Experts
Coronavirus
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Abigail Davis
Research Fellow
Abigail is an expert in living standards in the UK, particularly relating to the Minimum Income Standard.
Expertise: living standards, Minimum Income Standard, budget standards, poverty and social exclusion
Coronavirus, Economics, Society
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Alex Christoyannopoulos
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Alex is an expert in politics and international relations. He frequently comments on current affairs, especially terrorism.
Expertise: Terrorism and political violence, UK, EU and French politics, Religion and politics (especially anarchism), Leo Tolstoy’s political thought
Terrorism, Politics, Coronavirus
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Dr Alex Zarifis
Research Associate
Dr Zarifis has published extensively on trust in e-business. His research has explored the role of trust in various areas of e-business that involve risk including the sharing economy and e-health.
Expertise: e-health, e-business, trust, privacy, online collaboration, leadership, artificial intelligence, insurance
Coronavirus, Technology, Business, Health
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Dr Chris Zebrowski
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Dr Chris Zebrowski’s research investigates how resilience ideas are being operationalized in the context of emergency planning and response.
Expertise: Crisis and emergency governance, resilience, security
Politics, War and security, Society, Terrorism, Crime, Coronavirus
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Dr Gemma Witcomb
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Research activities span from breastfeeding and child feeding difficulties to adult eating disorders and body image disturbances in general and specific populations, in particular transgender.
Expertise: Transgender Health, Hormones, Compulsive Eating, Body Image, Appetite, Obesity
Health, Coronavirus
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Dr Ian Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Ian studies human motivation. He has extertise on fundamental processes that drive behaviour and lead to long-term health. Currently, he is investigating the motivational determinants of healthy decision making and consequences low motivation.
Expertise: Human motivation; processes of behaviour; motivation in educational settings
Science, Society, Health, Coronavirus
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Dr Jonathan S. Seaton
Reader in Business Economics
Jon is an expert in business economics, supermarkets and grocery pricing, as well as general economics. He prefers to be contacted via email.
Expertise: Supermarket, Prices, Grocery, Business Economics
Business, Economics, Coronavirus
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Dr. Martin Sykora
Lecturer in Information Management
Dr Martin Sykora is an expert in Social Media and Sentiment Analysis, and can be interviewed in English, German or Slovak.
Expertise: Social Media Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Big Data.
Technology, Coronavirus
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Matt Padley
Research Fellow
Matt is an expert in UK living standards and poverty and has pioneered research on retirement living standards.
Expertise: Living standards, poverty, Minimum Income Standards, retirement living standards, income and the Living Wage
Coronavirus, Economics, Society
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Professor Amanda Daley
Professor of Behavioural Medicine
Amanda’s work is focused on investigating the effects of lifestyle interventions on health outcomes, particularly around women’s health.
Expertise: Testing lifestyle interventions, public health diet and physical activity interventions, women’s health
Sport, Health, Science, Coronavirus
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Professor Donald Hirsch
Director, Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP)
Donald is Director at the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) poverty, income, welfare.
Expertise: Poverty, Income, Welfare, Minimum Income Standard, National Living Wage, Universal Credit
Coronavirus, Society
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Professor Jim Saker
Professor of Retail Management
Jim has been involved with the automotive industry for 20 years. He is an industry expert with specialist knowledge of retail, strategy and management within the sector.
Expertise: Automotive Industry, Automotive Retail, Automotive Management, Retail, Car Retail
Business, Coronavirus
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Professor Jo Aldridge
Professor of Social Policy and Criminology
Professor Aldrige's areas of special interest and expertise are the experiences and needs of children and young people, including young carers; domestic violence and abuse; research with people with mental health problems and learning difficulties.
Expertise: Children and young people, young carers, domestic violence and abuse, vulnerable or marginalised groups, mental health, learning disabilities, participatory research methods
Society, Health, Disability, Crime, Coronavirus
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Professor Kevin Morgan
Professor of Psychology
Kevin is an expert in sleep and its impact on health.
Expertise: Sleep, Insomnia, Sleep and Health, Sleep and Sports Performance, Sleep Deprivation
Health, Coronavirus
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Professor Marcus Enoch
Professor of Transport Strategy
Professor Enoch's primary research interests are focused on land-based passenger transport systems, public transport, transport policy, travel plans and the future of transport.
Expertise: Transport systems, transport policy, transport futures, public transport
Engineering, Technology, Travel, Politics, Coronavirus
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Professor Sue Hignett
Professor of Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety
Sue's research focuses on patient safety, patient handling, and hospital and ambulance design.
Expertise: Patient Safety, Patient Handling, Hospital Design, Ambulance Design, Health & Safety, Healthcare, Ergonomics
Health, Coronavirus
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Stan Windsor
Doctoral Researcher - Sport Business and Sport for Development
Stan is an expert on national policy and funding implications on the provision of physical education with state schools in the UK.
Expertise: Physical activity, school sport funding, childhood inactivity, sport policy, socio-economic factors of sport, COVID-19 physical activity
Coronavirus, Children, Health, Society, Sport