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
Hamis Mugendawala is an Education Economist and social worker with over 17 years of experience. Hamis holds a PhD from the University of Southampton (UK) and he is a PRINCE2® certified project management practitioner and a chartered member of the... Read more
George has just started the second year of his PhD in Politics at the University of Southampton. Funded by the ESRC’s South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership, George’s thesis focuses on the connection between economic inequality and political trust using quantitative... Read more
Anne Heal spent much of her executive career at BT where she focussed on strategy and regulation. She also led (and refocussed) BT’s employee volunteering programme, helping more than 25,000 BT employees become active volunteers. Since she left BT, Anne... Read more
Athina Vlachantoni, SCDTP Director, is a member of the UK Social Policy Association , the British Society of Gerontology , and the British Society of Population Studies . Athina is also Deputy Editor of Ageing & Society , and a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Social Policy . 55% of 65-year-olds + have a... Read more
Ellie Atayee-Bennett is a an ESRC SCDTP-funded PhD Researcher within the department of Sociology at the University of Southampton. Her research explores the experiences of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim vegans within the context of late modern Great Britain and seeks... Read more
Charlotte Lee is a PhD researcher in the department of Psychology at the University of Southampton. Within the Centre for Perception and Cognition (CPC) Lab her research examines the eye movements of skilled readers. An internship... Read more
Alex Lee is a PhD Researcher at the School of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton. His research is taking a political ecology approach to critically examine rewilding in the UK. My research is focused on... Read more
Sophie Wilkinson is a PhD researcher within the department of Criminology at the University of Southampton. Her research investigates whether the UK welfare state contributes to people committing modern slavery offences. These 12 tips are for anyone... Read more
Ben Brindle is an SCDTP-funded student in Economics. His PhD explores whether previous UK studies have failed to detect adverse wage or employment effects of immigration because the labour market adjusts by alternative means. Other research interests include environmental economics... Read more