Centre for Seldom Heard Voices staff

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

After teaching at the University of Bath for four years whilst doing my PhD, I joined the Sociology team at Bournemouth in 2012. Since then I have been teaching a range of undergraduate courses, as well as developing my research, exploring issues around identity, ethnicity/’race’, culture, and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I am a senior lecturer in the Social Work Team, and teach units on Developing Professional Relationships and Leadership. I teach on both pre-qualifying and post qualifying programmes. I completed my doctoral research in 2020 exploring men's recreational use of Androgenic Anabolic Steroid Use. My …

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 child-to-parent violence and abuse, …

Dr. Andrea Curley is an Academic and Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University and is also Programme Lead for MSc Mental Health Nursing.

Andrea’s first degree is in Psychology and her second degree is an MA in Education - Life Long …

Dr Tongai Fibion Chichaya is an experienced occupational therapist and occupational scientist who holds a Bsc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy from the University of Zimbabwe; Masters in Public Health from the University of Namibia and a PhD in occupational therapy from the University of KwaZulu …

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 …

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 …

As a lecturer in psychology at Bournemouth University, I have a wealth of interests and expertise which span across the field of psychology. With a background in sport and exercise psychology, one of my main research interests is in exploring the psychosocial impact of exercising with chronic …

I am a composer working in the fields of electroacoustic and electronic music. My recent outputs include multichannel acousmatic work, soundscape composition, immersive sound installation, and live performance with laptop and electronics. My music is available through Canadian label empreintes …

I am an academic with a passionate interest in the interaction between tourism, culture, food, the countryside and the food supply chain. Originally I trained as an Agricultural Scientist gaining a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture from Reading, a DipAgSci. from Massey University in New Zealand, a …

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 …

Stephen Jukes is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Media & Communication.

He had earlier spent two decades as a foreign correspondent and media executive covering news in Europe, the Middle East and the United States for Reuters. During a series of postings he covered or oversaw …

Nicola De Martini Ugolotti is senior lecturer in Sport and Physical Activity at Bournemouth University, and member of Associazione Frantz Fanon in Turin, Italy. He completed his PhD in Physical Cultural Studies at the University of Bath, after a MSc in Medical Anthropology at the University of …

Isabella Rega holds a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and an Executive Master degree in Intercultural Communication from the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI). Her PhD dissertation dealt with the role of telecentres in socio-economic development.

She is currently Senior Lecturer in …