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Department of Humanities & Law staff

Head of Department

Dr Elena-Alina Dolea - Head of Department in Humanities and Law and Associate Professor

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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Deputy Heads of Department

Dr Sarah McKeown - Principal Academic and 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 - Deputy Head of Department in Humanities and Law

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 Anastasia Veneti - Associate Professor and Interim Deputy Head of Department

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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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 (Politics Group) having been originally appointed to the Marketing and Communication Group with a specialism in environmental communication after working in industry.

I am also the Programme …

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Dr Steph Allen - Principal Academic

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

I am a transdisciplinary researcher, straddling the arts, humanities and sciences. I qualified and practised as a lawyer for over 10 years before returning to academe as a Lecturer in Legal Practice. Between 2013 and 2021, I was also assistant/managing editor of the peer-reviewed journal Media, …

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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 Suelen Carls - Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law (Patents)

I have a Bachelor degree in Law and a Master's degree in Development Studies from the Regional University of Blumenau (FURB-Brazil) and a PhD from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC-Brazil) combined with one-year research at the University of Oxford (UK). I have practised Law, worked …

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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 - Head of Department in Humanities and Law and Associate Professor

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 - 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 - Senior Lecturer in History and Politics

Ieuan Franklin is Lecturer in History and Politics. He holds a PhD in media history (awarded by Bournemouth University in 2010) and his research centres on the intersections between media history, public history youth culture, and social movements.
Between 2010 and 2014 Ieuan was Post- …

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Dr Sam Goodman - Professor in English and Communication

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 lead author of the Bournemouth Protocol on Mass Grave Protection and Investigation. Since October 2023 she is working on an 5 year-long, £1.6 million project to develop a comprehensive human rights framework for Mass Grave Protection, …

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Professor Darren Lilleker - Professor of Political Communication

Prof. Darren Lilleker is a teacher and researcher whose interests lie in the intersection between political strategy, societal dynamics and civic engagement. In the context of political communication research, his research looks as who says what, how and why and with what impact. The ambition of …

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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 - Senior Lecturer in Journalism English and Communication
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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 - Senior Lecturer in Communications and English
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Dawid Pekalski - Lecturer in Politics
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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 - Principal Academic in Media History

Dr Kristin Skoog is a Principal Academic in Media History. Her research is centred on media history, especially BBC radio, networks and transnational exchanges in broadcasting, and the history of women’s radio and women broadcasters. She is currently researching entanglements between radio …

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Karolina Szopa - Senior Lecturer in Law
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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 - Principal Academic 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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Dr Anastasia Veneti - Associate Professor and Interim Deputy Head of Department

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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Dr Matthew Watkins - Lecturer in Law

Dr Matthew Watkins was appointed as a lecturer in Healthcare and Family Law at Bournemouth University in 2023. Prior to this Matthew was awarded a ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Socio-Legal Studies at Cardiff University.

Matthew has an extensive research background in both health law and …

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Roy Watson - Deputy Head of Department in Humanities and Law

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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Visiting and emeritus academic staff

  • Dr Marie Cronqvist - Visiting Fellow
  • Tony Stoller - Visiting Professor
  • Professor Brett Kahr - Visiting Professor
  • Professor Barry Richards - Emeritus
  • Professor Hugh Chignell - Emeritus
  • Dr Jan Lewis - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Uchenna Emelonye - Visiting Professor
  • Dr Maksym Balaklytskyi - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Maurizio Borghi - Visiting Professor
  • Professor Cristiani Fontanela - Visiting Professor
  • Dr Nael Jebril - Visiting Fellow
  • Mr William Marks - Visiting Fellow
  • Büşra Özen - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Siobhan Lennon Patience - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Bronwen Thomas - Emeritus Professor
  • Dr Kate Murphy - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Mohamed Amal – Visiting Professor
  • Dr Olena Titova - Visiting Fellow
  • Professor Kelly Bruch - Visiting Fellow
  • Mr Scott Roberts - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Nesrin Koc - Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Marcella Favale - Visiting Fellow

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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