Department of Social Sciences & Social Work staff

Sam Porter is a sociologist by academic training and a nurse by profession. His wide research interests reflect this combination. His main areas of interest are palliative and end-of-life care; supportive care for cancer survivors and carers; maternal and child health; the sociology of health …

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Jayne’s teaching and research interests are concerned with social justice and equality, critical socio-cultural analysis of leisure and sport cultures, feminist theory and activism, LBGT+ inclusion and theories of sexualities, and qualitative research methodologies.

Jayne is currently …

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Stefan Kleipoedszus qualified as a Social Pedagogue from the Leuphana University in Lüneburg (Germany) and has since than worked as a researcher for the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University of London, a Social Worker in Child Protection Teams in the Southwest of England, a manager of …

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Professor Sara Ashencaen Crabtree is Professor of Social & Cultural Diversity in the Department of Social Sciences & Social Work in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences. Sara is a founding member and co-convenor of the innovative, Women’s Academic Network at BU. The former deputy …

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Lee-Ann is Professor of Social Care in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. She is a Registered Social Worker and has always been committed to advancing the professional evidence base of social care practitioners. Her research has focused on participatory and arts based methods to engage …

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Dr Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society & Social Welfare and Director of the Centre for Social Work and Social Policy at Bournemouth University.

He moved to Bournemouth in 2006 after 11 years at the University of Hull where he was one of the founders and director of the Family …

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I am a lecturer with the social work team. I teach on both the qualifying and post-qualifying programmes. I am also, a qualified social worker who has predominantly worked in children's and families within local authorities.

My interests are in family violence and abuse, particularly …

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Prior to taking on an academic role I spent over twenty years as a social worker with adults in a range of settings, developing professional expertise and personal skills throughout that time. This experience enhances my research and teaching activities and contributes to my approach to the …

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Jayne’s teaching and research interests are concerned with social justice and equality, critical socio-cultural analysis of leisure and sport cultures, feminist theory and activism, LBGT+ inclusion and theories of sexualities, and qualitative research methodologies.

Jayne is currently …

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I am a social anthropologist with interdisciplinary research interests encompassing care, work, feminisms, civil society, health, welfare and the state. Much of my research explores how waged and unwaged forms of caring work are structured and defined by gender and class, amongst other things. I …

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Dr Caroline Andow is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Bournemouth University. She is the Programme Leader for the new BA (Hons) Criminology with Psychology degree. Prior to this, Caroline was a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Winchester.

Caroline has studied broadly …

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Adrian is a former Associate Dean for post-graduate research and a Head of Criminology and Forensic science. He has worked in British universities since 2002 and has successfully supervised and examined a number of PhDs as well as numerous MSc dissertations. Beyond academia, Adrian has held a …

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Dr Hyan-Joo Lim has been with the Sociology team at Bournemouth University since 2012. She teaches a range of undergraduate courses, as well as developing her own research, exploring issues around identity, ethnicity/’race’, culture, and gender, focusing on East Asians in the UK. Hyan-Joo is currently Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Sociology/BA (Hons) Sociology and Social Policy and is also the Faculty Lead for Inclusivity...

I joined Bournemouth University in September 2017 and have teaching responsibilities in practice learning which creates natural links to practice through the Teaching Partnership and external partners. My teaching also includes mental health and substance use, drawing on my practice experience …

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Daniel is a Lecturer in Criminology at the Department of Social Sciences and Social Work. He holds an MSc (with Distinction) in Criminology with Forensic Psychology from Middlesex University London and a PhD in Criminology from Glasgow Caledonian University. Before joining Bournemouth University …

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Orlanda is a senior lecturer in Social Work, specialising in Developing Professional Relationships and Leadership. She teaches on both pre-qualifying and post qualifying programmes. she completed her doctoral research on exploring men's recreational use of Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Use. She …

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Dr Richard Heslop is a Lecturer in Criminology.
Before joining Bournemouth University in 2016 Richard was a Sergeant in West Yorkshire Police, where he served for 28 years.
He is a Fulbright Scholar (University of Cincinnati, 2012) and in 2014 he was Visiting Bramshill Scholar at the …

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Dr Mel Hughes is Principal Academic in Social Work at Bournemouth University (BU). Mel champions lived experience expertise through her roles as Academic Lead for the PIER (Public Involvement in Education and Research) partnership and Deputy Lead for the Research Centre for Seldom Heard Voices. …

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A Registered Social Worker and Registered Mental Nurse, prior to joining the university my role was in the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) on behalf of a unitary authority and PCT.

Throughout my career I have been involved in teaching and …

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Patrick completed a Magister Artium (pre-Bologna reform) in Cultural Anthropology, Indonesian Philology, and Philosophy from the University of Cologne and a PhD in Social Anthropology from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His research, writing and teaching seek to advance our …

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Margarete Parrish’s career in social work began with her MSW from the University of Georgia in the US, where she specialised in Mental Health Social Work. Her PhD in Social Work is from Rutgers University, where she also specialised in Mental Health. Her practice background has been in both …

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I studied social anthropology and Balkan studies at Free University Berlin, conducting my first ethnography in Albania in 1992, when the country had only just emerged from isolation and state socialism. I became fascinated with the translocal evocations of local pasts in the rapidly, often …

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Richard's passion for 'making a difference' to children, young people and families, is central to his academic work.

Having joined BU as a Senior Lecturer after his years in practice, he continued to focus his teaching, writing and research on outcomes in general and the positive impact …

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Dr Jane Healy is Deputy Head of the Department of Social Science and Social Work. She joined BU in 2017 as a Lecturer in Sociology and Crime & Deviance, prior to which she completed her PhD in disability hate crimes at Middlesex University. Jane also has Masters degrees in Social Science …

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Chantal is a working GP at The Banks and Bearwood Medical Practices in Bournemouth and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She has formal academic training with an MSc from Southampton University in Research in Health and a PhD exploring the effects of community support on …

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