Alex is a sociologist with varied expertise. His research is qualitative in nature, meaning that he analyses data involving human participants (e.g., interviews and focus groups). His projects have been diverse and included studies of Christianity, atheism, and near-death experiences. He has also explored the intersections of inequalities concerning gender, class, and disability. Alex often… Read more »
Michele’s research interests are in the field of nursing older people and people with dementia. As a qualitative researcher she looks to use creative approaches to collect and present research data. Her PhD explored the meaning of home using photo elicitation. She has worked with Alzheimer’s Research UK and Health Education England developing and evaluating… Read more »
Dr Leslie Gelling has 30 years’ experience in nursing, nurse education and research. He also has 18 years’ experience in research ethics and the ethical review of research and has been the Chair of an NHS Research Ethics Committee for the past 14 years. He has consulted widely on research ethics, governance and integrity. Dr… Read more »
A registered nurse, registered nutritionist and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) teacher, Sue has considerable expertise in nurse education and clinical nutrition. Having held a clinical academic role for many years, she is currently Deputy Head of Department of Nursing Science and works one morning a week as a nutrition nurse in a home enteral… Read more »
Sally has over twenty years of experience of social work practice with adults in a range of community and hospital settings. This work has including managing complex safeguarding interventions and working within mental capacity legislation and other statutory functions. Her research has focused on marginalised groups and has promoted participatory approaches which empower individuals and… Read more »
Lee-Ann has been an academic for 25 years and is also a Registered Social Worker committed to advancing the professional evidence base of practitioners. Her research is focused on participatory arts-based methods to engage with seldom heard voices. This includes projects with older LGBT citizens, young people with disabilities, and homeless people – creating outputs… Read more »
Michael’s research focuses on the relationships between sport & physical activity (physical culture), the governance of bodies, mediated (sporting) spectacles, identities and urban spaces. His current research addresses the relationship between sport mega-events, urban renewal, and social inequalities. His work aims to push at the ontological, epistemological, methodological, and pedagogic boundaries of the critical, social… Read more »
Heather is a registered nutritionist and member of the Nutrition Society, researching public health nutrition. She currently leads two EU projects – VeggiEAT, which promotes healthy eating and vegetable consumption, and FoodSMART, which aims to provide more informed consumer choice when eating out. She also coordinates Destination FeelGood, engaging with organisations to help develop wellbeing… Read more »
Jan is a cognitive psychologist whose research focuses primarily on orientation and navigation behaviour. He is interested in the effects that cognitive ageing has on our wayfinding abilities. In his investigations he makes use of different methods such as behavioural navigation experiments, virtual reality techniques, eye-tracking, and cognitive modelling.
John’s research focuses on social psychological aspects of behaviour change, and how this is informed by group dynamics and perceptions of peer behaviour. He has been extensively involved in the development of the social norms approach in the UK, which aims to bring about positive change through challenging misconceptions and negative stereotypes. John is particularly… Read more »