro Martinez-Perez
Lecturer in International and Comparative Social Research MethodsDepartment of Sociological Studies
Social stratification & inequality
Labour markets
Education
Family & gender
Migration
Electoral behaviour
Advanced multivariate methods
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a.martinez-perez@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6489
Dr Marieke Evelien Meesters
Postdoctoral Research AssociateDepartment of Sociological Studies
environmental humanities
poo, pee and menstrual blood
politics of toxicity, pollution and safety
composting, agroecology
postqualitative and arts-based research methodologies
posthumanist theory
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m.meesters@sheffield.ac.uk
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r.e.murray@sheffield.ac.uk
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- +44 114 222 6443
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Dr Warren Pearce
Senior Lecturer in Digital Methods, Science and SocietyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Digital methodologies
Expertise on digital platforms
Social life of climate change
Environmental imagery
Computer vision
Governance of climate knowledge
Science communication
Science and technology studies (STS)
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warren.pearce@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6454
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Dr Michaela Rogers
Senior Lecturer in Social WorkDepartment of Sociological Studies
Interpersonal violence & abuse
Gender-based violence & abuse
Gender, trans & gender diversity
Hidden & marginalised communities
Multiple social exclusion
Qualitative & narrative methods
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m.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6461
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Permala Sehmar
Lecturer in Social WorkDepartment of Sociological Studies
Domestic abuse, family violence, gender-based violence
Children and families social work practice and inequality
Restorative practice
Everyday family life and state intervention
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p.sehmar@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 2226432
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Professor Alan Walker
Professor of Social Policy and Social GerontologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Ageing
Intellectual disability and ageing
Social empowerment in theory and practice
Political economy of social policy
Comparative social policy in Europe, China and East Asia
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a.c.walker@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6466
Dr Kate Weiner
Senior Lecturer in SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Everyday health practices
Mundane health technologies
Lay/professional knowledge
Genetics
Prevention
Qualitative methods
Science & technology studies
Sociology of health & illness
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k.weiner@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6491
Dr Ros Williams
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and SocietyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Health & social media
Digital health
Sociology of health & illness
Genetics
Race & ancestry
Science & technology in society/STS
Digital methods
Tissue donation & biobanking
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r.g.williams@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6423
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Professor Sue Yeandle
Professor of SociologyDepartment of Sociological Studies
Sustainable care
Ageing
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s.yeandle@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6485