Staff

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