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Society
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Julius Ayodeji
School of Art and Design
Subject(s): Internet/Online, Literature, Society, Technology
Area(s) of expertise: Blogging (and communities and practice associated with it); Narrative; Story structure
Graham Black
School of Arts and Humanities
Subject(s): History, Society
Area(s) of expertise: Museums; Robin Hood
Dr Graham Bowpitt
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Society, Religion
Area(s) of expertise: Churches and social issues; Homelessness, homeless people and rough sleepers
Viv Brunsden
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Psychology, Emergency Services, Health and Wellbeing, Society, Crime
Area(s) of expertise: Psychology of the emergency services (esp the fire and rescue service); Violence against emergency service workers; Posttraumatic reactions; Humanitarian assistance; Psychology of disaster; Community safety
Dr Rose Gann
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Politics , Society
Area(s) of expertise: Political ideas and ideologies; Theories of race, the racial state and nation state building; Feminist thought; Modern and postmodern political thought; Women and politics; Women in politics
Dr Dean Hardman
School of Arts and Humanities
Subject(s): Internet/Online, Language, Society, Sport
Area(s) of expertise: Community and identity online and in social networking; New media language; Track and field athletics
Matt Hawthorn
School of Art and Design
Subject(s): Art, Society, Theatre
Area(s) of expertise: Art and ecology; Performance and live art; Public interaction (new forms of)
Dr Nick Hayes
School of Arts and Humanities
Subject(s): Health and Wellbeing, History, Media, Property, Society
Area(s) of expertise: Health and hospitals; Local and regional history; Media history; Twentieth Century British urban, social and political history; War and reconstruction; Media history; Housing and the building industry; Class and status
Dr David Hindley
School of Education
Subject(s): Sport , Society
Area(s) of expertise: Social impact of sport; Sport and social inclusion; Sport policy; Sports governance; Stakeholder involvement in sport (in particular fan involvement)
John Hodgson
Nottingham Law School
Subject(s): Europe, Higher Education/Universities, Law, Society
Area(s) of expertise: European Union legal issues; Legal education; Civil justice system; Constitutional reform; Freedom of speech/expression; Human rights
Dr Natasha Hodgson
School of Arts and Humanities
Subject(s): History, Literature, Religion, Sexuality, Society
Area(s) of expertise: The Crusades and the Latin East; Medieval Christianity and Islam; Women and the crusades; Chivalry and the study of masculinities; Medieval gender studies; Tournaments and medieval war games; The Norman conquest; Domesday book; Arthurian literature; Historical fiction; Medieval animal symbolism and bestiaries
Dr Daniel King
Nottingham Business School
Subject(s): Business, Politics , Society
Area(s) of expertise: Charities and voluntary organisations; Charity management and organisational issues; Ethical and social implications of management and organisations; Big society
Tom Lewis
Nottingham Law School
Subject(s): Law, Religion, Society
Area(s) of expertise: Constitutional law; Freedom of speech/expression; Human rights; Freedom of religion
Mr Peter McTigue
Nottingham Law School
Subject(s): Law, Society
Area(s) of expertise: Employment and equality law; Unfair dismissal; Employment tribunals; Discrimination, especially disability discrimination; Stigma; Legal responses to HIV
Dr Preethi Premkumar
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Health and Wellbeing, Medical , Society, Psychology
Area(s) of expertise: Psychological therapy; Psychosis; Brain imaging; Social relationships
Chris Ring
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Social work/Counselling, Society, Health and Wellbeing
Area(s) of expertise: Social work (with adults); Mental health (aspects of) Social aspects of ageing
Dr Judith Rowbotham (continued)
School of Arts and Humanities
Subject(s): Law, Literature, Media, Royalty, Society
Area(s) of expertise: Law, prostitutes, sexual deviancy history; Women, suffrage and law; history of the legal process; Human rights history; Law and empire; Lawyers, trials, magistrates and magistrates courts history; Married women’s property rights; Philanthropy and law; Women, suffrage and law; Victorian literature and publishing industry/newspapers; Media crime reportage; Missionaries and perceptions of race; British royal family; Popularising the monarchy; Philanthropy and prostitutes; Women and philanthropy
Professor Lawrence Wilde
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Politics , Society
Area(s) of expertise: Marx and Marxism; Socialism
Dr Glenn Williams
School of Social Sciences
Subject(s): Health and Wellbeing, Psychology, Society, Transport
Area(s) of expertise: Personality and stress; Psychology of wellbeing and happiness; Stress and wellbeing in the workplace; Commuting stress; The psychology of commuting and transport use; Encouraging more active and sustainable travel choices; Organisational change and stress; Arts participation and wellbeing; Community psychology; Developing a sense of community in society; Tackling social inequalities; Targeting social problems (i.e. poverty); Addressing prejudice
