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Staff in the School of Social Sciences
Head of school
Academic staff
William Ackah , Senior Lecturer in Black and Community Geographies Margarita Aragon , Senior Lecturer in SociologyLisa Baraitser , Professor of Psychosocial TheoryJoana Barros , Senior Research FellowIvana Bevilacqua , LecturerBina Bhardwa , Research Fellow, ICPRJasmine Bhatia , Senior LecturerAlanna Bodo , Lecturer in Environmental GeographyBecky Briant , Reader in Quaternary ScienceAli Burak Gü ven , Senior LecturerNicola Campbell , Research Assistant, ICPRChao-yo Cheng , Lecturer in Quantitative Political and Social ResearchJenelle Clarke , Senior LecturerAlex Colas , Professor of International RelationsAviah Day , Lecturer in CriminologyIzabela Delabre , Senior Lecturer in Environmental GeographyRachael Dobson , Senior LecturerJason Edwards , Senior Lecturer in PoliticsJan Etienne , Lecturer and Honorary Research FellowHelen Fair , Research Fellow, ICPRWadan Farahi, Research Assistant Aideen Foley , Senior LecturerEoin Fullam, Researcher Jasmine Gideon , Professor of Global Health and DevelopmentBen Gidley , Reader in Sociology and Psychosocial StudiesCatherine Heard , Senior Research Fellow, ICRP and Director of the World Prison ProgrammeLaszlo Horvath , Senior Lecturer in Political CommunicationGill Hunter , Senior Research Fellow, ICPRJessica Jacobson , Professor of Criminal JusticeAmy Kirby , Lecturer in CriminologySarah Lamble , Reader in Criminology and Queer TheoryDeborah Mabbett , Professor of Public PolicyAna Luisa Serta Almada Mauro, Lecturer Tiggey May , Senior Research Fellow, ICPRBarry Maydom , Senior Lecturer in PoliticsBrendan McGeever , Senior Lecturer in SociologyAlex Murray , Research Fellow, ICPRYasmeen Narayan , Lecturer in Postcolonial and Psychosocial StudiesJas Nijjar, Lecturer A Mara Nogueira , Senior Lecturer in Urban GeographyMargarita Palacios , Reader in Social Theory and Psychosocial StudiesIan Sanjay Patel , Lecturer in Sociology and Social ResearchSimon Pooley , Lambert Lecturer in Environment (Applied Herpetology)Silvia Posocco , Reader in Social AnthropologyLaura Richards-Gray , Lecturer in British PoliticsJennifer Robertson , Lecturer in Physical GeographyDr Mai Sato , Professor and Director of the ICPRTanya Serisier , Reader in Feminist TheoryOlivia Sheringham , Senior Lecturer in Cultural Geography and Social JusticeShino Shiode , Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information ScienceDavid Styan , Senior Lecturer in Politics and International RelationsPersis Taraporevala , Lecturer in Environmental GeographyMatthijs Van Den Bos, Lecturer in International StudiesRoberto Murcio Villaneuva , Lecturer in Geographic Data SciecneKaren Wells , Professor of International Development and Childhood StudiesKalpana Wilson , Senior Lecturer in International DevelopmentBen Worthy , Senior Lecturer in PoliticsSappho Xenakis , Reader in Criminology and International Relations
Emeritus staff
Dr Joana Barros Professor Sue Brooks Professor Melissa Butcher Professor Diana Coole Professor Stephen Frosh Professor Mike Hough Professor Anne Jamieson Dr Gail Lewis Professor David-Hillel Ruben Professor Lynne Segal : Lynne Segal was appointed an Anniversary Professor of Gender and Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck in 1999 and worked in various departments in what is now the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She taught and published widely on feminism, sexuality, shifting gender relations and political belongings. She retired in 2020, and now participates in various Gender Institutes in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, and is on the advisory boards of various journals in gender studies as well the editorial board of New Formations. She continues to publish widely, most recently on feminism, ageing, interdependence and care. Her recent books include Out of Time: The Pleasures & Perils of Ageing (2013); Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy (2017); The Care Manifesto – co-authored with the Care Collective (2020) and Lean on Me: The Politics of Radical Care (2023). She is currently writing and speaking on Radical Friendships, Love and Solidarity, as well as on ways of working for peace in Israel/Palestine. Email Lynn Segal .Professor Bruna Seu Professor Penny Vera-Sanso Professor Paul Watt Professor Miriam Zukas
Honorary Research Fellows
Ms Jo Abbess Dr Richard Clarke Dr Gianmaria Colpani Dr Gustavo Dias Dr Paul Elsner Dr Arndt Emmerich Dr Jan Etienne Dr Kerry Harman Dr Harry Langford Professor Deepanshu Mohan Dr Antonella Patteri Ms Joanna Perry Mr Martin Rosenbaum Dr Emily Setty Mr Roy Walmsley Dr Ali Wigzell
Life fellows
Visiting professors
Professor Penny Cooper Professor Hussein Kassim Professor Juliet Lyon Professor Emma Russell Professor Philip Spencer