Department of Social Sciences & Social Work staff

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Dr Louise Oliver is a senior lecturer within the social work team. She teaches on both the qualifying and post-qualifying social work programmes. She is also, a qualified social worker who has predominantly worked in children's and families within local authorities.

Her interests are in …

I am an impact-oriented social scientist with interdisciplinary research interests in (non)religious beliefs and practices relating to health and wellbeing, gender, and AI.

My PhD explored the social factors that shape the beliefs about gender held by male clergy in the Church of England …

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. …

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 …

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 John Jay …

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 …

Martyn was a Police Officer in both the Metropolitan Police and Sussex Police from 1979 to 2009. He retired as a Detective Chief Inspector, having been a Senior Investigating Officer or Deputy Senior Investigating Officer in various murder enquiries, including that of a the abduction and murder …

My doctoral research was on Guatemalan vigilantism, and while I still consider the anthropology of violence my primary field of research, since completing my PhD at Sussex in 2008 I have written and researched on topics spanning from the Antiques Roadshow, human group size relating to brain …

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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I work in the Social Work Team at BU and teach on several units including Learning from the Lived Experience and Social Justice.

I have been a qualified social worker since 2011, graduating from Bournemouth University. I worked for around 10 years in statutory …

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 …

I am an impact-oriented social scientist with interdisciplinary research interests in (non)religious beliefs and practices relating to health and wellbeing, gender, and AI.

My PhD explored the social factors that shape the beliefs about gender held by male clergy in the Church of England …

I am a qualitative researcher with with research interests on online sex work, performativity of gender, and misogyny online.

My PhD research is based on the relationship between domestic space and sexual performance, focusing on the construction of the environments in which online webcam …

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. …

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 …

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 John Jay …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

I joined Bournemouth University in September 2022 as a Lecturer in Criminology. I have an MSc in Crime, Safety and Justice from Cardiff University (2015) and a PhD in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University (NTU, 2015-2019). While I was doing my PhD, I worked as a Research Fellow for the …

Martyn was a Police Officer in both the Metropolitan Police and Sussex Police from 1979 to 2009. He retired as a Detective Chief Inspector, having been a Senior Investigating Officer or Deputy Senior Investigating Officer in various murder enquiries, including that of a the abduction and murder …

I am an interdisciplinary UK-based academic specialising in the social and political issues related to migration, intimate relationships, sexuality and border criminology. I employ the view and approach of decolonisation in Sociology and Criminology to understand intimacy, sexuality and family …

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 …

I am a lecturer in criminology with an interest in combining philosophy with criminology. I have expertise in criminological theory and feminist theory. I am particularly interested in researching and teaching on topics that address social injustice and question the legitimacy of state power. My …