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Department of Humanities & Law staff

Head of Department

Professor Katharine Cox - Professor and Head Of Department For Humanities and Law
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Deputy Heads of Department

Dr Elena-Alina Dolea - Deputy Head Of Department In Humanities And Law

Alina Dolea holds a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences. Her research is situated at the intersection of public diplomacy, nation branding, migration, media and communication studies, with a focus on discourse. She is particularly interested in the role non-state actors have come to play in public …

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Dr Sarah McKeown - Deputy Head Of Department in Humanities And Law

Sarah joined BU in 2011 following the completion of her PhD from the University of Southampton which lay at the intersect of European Union law, European Private Law and Private International Law with an emphasis on international trade facilitation. Sarah currently brings these areas of interest …

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Roy Watson - Lecturer In Journalism English and Communication

I am a Lecturer in English and Communications, and have taught at a number of universities and colleges alongside a career in senior education management, from which I have recently returned. I have worked at Bournemouth University since 2015, and have published on Robert Lowell, psychoanalytic …

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Academic staff

Dr Aniekan Akpan - Senior Lecturer in Law
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Dr Jenny Alexander - Senior Lecturer in Politics, Media and Communication

I am a Senior Lecturer in Politics, Media and Communication in the School of Humanities and Law. My primary research, teaching and publishing interests are in environmental politics and environmental communication, and in gender, sexuality and politics/ gender, sexuality and communication. …

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Dr Steph Allen - Senior Lecturer

Dr Steph Allen has been working at Bournemouth University since 2002 and is a fused lecturer in the FMC’s Learning Development Team.

Steph works with students intensely around practical and technical academic skills with students at all levels (UG - PhD) throughout the FMC faculty and …

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Dr Nicolette Barsdorf-Liebchen - Lecturer in Legal Practice
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Professor Maurizio Borghi - Professor In Law and Director Of CIPPM

Maurizio Borghi is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management. Prior to joining Bournemouth University in 2013 he has been lecturer at Brunel University Law School and research fellow at Bocconi University of Milan.

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Professor Roger Brownsword - Professor In Law

As a researcher, writing about contracts and the common law, legal theory, bioethics, and the regulation of technology, Professor Brownsword's work is known around the world. Although most of his work has been published in the United Kingdom, he has also published papers in Australia, Belgium, …

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Dr Alison Cronin - Principal Academic In Law

Alison's main research interests are in corporate crime and history and law. She has written two books on corporate criminality, Corporate Criminality and Liability for Fraud (Routledge 2018), and Regulating Bad Business Practice: Mapping a Framework for Legal Intervention (Edward Elgar), co- …

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Dr Howard Davis - Reader In Public Law
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Dr Elena-Alina Dolea - Deputy Head Of Department In Humanities And Law

Alina Dolea holds a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences. Her research is situated at the intersection of public diplomacy, nation branding, migration, media and communication studies, with a focus on discourse. She is particularly interested in the role non-state actors have come to play in public …

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Dr Hywel Dix - Associate Professor in English

I am interested in the relationship between culture and social and political change, especially in relation to political devolution in the 4 nations of the UK. I explore these things in detail in my monographs After Raymond Williams: Cultural Materialism and the Break-Up of Britain (2nd edition …

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Hayley Dornan - Lecturer In Law

I have lectured in employment law Bournemouth University since 2010 at undergraduate and postgraduate level across a variety of programmes including the LLB, MSc, LPC and MBA.

My current areas of interest for research relate to employment and discrimination law.

Prior to …

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Jamie Fletcher - Senior Lecturer in Law
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Dr Ieuan Franklin - Lecturer in History and Politics
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Dr Simon Frost - Principal Academic in English

Simon studied and received his Masters and Phd in Denmark, pursuing a career in publishing, translation and arts before academia, joining Bournemouth University in September 2012 as Senior Lecturer in English. Simon is a senior editor for Oxford University Press ORE (Oxford Research …

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Dr Sam Goodman - Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department in Humanities and Law

After working in further education teaching and a brief stint in music journalism, I completed my MA in Twentieth Century Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2008 before moving to the University of Exeter to begin my PhD. After completing my PhD in 2012, I was an Honorary Research …

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Dr Ian Gwinn - Senior Lecturer In Politics

I was awarded my PhD from the Department of Culture, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool in 2015, where I wrote my thesis on the History Workshop movement in Britain and West Germany (c.1960s-1990s). Since then, I’ve taught at Manchester Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam …

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Dr Andrea Jarman - Senior Lecturer In Law

Andrea Loux Jarman, JD graduated from Cornell Law School, where she was on the editorial board of the Cornell Law Review. She has expertise in UK and comparative public law, human rights and land law. Her research focuses on the reception of the 'voices' of communities of place and interest by …

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Dr Scott Keefer - Senior Lecturer in History
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Professor Melanie Klinkner - Professor of International Law

Dr Melanie Klinkner is an international law scholar and author of the Bournemouth Protocol on Mass Grave Protection and Investigation. She led an Arts and Humanities Research Council Research Leaders Fellowship for the creation of mass grave protection guidelines with the International …

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Professor Darren Lilleker - Professor

Described by one BBC journalist as 'a man who watches Westminster', Dr Lilleker is a lecturer and researcher in political communication with particular interests in political party and candidate communication and the link to citizen and voter engagement.

My teaching covers topics …

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Dr Max Lowenstein - Principal Academic in Law

Max Lowenstein is a socio-legal academic and law lecturer with a passion for exploring comparative criminal justice. His research/teaching interest areas include:

Criminal Law

Comparative Law

Sentencing Law

Evidence Law

Public Law

Legal Practice …

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Dr Tom Masters - Lecturer In Journalism English and Communication
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Dr David McQueen - Senior Lecturer In Advertising and Media

Biography: Dr. David McQueen is a lecturer in Media and Politics at Bournemouth University. David's research interests include questions of media, power and the mediation of politics, particularly in broadcasting and film. He has been teaching on media courses at different levels since 1991 and …

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Professor Dinusha Mendis - Professor

Professor Dinusha Mendis is Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM). She joined Bournemouth University in 2011 as Senior Lecturer in Law and was appointed Associate Professor in November 2013 and …

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Dr Rebecca Mills - Lecturer in Communications and English
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Dawid Pekalski -
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Dr Jim Pope - Principal Academic In English And Communication
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Dr Laura Ramsay - Senior Lecturer in History
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Dr Julia Round - Associate Professor of English and Comics Studies

Julia Round is an award-winning writer and scholar whose research examines the intersections of Gothic, comics and children’s literature. Her books include Gothic for Girls: Misty and British Comics (University Press of Mississippi, 2019, winner of the Broken Frontier Award for Best Book on …

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Dr Kristin Skoog - Senior Lecturer In Media History

Dr Kristin Skoog is a Senior Lecturer in Media History. Her research is centred on media history, and especially the role of radio in post-war reconstruction, networks and transnational exchanges in broadcasting, and the history of women’s radio and women broadcasters. She has authored several …

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Dr Mallika Tamvada - Senior Lecturer In Corporate Law Governance and Stewardship

Dr Mallika Tamvada is a Senior Lecturer in Corporate Law, Governance and Stewardship at the Bournemouth University. Her research interests are in Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business and Human Rights. She completed her …

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Dr Yugin Teo - Senior Lecturer in Communications and English

I joined Bournemouth University in Autumn 2016 as a full-time Lecturer in Communications & English. I was previously a part-time lecturer in film and screen studies at the University of Brighton, an associate tutor in English and film at the University of Sussex, and an invited lecturer at …

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Dr Kate Terkanian - Senior Lecturer in History
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Professor Bronwen Thomas - Emeritus Professor

Bronwen Thomas taught on the Communication and Media degree at Bournemouth and helped design BA English and MA English and Literary Media. Bronwen was Head of the Narrative, Culture and Community Research Centre, and Head of Research and Professional Practice for the School of Journalism, …

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Professor Ruth Towse - Professor In Economics Of Creative Industries

Ruth Towse is Professor of Economics of Creative Industries at Bournemouth University and CREATe Fellow in Cultural Economics (University of Glasgow).

Professor Towse specialises in cultural economics and the economics of copyright and has published widely on both fields in academic …

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Dr Anastasia Veneti - Associate Professor in Marketing Communications

Dr Anastasia Veneti is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Media and Communication, at Bournemouth University. Her background is in Political Science and Communication Studies. She holds a BA (Hons) in Politics with Economics (Goldsmiths College, University of London), an MA in …

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Dr Savvas Voutyras - Senior Lecturer In Politics

Savvas Voutyras is a Lecturer in Politics at Bournemouth University, and Program Leader for MA Political Psychology. He has a background in political theory, in particular critical theory and discourse theory, and psychosocial studies. His work combines psychoanalysis and discourse theory to …

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Dr Samuel Walker - Senior Lecturer in Law

Samuel Walker was appointed Lecturer in Law at Bournemouth University in 2017, after completing his PhD at the University of Manchester, and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018. Sam’s research interests focus on the legal regulation of the body and embodiment within the wider …

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Roy Watson - Lecturer In Journalism English and Communication

I am a Lecturer in English and Communications, and have taught at a number of universities and colleges alongside a career in senior education management, from which I have recently returned. I have worked at Bournemouth University since 2015, and have published on Robert Lowell, psychoanalytic …

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Dr Lingling Wei - Senior Lecturer In Business Law

I specialise in the IP law, in particular, trade mark, design and Patent law. I worked as a registered trade mark attorney in China for four years and I am now an associate member of Institute of trade Mark attorney in the UK. Currently my research interest focuses on the legal regulation of …

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Dr Jonathan Whittle - Lecturer In Law
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Professor Candida Yates - Professor Of Culture And Communication

Professor Candida Yates (PhD, MA, BA, FHEA, FRSA) is an interdisciplinary researcher, author, teacher and group practitioner with a background in psychosocial studies and psychoanalysis and their application to politics, culture, and society. She works with scholars, psychoanalytic …

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Visiting and emeritus academic staff

  • Dr Marie Cronqvist - Visiting Fellow
  • Tony Stoller - Visiting Professor
  • Paul Cole - Visiting Professor
  • Professor Brett Kahr - Visiting Professor
  • Professor Barry Richards - Emeritus
  • Professor Hugh Chignell - Emeritus
  • Dr Kate Murphy - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Nicola Foster - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Marta Perez Escolar - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Jan Lewis - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Uchenna Emelonye - Visiting Professor

Postgraduate research students

  • Ahmed Dheyaa Abed
  • David Alder
  • Mohammed Alkhemeiri
  • Stephen Allard
  • Rashid Al-Naimi
  • Fahad Saud M Alzahrani 
  • Elisabeth Karen (Liz) Bailey
  • Callum Blades
  • Sarah Louise Coles
  • Ellie Corrick
  • Bahar Dagli
  • Cameron Dewson
  • Michael Gaines
  • Michael George
  • Martine Hardwick
  • Frances Hawkhead
  • Julia Helman
  • Imran Khan
  • Darlington Nyambiya
  • Omowonuola Wosilat (Wonu)Okunnu
  • Chloe Payne
  • Joshua Rieser
  • Jayne Rowney
  • Mustafa Selek
  • Selin Sonmez
  • Thomas Stoeckle
  • Belinda Silvia Yvonne Stuebinger
  • Begum Elcin Ulucan
  • Burak Uzunova
  • Roy Watson
  • Daniel Weissmann
  • Penelope Jane (Penny) Wells
  • Benjamin White
  • Diana Wraxall
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