Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice

The study of conflicts that arise when inequalities are addressed and what can be done to address the results of these inequalities. (UNSDGs 5 Gender Equality, 10 Reducing Inequality and 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

This theme runs through much of our work, applying a range of psychological, psychoanalytic and social theories alongside the development of new affective methodologies to enhance good health and psychosocial wellbeing. (UNSDG 3 Good Health and Well-being). 

This theme promotes diverse and equal societies, addressing inequalities and experiences of marginalisation. (UNSDGs 5 Gender Equality, 10 Reducing Inequality and 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). 

Baker, T, 2021. What to expect from post-pandemic voting behaviour

Brylla, C. and Kramer, M., 2018. A Pragmatic Framework for the Cognitive Study of Documentary. Projections – The Journal for Movies and the Mind, 12(2).

Brylla, C. 2018. Bypassing the Supercrip Trope in Documentary Representations of Blind Visual Artists. Disability Studies Quarterly. 38(3).

Brylla, C. 2018. Performativity on the Margin: Pornography: The Musical (2003). Film Studies. 18(1).

Ayisi, F. and Brylla, C. 2014. See Me, Know Me – Cultural Expressions of Cameroonian Women. Stimulus Respond – Africa. No. 25. Autumn.

Ayisi, F. and Brylla, C. 2013. The Politics of Representation and Audience Reception. Research in African Literatures - Visibility in African Cultures. 44(2). 

Fowler-Watt, K. 2020. The auto/biographical journalist and stories of lived experience, Career Construction Theory and Life Writing. Special Edition of Life Writing. 17(1).

Fowler-Watt, K., and McDougall, J., 2019. Media Literacy vs Fake News: Fact checking and verification in the era of fake news and post truths, Journalism Education, 8(1).

Gerodimos, R., Balbin, C., Chan, C., Freundt-Thurne, U., Gutiérrez Atala, F. J., Nyaole-Kowuor, R., & Melki, J. (2022). “Global Citizenship in Comparative Perspective: Youth Perceptions of Global Rights, Responsibilities and Efficacy Across Five Continents”. Observatorio (OBS*), 16 (Special Issue). 

Gerodimos, R. (2022), “Humiliation, Shame and Violence: Honor, Trauma and Political Extremism Before and After the 2009 Crisis in Greece”, International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 31: 1, pp. 34-45.

Gerodimos, R. (2022), “Media Literacy, Values, and Drivers of Youth Civic Engagement: Reflecting on two decades of research” in B. De Abreu (ed), Media Literacy, Equity, and Justice, London: Routledge  

Gerodimos, R. (2021), “Media Literacy, Security, and Youth Engagement with Global Current Affairs: The Case of Deterrence”, Journal of Media Literacy, vol 67: Storytelling Issue 

Jukes, S., 2019. Reporting Global While Being Local - Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies. Journalism Studies, 20(12), pp.1798-1802.

Kang, K., 2019. On the problem of the justification of river rights. Water International, 44 (6-7), 667-683.

Kang, K., 2019. Reformulating ‘Holism’ in hydropower decision-making. Systems Research and Behavioural Science.

McDonald, K., 2022. The Radio Phone-In and the Suicidal Caller. In: Chignell, H., ed. Bloomsbury Handbook of Radio. Bloomsbury Academic Press.

Richards, B., 2019. Beyond the angers of populism. Journal of Psychosocial Studies 12(1-2):171-183.

Richards, B., 2019. The postmodern election. In, Daniel Jackson, Einar Thorsen, Darren Lilleker and Nathalie Weidhase, eds. (2019) UK Election Analysis 2019: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Early reflections from leading academics. Bournemouth: CPMR, Bournemouth University. 

Yates, C., 2019. ‘The Psychodynamics of Casino Culture and Politics’. Journal of Psychosocial Studies, (12) 3: 217-230.  

Yates, C., 2019. Unleashing Optimism in an Age of Anxiety. In, Daniel Jackson, Einar Thorsen, Darren Lilleker and Nathalie Weidhase, eds. (2019) UK Election Analysis 2019: Media, Voters and the Campaign. Early reflections from leading academics. Bournemouth: CPMR, Bournemouth University.

Brylla, C., 2022. Documentary and Stereotypes - Reducing Stigma through Factual Media. Palgrave Macmillan.

Brylla, C. and Kramer, M. (eds.) 2018. Cognitive Theory and Documentary. Palgrave Macmillan.

Brylla, C. and Hughes, H. (eds.) 2017. Documentary and Disability. Palgrave Macmillan.

Gerodimos, R. (ed), 2022. Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory. Palgrave Macmillan.

Jukes, S., 2022. News Agencies - Anachronism or Lifeblood of the Media System?. Routledge.

Klinkner, M. and Davis, H., 2020. The Right to the Truth in International Law. Routledge, Human Rights Series.

McDonald, K. and Chignell, H. (eds.). 2022. Bloomsbury Handbook of Radio. Bloomsbury Academic Press.

Yates, C., 2019. Emotion, Affect, in Stavrakakis, Y.  (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory. Routledge.

Prof Candida Yates

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, author and teacher. I have a background in Psychosocial Studies and its application to politics, culture, emotion and society, and I have published many books and articles in that field. If you are interested in discussing your plans for a PhD research project, do please get in touch: [email protected].

Supervision topics: Brexit and emotion amongst leavers and remainers, emotional responses to women as political leaders, a psycho-political analysis of positive psychology and society, therapy culture and reality TV, psychoanalysis and the culture of conspiracy theories, violence and the history of group identity in Turkey, narcissism, shame and social media  

Current PhD students:

Callum Blades: “A Psychosocial Analysis of Conspiracy Theories”,

Mustafa Selek: “A Psychosocial Inquiry into the Development of Violent Behaviour That is Politically Oriented”,

Begum Elcin Ulucan: “Identity Transformation and Violence in Turkey”,

Burak Uzunova: “Euroscepticism and Nationalism: A Comparison between the United Kingdom and Turkey”,

“An Exploration through Animation Practice into the Familial Bond Between Mothers and Daughters.” 

Hillary Stevens – “object relations psychoanalysis to explore the emotional consolations and psychosocial and cultural  meanings of the TV series The Repair Shop” 

Ruth Llewellyn - “object relations psychoanalysis to explore the dynamics of loneliness and the emotional experience of using the Animal Crossing Video Game” 

Dr. Sue Sudbury

I am an interdisciplinary researcher and filmmaker using media practice (film, animation and audio) to research subjects in the fields of ethnography, gender studies and social justice. In my doctoral research, I used participatory practice with four women filmmakers in rural India to explore their everyday lives. I have supervised to completion Dr. Ajayi’s research into transcending the oral roots of screenwriting practices in Nigerian cinema and Dr. Jaipadub’s research into the influence of the Thai cultural context on relationships between the documentary filmmaker and their film participants. I welcome enquiries from people interested in undertaking practice-led doctoral research at Bournemouth.  

Current PhD students:

Jess Ruddock “Voices from Behind Closed Doors: participatory film-making inside a refuge for survivors of domestic abuse” (match-funded by Dorset Police);

 Xue Han “An exploration through animation practice of the familial bond between mothers and daughters”;

Jo Tyler “Investigating the process of adaptation and concept as curation, through the key relationships in production of a graphic novel for radio”; 

Mark Bond “Digital Visions: a study examining the interplay of new digital technologies, agile working and craft knowledge in cinematographic practice.”  

Prof Roman Gerodimos 

Supervision topics: global security, the future of global governance, hybrid warfare, global citizenship, civic engagement, shame and violence, terrorism and extremism, the future of journalism, digital engagement, cities and public space, AI and the future of democracy 

Current PhD students:

Elcin Ulucan

Mustafa Selek 

Catharine Russell - Professional Identity and the Transition from Journalism Practitioner to Journalism Educator (with Anna Feigenbaum)

Khanh Kim Hoang. Social news use and avoidance: Perspectives from Vietnam;

Richard Waring - “Negotiating artistic identities through sonic art co-creation between students and tutor"; 

Rayan Alyusufi - Soft power in the context of the Middle East: practice, potential, limitations and relevance to postcolonialism

Shona Wallace. Augmented reality in education apps 

Dr. Catalin Brylla 

Supervision topics: stigma, stereotypes, media practice, media impact, documentary, ethnography, cognitive film studies, social psychology, phenomenology, disability studies, advocacy, representation 

Current PhD students: 

Michael George: Social Movements for Change in Africa: Digital Dissent in Hashtag Activism (with Darren Lilleker);

Phillip Barber: Exploring the aesthetic platforms of radicalisation, counter-culture and conspiracy (with Julian McDougall); 

Liting Qiao: Chinese Animation Documentary: Culture, Soft-power and Classification (with Paula Callus); 

Martin Sharp: Film direction incorporating a constructed theory of emotions: an auto-ethnographic inquiry into the implications for psychologically realistic acting  (with Changhong Liu)