Staff
We are a thriving community of over 30 staff and 40 PhD students, as well as our honorary fellows, professors and research visitors.
Co-Directors
The Unit Co-Directors are Professor Alison Koslowski and Professor Charlotte Faircloth.
They are supported by the other unit leadership team members who lead our respective research clusters:
- Professor Jenny Woodman – Children, young people and families.
- Professor Katherine Twamley – Gender, labour and diverse families.
- Dr Humera Iqbal – Migration, citizenship and social justice.
We work with a wide range of community partners at local, national and international levels. We welcome applications from scholars via our Affiliate Academic scheme; please contact the Directors for more information.
Academic staff
- Amena Amer, Lecturer in Social Psychology
- Deniz Arzuk, Lecturer in Childhood
- Rachel Benchekroun, Senior Research Fellow
- Susie Bower Brown, Lecturer in Social Psychology
- Claire Cameron, Professor of Social Pedagogy
- Igor Cherstich, Lecturer in Social Anthropology
- Eve Dickson, Senior Research Fellow
- Kate Errington, Research Fellow
- Charlotte Faircloth, Professor of Family and Society
- Michela Franceschelli, Associate Professor of Sociology
- Lisa Fridkin, Associate Professor of Psychology
- David Frost, Professor of Social Psychology
- Katie Gaddini, Associate Professor of Sociology
- Adele Galipo, Lecturer in Sociology
- Jonathan Galton, Lecturer in Sociology
- Catherine Harris, Senior Research Fellow
- Hanan Hauari, Lecturer in Social Research
- Lauren Herlitz, Research Fellow
- Katie Hollingworth, Lecturer in Social Research
- Cal Horton, Research Fellow
- Fei Huang, Research Fellow
- Ashraf Hoque, Associate Professor of Social Anthropology
- Humera Iqbal, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology
- Alison Lamont, Lecturer in Sociology
- Louise Mc Grath Lone, Lecturer in Social Policy
- Veena Meetoo, Lecturer in Sociology
- Bianca Parry, Lecturer in Social Psychology
- Ann Phoenix, Professor of Psychosocial Studies
- Katie Quy, Associate Professor of Psychology
- Victoria Redclift, Associate Professor of Political Sociology
- Sonya Sharma, Associate Professor of Sociology
- Amit Singh, Lecturer in Sociology
- Clare Stovell, Lecturer in Sociology of Gender
- Katherine Twamley, Professor of Sociology
- Jenny Woodman, Professor of Child and Family Policy
Emeriti, Honorary Researchers and Professors
- Molly Andrews, Visiting Professor
- Sabina Barone, Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Julia Brannen, Emeritus Professor
- Andrea Doucet, Honorary Professor
- Ann-Zofie Duvander, Honorary Professor
- Petteri Eerola, Honorary Associate Professor
- Xuerui Hu, Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Sonia Jackson, Honorary Emeritus
- Jirina Kocourkova, Honorary Research Fellow
- Eva Lloyd, Visiting Professor
- Mavis Maclean CBE, Honorary Professor
- Virginia Morrow, Visiting Professor
- Peter Moss, Emeritus Professor
- Mehek Muftee, Honorary Research Fellow
- Margaret O'Brien, Emeritus Professor of Child and Family Policy
- Rebecca O'Connell, Honorary Professor
- Charlie Owen, Honorary Research Fellow
- Marjorie Smith, Emeritus Professor
- Corinne Squire, Visiting Professor
- Ian St James Roberts, Honorary Emeritus
- June Statham, Emeritus Professor
- Andrea Verdasco, Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Sophie Zadeh Honorary Associate Professor
- Silke Zschomler, Honorary Professor of Social Research
Professional Support Staff
- Anjum Chowdhury, Academic Administrator
- Joanne English, Departmental Administrator and EA to Professor Toby Seddon
Doctoral supervisors
We offer a rich and supportive research culture for doctoral students. We welcome PhD training and research applications in all our areas of interest.
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Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
Social Research Institute
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University College London
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