Author: Joanna Grace Bio: Jo is a second year doctoral researcher in the Centre for Research in Inclusion, School of Education at the University of Southampton. She is a sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, globally published author, trainer, TEDx... Read more
Author: Mark Anthony Kaye Bio: Mark is a first year PhD candidate (Area Studies) at the University of Portsmouth. With a background in contemporary British and European history and politics, his PhD research focuses on the cultural, social and political... Read more
Author: Charlie Pericleous Bio: Charlie Pericleous MBE is a part-time SCDTP-funded PhD researcher at Portsmouth University, School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature. His research explores local Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) policies in the South-East of England and... Read more
Author: Holly Radford Bio: Holly is a part-time Psychology PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, researching nonverbal communication in autistic people. She is particularly interested in facial expression use, first impressions, the Double Empathy Problem, and cross-neurotype communication between... Read more
Max Dixon is an ESRC SCDTP-funded Masters in Social Research Methods student at the University of Southampton with a proposed PhD at the University of Portsmouth in the school of Area Studies focusing on UK-Taiwan relations. His research explores how... Read more
Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth. Since April 2022, he has been heading the newly established European Parliament (EP) History Service in Brussels in a part-time role. He has widely researched and published on... Read more
Dimitra Kiousi is a split-site PhD candidate at the University of Portsmouth (UK), School of Area Studies, Politics, History and Literature and Halmstad University (Sweden). Funded by the University of Portsmouth as part of a three-year Portsmouth-Halmstad partnership, Dimitra’s cross-collaborative... Read more
Mihaela Iorga is a third-year PhD student in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, at the University of Portsmouth. She submitted her thesis in November 2022 and is preparing to defend it in March 2023. Her academic interests include... Read more
Paul Flenley has researched and published in the areas of Russian Foreign Policy – particularly Russia-EU/NATO relations; Russian nationalism and national identity, the Russian Revolution and early development of the Soviet state. His most recent publications have been on the... Read more
Zineb Khemissi is an Algerian final year PhD researcher at Portsmouth University, School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature. Funded by the Algerian Embassy in London, her research explores the experience of Korean American adoptees’ identity formation processes within... Read more
Lorna Fielker is a an ESRC, SCDTP-funded PhD Researcher within the Department of Sociology at the University of Southampton. Her research explores the impact of data protection and privacy regulations on the community and voluntary sector. Lorna is also an... Read more
Melanie Nind, SCDTP Deputy Director (Training & Impact), and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, is a co-director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods . She was principal investigator on the Pedagogy of Methodological Learning study and the Changing Research Practices in Covid-19 series of studies. ... Read more