Professor Vini Lander

Professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality · Leeds Beckett University

Her research examines race inequalities in education, specifically in teacher education.

Race and Racism Teacher Education Inequalities in Education Diversity British Values in School

Professor Tim Grant

Director, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics · Aston University

Professor Grant's main research interests are within the area of forensic linguistics.

Forensic Linguistics Forensic Authorship Analysis Online Sexual Abuse Conversations Twitter SMS

Professor Akintola Akintoye

Dean of School · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Akintola Akintoye, Dean of School of Built Environment and Engineering, joined the University in 2017.

Modelling Civil Engineering Construction Economics Architecture Economic Formation

Professor Georgina Jones

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Georgina Jones's research uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods and focuses on women's health.

Women's Health Decision-Making Quality of Life Measurement Health Psychology Research Methods

Professor Karl Spracklen

Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Karl Spracklen has written extensively on music, identity, and culture, with interests in alternativity and marginalisation.

Nationalism and Identity in Music Leisure and Diaspora Sociology Music Racism

Professor Brendan Gough

Director of Research · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Brendan Gough is a Critical Social Psychologist and qualitative researcher interested in men and masculinities.

Men’s Grooming Men’s Experiences of Infertility Qualitative Research Methods Psychology Mental Health Issues

Professor Rachel Julian

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Professor Rachel Julian is an internationally recognised researcher working on Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping/Protection.

Security Peace Feminism Community Culture

Professor David Glew

Director of the Leeds Sustainability Institute · Leeds Beckett University

Professor David Glew is a recognised expert in the area of building performance, retrofit evaluation and energy efficiency policy.

Sustainability Buildings

William Henry Pruitt III

Assistant Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature Black Radicalism Black Intellectual History Black Performance Studies Black Queer Studies

Professor Damian Bailey

Professor of Physiology · University of South Wales

He investigates how the human brain uses oxygen and the link between the brain and exercise.

Exercise Hypoxia Neuroscience Brain Damage Brain Injury

Professor Imran Awan

Professor of Criminology · Birmingham City University

He is one of the UK’s leading criminologists and experts on Islamophobia and countering extremism.

Conspiracy Theories of Lockdown Bigotry Extremism Islamaphobia Crime

Professor Richard Wiseman

Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology · University of Hertfordshire

Richard has gained an international reputation for his research into the psychology of luck, deception, persuasion and magic.

Persuasion Magic Luck Psychology Deception

Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care · Kingston University

Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne's research explores end of life care for people with learning disabilities and how to manage their conditions.

Bereavement Palliative Care People with Learning Disabilities End of Life Care Learning Disabilities

Professor Claire Surr

Professor · Leeds Beckett University

Her research addresses care and support for people living with dementia and those who care for them.

General Hospitals Social Care Patient Support Carers Dementia

Professor Louisa Ells

Professor of Obesity · Leeds Beckett

Louisa has specialised in applied obesity research for the past two decades.

Obesity Nutrition Public Health Weight Management

Professor Deveral Capps

Dean of School · Leeds Beckett University

As an expert in Quality Assurance, Professor Deveral Capps has a deep understanding of academic quality and assurance processes.

Quality Assurance Legal Skills Legal Education eCommerce Law

Professor Kehinde Andrews

Professor of Black Studies · Birmingham City University

Kehinde Andrews is Professor of Black Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical Social Research at Birmingham City University.

Black Lives Matter Community Activism Ethnicity Race Racism

Professor Sandra Esteves

Professor in Bioprocess Technology for Resource Recovery and Director of the Wales Centre for Excellence in Anaerobic Digestion · University of South Wales

Her expertise is in recovery from waste and the production of useful and re-usable waste content mainly for energy use.

Fuel Bioenergy Waste Recycling

Professor Hazel Barrett

Professor in Development Geography · Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University

Professor Hazel Barrett is a leading researcher and campaigner on the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Human Rights Refugees Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Africa Social Justice

Pramod Srivastava, M.D.

Director of the UConn Health Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center · University of Connecticut

Immunology expert, specializing in the development of vaccinations for difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer

Vaccination for Ovarian Cancer Novel Cancer Immunotherapy