Academics with expertise in Politics

Candida Yates

Professor Candida Yates

Professor of Culture & Communication

Areas of expertise

Candida Yates is a Director of the AHRC Media and the Inner World research network (MiW) and has published widely on the themes of popular culture, psychoanalysis and identity. She also has a particular interest in gender and emotion in popular culture and representations of mental health and in the media and popular culture. She has been interviewed… Read more »

Darren Lilleker

Professor Darren Lilleker

Professor in Political Communication

Areas of expertise

Described by one BBC journalist as ‘a man who watches Westminster’, Darren is particularly interested in political party and candidate communication, and the link to citizen and voter engagement. In addition, Darren is Convenor of the Politics and Media Research Group within the Faculty of Media & Communication at Bournemouth University. He has appeared on ITV News… Read more »