Academic staff
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Dr Sara Ababneh
Lecturer in International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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s.ababneh@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 0662


Professor Sundari Anitha
Chair in Sociological StudiesSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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
- Email address
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S.Anitha@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Andrew Baker
Faculty Professorial Fellow in Political EconomySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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a.p.baker@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1691


Professor Ross Bellaby
Professor of International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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r.bellaby@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1661


Dr Matthias Benzer
Lecturer in SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Sociological Theory
Sociological Methodology
Cultural Theory
Quality of Life Debates
Biopolitics
Sociology of Health & Illness
Sociology of Suffering, Dying & Death
Regulation Studies
- Email address
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m.benzer@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6406


Dr Matthew L Bishop
Senior Lecturer in International PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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m.bishop@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 0664


David Bosworth
Director of Social Work EducationSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Disability & mental health
The personalisation agenda
Mental Capacity & Human Rights
Empowering & strengths based theories of intervention
Learning disabilities practice
- Email address
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d.bosworth@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6409


Dr Jo Britton
Senior Lecturer in Applied SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Theories of race & racism
Theories of identity
Muslim minorities
Multiculturalism & citizenship
Critical whiteness & ‘mixed race’ studies
Inter-generational relations
Qualitative methods
- Email address
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n.j.britton@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6431
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Dr Harriet Churchill
Senior LecturerSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Social policy debates, reforms & contexts related to childhood & family relations
Sociology of childhood & family life
Welfare state reform
Promoting social equality for young people
- Email address
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h.churchill@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6440


Dr Tom Clark
Lecturer in Research MethodsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Sociology of evil
Extreme deviance
Cultural criminology
Sociology of (lower league) football
Sociology of football singing
Impact of research on social work practice
- Email address
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t.clark@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6446


Dr Laura Connelly
Senior LecturerSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Sex work
Modern slavery & trafficking
Scholar-activism & social justice
Migration
Alternatives to/the abolition of the police
Feminist methodologies, including participatory research
- Email address
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l.connelly@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- 0114 222 6412


SJ Cooper-Knock
Senior Lecturer in CriminologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Everyday policing and punishment
Being and belonging in the city
The politics of crisis
Concepts of urban justice
- Email address
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S.J.Cooper-Knock@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6798


Dr Catherine Craven
Leverhulme Early Career FellowSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Diaspora politics
Transnational political mobilisation and social movements
Migration governance
Global Politics
International Political Sociology
Global History
Connected Sociologies
- Email address
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c.r.craven@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Rachel Crossdale
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Research Methods
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Aging Population
Late working life
Carers & Unpaid care
- Researchers’ spaces & engagement with their working environment
- Email address
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r.crossdale@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Claire Cunnington
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Inequalities
Intersectionality
Stigma
Childhood sexual abuse
Research ethics
Social constructionism
Qualitative methods including insider research
Trauma informed research
- Email address
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claire.cunnington@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Katherine Davies
Senior LecturerSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Family relationships & politics
Friendship, personal relationships & social change
Sibling relationships
Everyday life
Qualitative methodologies
- Email address
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k.davies@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6479
Dr Stevienna de Saille
Lecturer in SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Science and technology studies
Social robotics/robots for care
Intersectionality
Reprogenetic technologies
Heterodox economics & science policy
Responsible research and innovation
- Email address
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s.desaille@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Alex Dennis
Lecturer in SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Ethnomethodology and conversation(al) analysis
Ethnographic method and methodology
Workplace studies
Social interaction
Theories of social order
- Email address
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a.dennis@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6448
Dr Hannah Ditchfield
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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
- Email address
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hannah.ditchfield@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6419


Professor Kate Dommett
Professor of Digital PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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k.dommett@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1682
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Dr Loren E. Parton
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Gender-based violence
Image-based sexual abuse
Qualitative/Narrative Methods
Narrative Criminology
Consent
Aggression (including violence) during sex (AVS)
Technology-facilitated violence and abuse
- Email address
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l.parton@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Matthew Flinders
Professor of PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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m.flinders@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1680


Professor Liam Foster
Professor of Social PolicySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Ageing, pensions & income in later life
Gender
Work & care
Remembrance & sport
Pensions
Reform and the impact of particular governments
- Email address
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l.foster@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6434
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Dr Jonathan K Gamu
Lecturer in International PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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j.k.gamu@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1668


Dr Ysabel Gerrard
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Young people’s experiences of social media
Digital identities (particularly gender)
Digital research methods and ethics
- Email address
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y.gerrard@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6435


Dr Eva Haifa Giraud
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media & SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Alternative & activist media
Food politics
‘Lifestyle’ ethics
Online dis/misinformation & hate speech
Mediated activism
Science & technology studies
Social & cultural theory
- Email address
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E.H.Giraud@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Edward Hall
Senior Lecturer in Political TheorySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Political Theory
- Email address
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edward.hall@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1709


Dr Matthew Hanchard
Research FellowSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Critical data studies
Digital sociology/Digital geography
Media and communications
Medial sociology
Research methods
Urban studies/Smart cities research
Science and technology studies
- Email address
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m.s.hanchard@sheffield.ac.uk


Jonathan Herbert
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Technology, identity and agency
Technology, young people and families
Digital culture
Asset-narratives of technology in disadvantaged settings
Creative, participatory research methods
- Email address
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jonathan.herbert@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Eva Hilberg
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
The biopolitics of patient activism
Intellectual property & Global Health
Digital technologies & health
The politics of molecular conceptions of life
Foucauldian methods & Critical Theory
- Email address
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e.hilberg@sheffield.ac.uk


Professor Andrew Hindmoor
Professor of PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Political Economy
- Email address
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a.hindmoor@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 0661


Greg Hollin
Wellcome Trust Research FellowSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Science and Technology Studies
Medical Sociology
Sociology of the psy- and neuro-sciences
Concussion and neurodegenerative disease
Autism spectrum conditions
- Email address
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g.hollin@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 468


Dr Daniel Holman
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Public HealthSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Intersectionality
Health inequalities
Healthy ageing
Chronic disease and multimorbidity
MAIHDA (Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy)
Mixed methods
Social class
- Email address
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daniel.holman@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6417
Lynda Hughes
University Teacher in Social WorkSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Professional resilience - surviving & thriving as a social worker
Integrating research & theory with practice experience
Online teaching methods for social work
Adoption & permanence planning
- Email address
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lynda.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6492


Professor Nathan Hughes
Professor of Adolescent Health and JusticeSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Youth/young adult criminal justice policy
Childhood neurodevelopmental impairment
Developmental science & its applications to social sciences
Family-focused policy, practice & research methods
- Email address
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nathan.hughes@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6439
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Dr Lianrui Jia
Lecturer in Digital Media and SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Political economy of media
Platform studies
App studies
Media and financialization
Media industries
Media policy and regulation
- Email address
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l.jia@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6437
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Dr Zeynep Kaya
Lecturer in International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
International Relations
- Email address
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z.kaya@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1669


Professor Helen Kennedy FBA FacSS
Professor of Digital SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
New media theory, practice & creativity
Social media data mining, big data analytics and data visualisation
The myths of new media
Media industries & cultural labour
- Email address
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h.kennedy@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6488
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Dr Xavier L'Hoiry
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social PolicySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Serious & organised crime
Human Trafficking
Illicit enterprise & entrepreneurship
Policing
Surveillance studies
- Email address
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x.lhoiry@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6404


Dr Hannah Lewis
Senior Research FellowSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Migration policies
‘Race’ & multicultural strategies
Immigration; community
Family
Transnational relationships
Work & leisure among migrants
Forced labour
- Email address
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h.j.lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Paul Martin
Professor of SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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
- Email address
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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 MethodsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Social stratification & inequality
Labour markets
Education
Family & gender
Migration
Electoral behaviour
Advanced multivariate methods
- Email address
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a.martinez-perez@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6489


Dr Lucy Mayblin
Senior Lecturer in SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
The politics of asylum and borders; postcolonial historical sociology; policy analysis
Decoloniality
Policy making & power
- Email address
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l.mayblin@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6445
Dr Marieke Evelien Meesters
Postdoctoral Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
environmental humanities
poo, pee and menstrual blood
politics of toxicity, pollution and safety
composting, agroecology
postqualitative and arts-based research methodologies
posthumanist theory
- Email address
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m.meesters@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Helena Mendes Constante
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Inequities in health and healthcare
Using an intersectionality approach to social and health outcomes
Mapping intersectional life course of inclusion/exclusion and wellbeing
- Email address
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H.M.Constante@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Rebecca Murray
Lecturer in Sociological StudiesSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Migration
- Email address
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r.e.murray@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6443
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Professor Sarah Neal
Professor of SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Ethnicity
Race & multiculture
Community
Belonging & place
Rurality & the countryside
Social policymaking
Social inequalities & inclusion
- Email address
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s.neal@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6424


Mr Allan Norman
University Teacher - Social Work/Law SpecialistSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Human Rights and their significance to social work practice
Social Work in Courtroom settings
Law and Ethics
Enquiries and Serious Case Reviews
- Email address
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a.norman@sheffield.ac.uk
Dr Jonna Nyman
Senior Lecturer in International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
International Relations
- Email address
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j.nyman@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1675
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Dr Owen Parker
Senior Lecturer in European PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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o.parker@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1695


Professor Charles Pattie
Professor of PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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c.pattie@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 0669


Dr Warren Pearce
Senior Lecturer in Digital Methods, Science and SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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)
- Email address
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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 WorkSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Interpersonal violence & abuse
Gender-based violence & abuse
Gender, trans & gender diversity
Hidden & marginalised communities
Multiple social exclusion
Qualitative & narrative methods
- Email address
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m.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6461
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Permala Sehmar
Lecturer in Social WorkSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Domestic abuse, family violence, gender-based violence
Children and families social work practice and inequality
Restorative practice
Everyday family life and state intervention
- Email address
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p.sehmar@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 2226432


Dr Matt Sleat
Reader in Political TheorySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Political Theory
- Email address
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m.sleat@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1692


Dr Lisa Stampnitzky
Lecturer in PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
International Relations
- Email address
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l.stampnitzky@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1701


Dr Amy Stevens
Research AssociateSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Surveillance and new technology
Policing of activists and activism
Human rights, technology, and law enforcement
Opposition and resistance to surveillance
Citizen-led policing
- Email address
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amy.stevens@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Julia Swallow
Wellcome Trust Senior Research FellowSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
• Science and Technology Studies
• Medical Sociology
• Biomedicine
• Patienthood
• Professional practice
• Degenerative disease
• Ageing
- Email address
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j.e.swallow@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Joanna Tidy
Senior Lecturer in PoliticsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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joanna.tidy@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1691


Dr Helen Louise Turton
Lecturer in International RelationsSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
- Email address
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h.turton@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1663
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Dr Luke Ulaş
Lecturer in Political TheorySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Political Theory
- Email address
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l.a.ulas@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 1656
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Dr Kelsey Weber-Lawson
Research Associate to Professor Sarah NealSchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Belonging and affect
Central and Eastern Europe
Identity (politics) and representation
Religion in post socialist societies
- Email address
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K.A.Weber-Lawson@sheffield.ac.uk


Dr Kate Weiner
Senior Lecturer in SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Everyday health practices
Mundane health technologies
Lay/professional knowledge
Genetics
Prevention
Qualitative methods
Science & technology studies
Sociology of health & illness
- Email address
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k.weiner@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6491


Dr Ros Williams
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and SocietySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Health & social media
Digital health
Sociology of health & illness
Genetics
Race & ancestry
Science & technology in society/STS
Digital methods
Tissue donation & biobanking
- Email address
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r.g.williams@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6423
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Professor Sue Yeandle
Professor of SociologySchool of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Sustainable care
Ageing
- Email address
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s.yeandle@sheffield.ac.uk
- Telephone
- +44 114 222 6485