Research Interests Directory
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The University of Suffolk is very proud to be home to a vibrant and dynamic research community with a wide range of internationally recognised expertise. As evidenced by the excellent outcome from our REF2021 submission, we have successfully made a very real and positive impact on the wider community through engaging policy makers and wider stakeholders and the public in our research. This is essential for achieving our highly impactful research strategy.
Working effectively with the media enables our professoriate and leading academic staff to share their expert knowledge on important issues, get research evidence into political debate, policy decisions and public conversations and highlights the important work our researchers are undertaking here in Suffolk.
Our current research priorities focus on our areas of distinctiveness, as they are reflected in the University of Suffolk Research Interests brochure.
- Social justice and crime
- Health and wellbeing
- Sustainability
- Digital futures
- Education
- Leadership and management
- Heritage and culture
We are committed to sharing our knowledge, resources, and skills with the public, and to listening to and learning from the expertise and insight of the different communities with which we engage.
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| Contact | Research Interests |
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| Professor Emma Bond |
Online risk and vulnerable groups Image-based abuse (sexting and revenge pornography) Online harassment Domestic abuse and sexual abuse |
| Professor Jo Finch |
Child Protection child sexual abuse and domestic violence Social Work Education Practice Learning, Practice Assessment and Fitness to Practice Programme Evaluation Critical social policy Disability PREVENT |
| Professor Miranda Horvath |
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) Vicarious trauma Forensic psychology
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| Professor Sarah Richards |
International adoption policy Methodological and ethical debates on research with children
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| Contact | Research Interests |
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| Dr Paul Andell |
Youth Violent gangs Child exploitation Drugs Alternative economies Youth justice Race and disproportionality Community safety Community development |
| Dr Cristian Dogaru |
Child (human) development Special needs and disabilities Health Social Sciences research methodology Systematic Review methodology |
| Dr Linda Cooper |
Violence Against Women and Girls, including sexual violence and domestic abuse Police officer learning, development and wellbeing Veterans in the criminal justice system Access and participation in the higher education system |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Isabella Calder |
Police and Prison Service |
| Dr Maureen Haaker |
Theoretical explorations focusing on subjectivity, constructions of the body Reproductive politics to methodological Ethical issues of data management of qualitative data |
| Dr Alina Rzepnikowski Phillips |
Race Ethnicity Migration Racism and xenophobia Conviviality and gender |
| Dr Shamser Sinha |
Asylum and refugees including separated and unaccompanied young people Young migrants undocumented migrants Young people’s experiences of education in rural Suffolk Sexual health and young people |
| Dr Reilly Willis |
Human rights Social media US law, other possible areas of law |
| Dr Kwabena Frimpong Manso |
Child protection and child welfare Alternative care Care transitions Care reform and Deinstitutionalisation |
Senior Research Fellows
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Katherine Allen |
Sexual/gender-based violence The evolution of feminist ending violence movements Feminist and social epistemology Philosophy of literature, mind, and the emotions Trauma-informed research and practice The intersection of neurodiversity and trauma Technology-facilitated violence and abuse |
Research Fellows
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Megan Hermolle |
Law, feminism, and crime, centring on rape stereotype acceptance amongst those populations Evidence-based recommendations for policy and practice in police interviewing, jury education, and courts’ use of rape stereotypes Trauma-informed research and practice Neurodiversity and gender-based violence Technology-facilitated abuse Sexual violence and justice |
| Dr Laura Stevens |
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, including sexual violence, domestic abuse, technology-facilitated abuse, violations against children.
Innovative methods of documenting evidence from victim-survivors (e.g., digital innovation)
Trauma-informed training (police and non-police first responders)
Asylum seeking interviewing and decision making
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| Katie Tyrrell |
Wellbeing across the lifespan Youth justice Youth unemployment Revenge pornography Online abuse |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Duncan Weaver |
Global security State governance Marginal actors |
| Dr Scott Huntly |
Political discourse Ideology |
| Dr Xiaorong Gu |
Global childhoods Childhood theories |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Professor Valerie Gladwell |
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour Whole system approach Workplace wellbeing Influence of the environment on wellbeing Physiology |
| Professor Ruth Strudwick |
Interprofessional working Clinical education and practice-based learning Values-based practice Ethnographic research and work-based culture |
| Professor Penny Cavenagh |
Health Management Psychology Wellbeing |
| Professor Paula Kersten |
Rehabilitation Outcome measurement in health and care Models of care Workforce |
| Professor Sarah Corrie |
Cognitive behavioral therapy and coaching Cognitive behavioral couple therapy Case formulation Decision-making in professional practice and supervision in therapy and coaching
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| Contact | Research Interests |
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| Dr Marco Beato |
Sports science Strength and conditioning |
| Dr Cristian Dogaru |
Child (human) development Special needs and disabilities Health Social Sciences research methodology Systematic Review methodology |
| Dr Sam Chenery-Morris |
Midwifery education knowledge, specifically related to student's learning and assessment in clinical practice |
| Dr Andrew Clifton |
Mental Health Gender and Nursing Nursing and Healthcare |
| Dr Noreen Cushen-Brewster |
Cancer Practice development Interprofessional working Clinical education and practice-based learning |
| Dr Gavin Devereux |
Air pollution, physical activity and public health |
| Dr Fandi Ibrahim |
Gut microbiota and probiotics Dietary fibre and bowel function Dietary Factors in Functional bowel disorders, including IBS Holistic and sustainable dietary interventions in Gut Health and Beyond
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| Dr Federica Masieri |
Stem cell biology Regenerative medicine Osteoarthritis In vitro systems Musculoskeletal cell biology Women in STEM Equal representation in science |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Emmanouil Georgiadis |
Health Psychology Exercise Psychology Health Promotion and Health Literacy Psychology Informed Medical Treatment Psychophysiology of Health and Exercise Anxiety Regulation, Heart Rate Variability Applications |
| Dr Nick Tucker |
Infection Bacteriology Cystic Fibrosis microbiology Microbiology Molecular Biology Genomics Pseudomonas |
| Dr Mikael Jamil |
Performance in football Predictive modelling Discrimination in sport Sports economics |
| Dr Abbie Millett |
Cognitive psychology Theory of mind Perspective taking Visual cognition, gaze cuing, phobias Wellbeing in the community |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Edward Holmes |
Ethnomethodology Conversation analysis Membership categorization analysis |
| Dr Rob Southall-Edwards |
Physical activity Health and wellbeing Whole systems approach Exercise recovery and adherence |
| Dr Abigail Webb |
Facial emotion processing
Facial emotion expression in Parkinson's Disease
Creative health
Service evaluations
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| Emily O'Neill |
Neurosensory sciences Improve retinal assessments for children with rare metabolic conditions |
| Dr Ella Malloy |
Sports and exercise science Sport psychology |
| Dr Ruby Farr |
The impact of the environment, social networks, and socioeconomic factors on human behaviour and happiness |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Ella Malloy |
Sports and exercise science Sport psychology |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Professor Darryl Newport |
Alternative energy systems Sustainable construction through alternative material use Natural resource management including resource efficiency |
| Contact |
Research Interests |
| Dr Alison Pooley |
Housing provision policy Almshouses housing Sustainability Urban climate change as it impacts community/resilience Architectural education Resilience and ageing |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Mark Bowler |
Wildlife distributions and behavioural ecology, especially in the Amazon Rainforest |
| Dr Marco Spada |
Interaction of the built environment and culture Architecture Sustainable and inclusive cities Urban redevelopment |
| Dr Nick Tucker |
Bioplastics Biotechnology Fermentation Sustainable Bioprocessing Water quality |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Hannah Steventon |
Environmental data science and digital innovation Water and air quality monitoring systems Smart infrastructure and connected environments Citizen science and participatory monitoring Earth and environmental science
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| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Hei Sung |
Wildlife Ecology Conservation Science Impacts of human activity on endangered species |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Professor Nicholas Caldwell |
Artificial intelligence Cyber Security Data Analytics Human Computer Interaction and Inclusive Design Knowledge Management Process Modelling and Engineering Change Management Scanning Electron Microscopy Software Engineering |
| Professor Stuart Harmer |
Remote Sensing Electromagnetic Scattering Antenna Design Human Vision Information Theory Quantum Mechanics |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Adam Clayden |
Vision science Game development |
| Dr Adnane Ez-zizi |
Educational data mining and AI Cognitively inspired AI Reinforcement learning Statistical methodology Natural language processing Computational modelling of human behaviour |
| Dr Chris Lewington |
Ethics, bias, and the law in computer science Data privacy Social engineering Cybersecurity |
| Dr Felix Ngobigha |
Electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering with applications on weather radars and remote sensing Microwave and antenna theory Wireless systems development High-level digital design Network modelling and simulations |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Salman Ahmed |
Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Natural Language Processing Social Media Analytics AIOps (DevOps applied to AI) |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Kakia Chatsiou |
How data can be used to improve resilience, maximise accountability and trust, reduce inequalities Machine Learning, Deep Learning (multimodal: text, images, video) Natural language processing Digital Transformation |
| Dr Syed Aslam |
Artificial Intelligence Robotics Evolutionary Programming Computer Networks Software development |
| Dr Shahroz Nadeem |
Data science Detection of violence in synthetic imagery Image steganography and deblurring Super resolution |
| Dr Syed Jan |
Energy-efficient data aggregation Wireless sensor networks |
| Dr Muhammad Waqar |
Cyber security Cloud Computing and 5G cloud networks Data communications Cryptography Malware analysis |
| Dr Godwin Dzvapatsva |
Information and Communications Technologies for Development Mobile learning environments Social Networks |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Cristian Dogaru |
Child (human) development Special needs and disabilities Health Social Sciences research methodology Systematic Review methodology |
| Dr Ivana Lessner Listiakova |
Inclusive education Learning support Sensory processing difficulties Sensory strategies Holistic approaches to wellbeing and learning Creative arts therapies and interventions, including art and dramatherapy |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Javiera Atenas |
Academic development Critical data literacy and data ethics Open and Digital education policy for HE |
| Dr Pere Ayling |
Race Post-colonial studies Social class (re)production Elite studies International education |
| Dr Marianna Stella |
Dyslexia Learning difficulties Primary education Inclusive education |
| Dr Pallawi Sinha |
Childhood and youth studies Sociology and politics of childhood Arts-based, participatory, and socially engaged methods International and comparative education Educational histories and philosophies Ethics and politics of education and research |
| Kelly-Marie Taylor |
Childhood studies Children’s rights Moral panics and digital technologies Digital landscapes of contemporary childhood
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| Contact | Research Interests |
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| Dr Diane Keeble-Ramsay |
Individual/institutional behaviour and policy-making Work identity: individual/organisational Leadership |
| Dr Will Thomas |
Leadership Work identity: individual/organisational Individual/institutional behaviour and policy-making |
| Dr Tom Vine |
Cross-cultural business
Organizational complexity
Paradox and metatheory
Neoliberalism and ideological entrenchment Bureaucracy and post-bureaucracy Organizational change (particularly in terms of projectification and the rise of co-working in the New Economy) Émile Durkheim and collective effervescence Ethnography, autoethnography and retrospective autoethnography Discourse analysis, storytelling, polemic and narrative-based methodologies Innovative pedagogies, particularly those related to neurodiversity |
| Dr Fran Hyde |
Consumer behaviour Non-profit Organisation marketing |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Efe Imiren |
Entrepreneurship Digitalisation |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Laura Reeves |
Leadership Work identity: individual/Organisational HRM/employee relations |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Muhammed Mahmoud |
Accounting and finance Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting Company analysis and valuation |
| Dr Rasem Qudaih |
Digital Business Big Data Artificial Intelligence Blockchain |
| Dr Obinna Ejiogu |
Human Resources Management |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Professor Brian McCook |
Central and East European history and politics (e.g., Germany, Poland, Russia, Ukraine) American history and politics (including elections, migration, refugees, citizenship (and comparative government policy towards such)) World War II history |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Mark Edwards |
Contemporary landscape photography and 18th century British landscape painting, specialising in Gainsborough and Constable |
| Dr Amanda Hodgkinson |
Creative Writing and the novel
Historical fiction, short stories, memoir and life writing with a focus on the representation of family relationships
Narrative identity and the importance of place
The role of memory in writing fiction, life writing and poetry
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| Dr Harvey Osborne |
History and Heritage Rural, agricultural, and environmental history since 1750 Crime and protest, field-sports, fish, and fisheries Oral history and the impact of the Great War |
| Dr Michael Sauter |
Euclidean geometry in European thought and culture between 1350 and 1850 Religion, cartography, and madness in Renaissance culture European libraries in colonial Latin America and the global spatial imagination Intellectual history, the history of science, race and gender, the history of visual culture, digital humanities |
| Dr Nicola Foster |
How cultural value is constructed through visual works, curatorial practices and art institutions Visual arts and creative practice-based research |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Susan Barnet |
Overlooked and obsolete aspects of daily life from collected reflections on individual experience |
| Noel Bowler |
The idea of 'the institution' (In a global sense) and the effects of change and circumstance on these institutions |
| Dr Keith Ruiter |
Viking-Age and medieval history and culture Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to law, legalism, self-regulation, normativity, transgression, and punishment Personhood and identity in the past Public and digital history, digital humanities, games, and gamification |
| Dr Jane Watt |
The negotiation and involvement of people and place by artists |
| Dr Lindsey Scott |
Adaptation studies Children’s literature Gothic horror, particularly in children’s/young-adult popular culture |
| Dr Darragh Martin |
Climate change and literature, the novel, children’s literature, modern drama, Shakespeare and adaptation, the teenager in literature, and arts and activism |
| Contact | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Dr Jenny Amos |
Accent and dialect analysis and documentation Focus on varieties of the South |
| Dr Louise Carter |
Early modern period through to the present |
| Dr John Greenacre |
The development of warfare during the twentieth century Warfare The landscape and environment Conflict British fishing industry |
| Dr Andrea Smith |
Early Modern Literature Theatre Shakespeare Radio dramatisation |
| Dr Matthew Bowman |
Art History North American and European Art of 20th and 21st century Continental and Analytic Philosophy Methodologies of art-historical writing |
| Dr Vassiliki Tzomaka |
Printing processes Illustration techniques Nonfiction picture books Environmental awareness, conservation and the celebration of cultural diversity |
| Dr Helena Bacon |
Gothic and horror film and fiction and their socio-political work and contexts Western film genre Representation in contemporary television, film, and literature Animation film studies |