Ellen Annandale (Professor)

Sociology of health and illness; gender, feminist theory and health issues; the changing health care division of labour; socio-legal aspects of health care; health inequalities.

David Bartram (Senior Lecturer)

International migration; the welfare state's treatment of cultural minorities; privacy and surveillance.

Leah Bassel (Lecturer)

Political sociology; gender and migration; citizenship and human rights; migrant politics; multiculturalism; intersectionality; anti-poverty mobilisation.

Edmund Chattoe-Brown (Lecturer)

Computer simulation; decision-making; innovation diffusion; evolutionary models of social change; social networks; research methods. 

Ipek Demir (Lecturer)

Sociology of science; political philosophy; communitarian epistemology; nationalism, ethnic identity, and representation (focusing on Turkey and the Middle East); Kurdish and Turkish diaspora. 

Eric Dunning (Emeritus Professor)

The sociology of sport; sociological theory; violence and masculinity; class, race and gender inequality; power; long-term processes of social change. 

Tim Edwards (Senior Lecturer)

Sociology of consumption; gender, masculinity and sexuality; contemporary theory and social policy. 

James Fulcher (Honorary University Fellow)

Development of Japanese society; origins and development of capitalism. 

Ian Hutchby (Professor)

Language and social interaction; mediated discourse; sociology of children and childhood; social dimensions of communication technologies. 

Derek Layder (Professor)

Sociological theory; social research methods and strategies; links between theory and research; self-identity; emotion; intimacy; power and control. 

Barbara Misztal (Professor)

Sociological theory; political sociology. 

Pierre Monforte (Lecturer)

Political sociology; civil society; social movements; rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; immigration; citizenship; European politics; ethnic relations. 

Ryan Mowat (Managing Editor, Social Science and Medicine)

Postcolonial literature; literary theory; representations of health and the body in pain in literature. 

Jane Pilcher (Senior Lecturer)

Sociology of age and ageing; sociology of childhood; sociology of gender.

Carlo Ruzza (Professor)

Political sociology; European studies; organised civil society; social movements; ethnicity and anti-racism; ethno-nationalism and populism. 

Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor (Lecturer)

Sex tourism; cosmetic surgery; migration; the body; intersections of race, gender, sexuality, age and economic inequality. 

Nina Teasdale (Research Associate)

Gender; employment; organisations. 

Patrick White (Lecturer)

Education and equality; teacher recruitment and retention; student decision-making; measurement of class and ethnicity; social research methods. 

John Williams (Senior Lecturer)

Football culture and football supporters; stadium modernisation in English football; sport and the media; violent crime.