Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Afshin Zilanawala

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Parental Work Schedules
  • Child Development
  • Economic Hardship

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Ashish Dwivedi

Research interests

  • Early popular Indian cinema
  • Stardom and Archival Studies
  • Memory Studies
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Dr Ben Thomas PhD

Policy Research Fellow
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Dr Brian Hracs

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Ms Carolynn Low

Research interests

  • refugee and migrant entrepreneurship
  • citizenship, belonging and integration
  • refugees and work
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Dr Charlie Walker MA, MSocSci, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Postsocialism
  • Masculinities
  • Care leavers

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Charlotte Unruh

Lecturer in Philosophy

Research interests

  • Future Generations
  • Philosophy of Harm
  • Ethics of Technology

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Dr Chiara Dall'ora

Associate Professor in Health Workforce

Research interests

  • Health workforce organisation
  • Shift work
  • Occupational health - burnout

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Daniel Ashton

Professor-Cultural & Creative Industries

Research interests

  • Work and the Creative Economy
  • Culture, Data and Place
  • Arts and Cultural Organisations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr David Cross PhD, MSc, BA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Self-employment
  • Commitment
  • HR Profession

Accepting applications from PhD students

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