Our Team

The Centre is Co-Directed by Professors Karen Broadhurst (Sociology) and Judith Harwin (Law). The Centre welcomes the involvement of students at all levels, and international visitors.

Leadership Team

Karen Broadhurst, Co-Director

Professor of Social Work

Sociology

Judith Harwin, Co-Director

Professor in Socio-legal Studies

Law

Bachar Alrouh

Research Fellow

Sociology

Linda Cusworth

Research Fellow

Law

Claire Fitzpatrick

Senior Lecturer

Law

Joanna Kostka

Lecturer in Social Work

Sociology

Academic and Research Staff

Claire Mason

Research Fellow

Sociology

Stefanie Doebler

Lecturer in Social Statistics and Sociology

Sociology

Jasmine Fledderjohann

Lecturer in Sociology and Social Work

Sociology

Chris Grover

Professor

Sociology

Rachel Heah

Lecturer in law

Law

Yang Hu

Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Data Science

Sociology

Jadwiga Leigh

Honorary Member and CEO of the New Beginnings Foundation

Sociology

Corinne May-Chahal

Professor of Applied Social Science

Sociology

Lisa Morriss

Lecturer in Social Work and Editor, Qualitative Social Work (Journal)

Sociology

Jane Pye

Teaching Fellow in Social Work

Sociology

Lindsay Youansamouth

Director of Studies, Frontline Partnership

Sociology

Rachael Grey

Research Associate Sociology: Giving Hope project

Cath Hill

Lecturer in Social Work

Sociology

Claire Hargreaves

Senior Research Associate

Sociology

Michael Lambert

Research Fellow

Medical School

Stephanie Wallace

Lecturer in Criminology

Deirdre Duffy

Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Global Social Inequalities)

Heather Brown

Professor of Health Inequalities

Professor Lauren Devine

Professor of Linguistics and Law, and Director of CLASS

Mandi Whittle

Lecturer in Criminology

Esmorie Miller

Lecturer in Criminology

Law

Doctoral Students

Zoe Cheng

Doctoral Student and Practising Barrister

Rebecca Brown

Doctoral Student and Trainer

Ben Schwenke

Doctoral Student

Nicola Rowlinson-Cooke

Doctoral Student

Law

Our Partners

The Centre works with a range of national and international policy and practice partners and is committed to the co-production of knowledge and research which has real-world impacts.