Staff & students

Our People

Staff list

Meet our staff from the Department of Sociology including our Graduate Trainee Tutors, Associate Lecturers and Visiting Academics

Photo of Fauzia Ahmad BSc, MSc, PhD

Fauzia Ahmad BSc, MSc, PhD

Senior Lecturer
f.ahmad (@gold.ac.uk)

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Brian Alleyne BSc MSc PhD

Senior Lecturer
b.alleyne (@gold.ac.uk)

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Margarita Aragon

Lecturer
margarita.aragon (@gold.ac.uk)

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Vinnarasan Aruldoss

Research Fellow
v.aruldoss (@gold.ac.uk)

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Les Back BSc PhD

Professor
l.back (@gold.ac.uk)

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Vikki Bell BA PhD

Professor of Sociology
v.bell (@gold.ac.uk)

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Michaela Benson BA PhD

Reader
michaela.benson (@gold.ac.uk)

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Svenja Bromberg

Lecturer in Social Theory and Marxism
s.bromberg (@gold.ac.uk)

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Roger Burrows

Visiting Professor
r.burrows (@gold.ac.uk)

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Kirsten Campbell BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), BLitt, DPhil, PhD, Barrister and Solicitor

Reader
k.campbell (@gold.ac.uk)

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Rebecca Coleman

Reader
rebecca.coleman (@gold.ac.uk)

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Katherine Collins

Postdoctoral Researcher
k.collins (@gold.ac.uk)

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Abby Day

Professor of Race, Faith & Culture
abby.day (@gold.ac.uk)

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Elma Demir

Project Coordinator (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
edemi010 (@gold.ac.uk)

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Fay Dennis

Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Fellow
f.dennis (@gold.ac.uk)

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Vera Ehrenstein

Research Fellow
v.ehrenstein (@gold.ac.uk)

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Sara R Farris

Senior Lecturer
s.farris (@gold.ac.uk)

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Violet Fearon (BSc)

Undergraduate Programmes Coordinator
v.fearon (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Jasenka Ferizovic LL.B / LL.M

Jasenka Ferizovic LL.B / LL.M

Researcher
j.ferizovic (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Jennifer Fleetwood

Jennifer Fleetwood

Lecturer
j.fleetwood (@gold.ac.uk)

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Jennifer Gabrys

Professor
j.gabrys (@gold.ac.uk)

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Monica Greco BA MA PhD

Professor
m.greco (@gold.ac.uk)

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Kiran Grewal

Reader
k.grewal (@gold.ac.uk)

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Francisca Gromme

Researcher
f.gromme (@gold.ac.uk)

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Michael Guggenheim

Reader
m.guggenheim (@gold.ac.uk)

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Yasmin Gunaratnam BSc MSc PhD

Reader
y.gunaratnam (@gold.ac.uk)

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Paul Halliday

Lecturer
p.halliday (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of David Hirsh, BSc MA PhD

David Hirsh, BSc MA PhD

Senior Lecturer in Sociology
d.hirsh (@gold.ac.uk)

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Lara Houston

Post-Doctoral Researcher
l.houston (@gold.ac.uk)

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Rob Imrie

Visiting Professor
rob.imrie (@gold.ac.uk)

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Claire J Prater

Project Coordinator
c.j.prater (@gold.ac.uk)

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Emma Jackson

Senior Lecturer
e.jackson (@gold.ac.uk)

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Claire Jarman

Business Manager for Sociology
c.jarman (@gold.ac.uk)

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Kat Jungnickel

Senior Lecturer
k.jungnickel (@gold.ac.uk)

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Sobia Ahmad Kaker

Lecturer
s.kaker (@gold.ac.uk)

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Aidan Kelly

Visiting Research Fellow
a.kelly ( (@gold.ac.uk)

Caroline Knowles BSc PhD

Professor of Sociology
c.knowles (@gold.ac.uk)

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Clare Lewis

Postgraduate Programmes Officer
clare.lewis (@gold.ac.uk)

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Robyn Long

Research Assistant
r.long (@gold.ac.uk)

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Dr Vik Loveday

Lecturer
v.loveday (@gold.ac.uk)

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Jamie Matthews

Lecturer
j.matthews (@gold.ac.uk)

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Mike Michael BA PhD

Visiting Professor of Sociology of Science and Technology
m.michael (@gold.ac.uk)

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Heidi Safia Mirza

Visiting Professor of Race, Faith and Culture
heidi.mirza (@gold.ac.uk)

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Gorana Mlinarevic

Researcher (The Netherlands and Bosnia-Herzegovina)
g.mlinarevic (@gold.ac.uk)

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Monk

Research Fellow
m.motamedi-fraser (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Mariam Motamedi-Fraser BA (Hons), PhD

Mariam Motamedi-Fraser BA (Hons), PhD

Reader
m.motamedi-fraser (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Kate Nash BSc PhD

Kate Nash BSc PhD

Professor
k.nash (@gold.ac.uk)

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Chloe Nast

Research Administrator
c.nast (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Daniel Neyland BA(Hons) PhD

Daniel Neyland BA(Hons) PhD

Professor in Sociology
d.neyland (@gold.ac.uk)

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Emily Nicholls

Researcher
e.nicholls (@gold.ac.uk)

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Sevasti-Melissa Nolas

Senior Lecturer
s.nolas (@gold.ac.uk)

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Pamela Odih, BSoc.Sc PhD

Senior Lecturer
p.odih (@gold.ac.uk)

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David Oswell, BA (Hons), MA , PhD

Professor in Sociology and Pro-Warden Research & Enterprise
d.oswell (@gold.ac.uk)

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Karen O’Reilly

Researcher
k.o’reilly (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Nirmal Puwar BA MA PhD

Nirmal Puwar BA MA PhD

Reader
n.puwar (@gold.ac.uk)

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Reed, Elizabeth

Lecturer
e.reed (@gold.ac.uk)

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Dr Alex Rhys-Taylor BSc, MA, PhD, PGCert

Senior Lecturer
a.rhystaylor (@gold.ac.uk)

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Dr Katherine Robinson

Lecturer
k.robinson (@gold.ac.uk)

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Alison Rooke BA, MA, PhD

Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Research
a.rooke (@gold.ac.uk)

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Marsha Rosengarten BA, MA, PhD

Professor
m.rosengarten (@gold.ac.uk)

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Catherine Rottenberg

Marie Curie Fellow
c.rottenberg (@gold.ac.uk)

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Evelyn Ruppert, PhD

Professor
e.ruppert (@gold.ac.uk)

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Dr Monica Sassatelli

Senior Lecturer
m.sassatelli (@gold.ac.uk)

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Martin Savransky

Lecturer and Director of the Unit of Play
m.savransky (@gold.ac.uk)

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Stephan Scheel

Researcher
s.scheel (@gold.ac.uk)

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Vic Seidler BA MPhil

Emeritus Professor
v.seidler (@gold.ac.uk)

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David Silverman

Emeritus Professor
d.silverman (@gold.ac.uk)

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Bev Skeggs

Visiting Professor
b.skeggs (@gold.ac.uk)

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Brett St Louis BA MSc PhD

Senior Lecturer
b.stlouis (@gold.ac.uk)

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Paul Stoneman

Lecturer
p.stoneman (@gold.ac.uk)

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Alberto Toscano BA MA PhD

Reader in Critical Theory and Co-director of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought
a.toscano (@gold.ac.uk)

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Mike Upton

Visiting Research Fellow
m.upton (@gold.ac.uk)

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Funda Ustek-Spilda

Researcher
f.ustek (@gold.ac.uk)

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Christos Varvantakis

Research Fellow
c.varvantakis (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Nina Wakeford

Nina Wakeford

Reader
n.wakeford (@gold.ac.uk)

Photo of Bridget Ward

Bridget Ward

Postgraduate Research Officer
b.ward (@gold.ac.uk)

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