Research Interests Directory
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The ºÚÁϹÙÍø 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 ºÚÁϹÙÍø 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Gender studies Intersectionality Qualitative methodologies Discourse analysis Bernstein's pedagogical device and educational theories |
| 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 |
| Dr Georgina Marsh |
Respiratory Drug Delivery
Transdermal therapeutics
3D-Printed Biomedical Interfaces
Antimicrobial resistance
Healthcare Systems Evaluation
Pharmacy curriculum design
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| Dr Chris Nightingale |
Learning and Intellectual Disability.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Health Inequalities.
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Dr Hei Sung |
Wildlife Ecology Conservation Science Impacts of human activity on endangered species |