Jeremy Hawksworth
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC 1+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2018
Research supervisors: Marianne Hester, Natasha Mulvihill
Email: jeremy.hawksworth.2018@bristol.ac.uk
Michelle James
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
Department of Social and Policy Studies, University of BathStart date: October 2020
Research topic: Can Community-based Social Protection Interventions Improve the Wellbeing of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United Kingdom?
My PhD will investigate the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in the South West of England/Wales and, specifically, how taking part/reciprocity/volunteering in semi-formal and informal social protection interventions impacts their wellbeing positively and negatively. I also plan to investigate the politics and power structures associated with volunteering as an asylum seeker or refugee. My PhD will test a new research method in this field, using peer interviewers to collect data and the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) evaluation tool to organise and analyse the findings.Research supervisors: Professor Rachel Forester-Jones, Professor James Copestake
Email: mj773@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-james-9704438b
Emily Rickard
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC+3)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of BathStart date: September 2018
Research topic: Knowledge brokers or third-party influencers: The role of Think-Tanks in relation to Pharmaceutical and Food and Beverage policy
Research supervisors: Anna Gilmore, Piotr Ozieranski, Dr Jordan Tchilingirian
Email: e.j.rickard@bath.ac.uk
Angus Ryan
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: September 2022
Research topic: Corporate crime punishment
Research suggests that social policy is inadequate in regulating health and safety offences, as a large amount of harm bypasses the criminal justice system. I believe the largest gap in policy is how these offences are dealt with. My research uses interviews and focus groups to build a case for alternative punishments for health and safety offences. I aim to answer the following questions:1) Are current sanctions effective for the control of safety crime?
2) Are community sentence orders or equity fines better suited to punish and deter corporate offenders?
To answer these questions I look at the regulation and punishment of health and safety nationally and internationally.
Research supervisors: Ms Christina Pantazis, Dr Demi Patsios
Email: ar15943@bristol.ac.uk
Diana Teggi
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of BathStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: March 2022
Research topic: End of Life Care in Care Homes
My research looks at End of Life Care (EOLC) for and with old adults living and dying in care homes. Given the ageing of populations and the epidemiological transition to non-communicable diseases, more and more people are expected to die in their late 80s when the incidence of dementia, chronic disabling illnesses and institutionalisation is higher. Hence, this PhD answers whether care homes provide – or have the potential to provide – a kind of EOLC that is attuned to the hallmarks of dying in the 21st century England, that is in late old age (80+), with severe disability, frailty, and dementia. It does so by applying a mixed methods design that integrates multivariate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with ethnographic observation and interviewing of staff in up to six care homes in the South West of England. This project thus addresses the lack of up-to-date evidence base to inform EOLC practice in institutional long-term care. Further, it investigates the potential and hurdles of EOLC provision in the care home sector.Current position:
Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath
Research supervisors: Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Emeritus Professor Malcolm Johnson, Dr Matt Dickson
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Social & Policy Sciences Academic Representative (University of Bath) Publications:
Teggi, D. (2018) Unexpected death in ill old age: An analysis of disadvantaged dying in the English old population in Social Science in Medicine, 217, 112-120 Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953618305446?via%3Dihub#! DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.048
Teggi, D. (2020) Care homes as hospices: the problem with long-term care provision towards the end of life in England, LSE Politics and Policy Blog.
Teggi, D. (2020) Care homes as hospices for the prevalent form of dying: An analysis of long-term care provision towards the end of life in England, Social Science & Medicine, 260, 113150 (open access copy).
Email: D.Teggi@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/diana-teggi-790b3b106
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeggiDiana
Dr Donna Clutterbuck
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: March 2019
Research topic: Violence in Young Adults’ Relationships and Coercive Control
Research supervisors: Professor Marianne Hester , Dr Christine Barter
Email: dc9757@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Yasha Maccanico
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC 1+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: November 2019
Research topic: The effects of security and immigration policies on rights, liberties and society in the EU.
Research supervisors: Ms Ann Singleton, Ms Christina Pantazis
Email: ym12757.2012@my.bristol.ac.uk
Dr Joanna Howard
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC 1+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: June 2019
Research topic: Can it make a difference to the poor if non-governmental actors are involved in public services?
Research supervisors: Dr Sarah Ayres , Professor Gary Bridge
Email: jo.howard@bristol.ac.uk
Daniel Lombard
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: September 2022
Research topic: “Using discourse analysis to explore personalisation in long-term care”
My project is about how older/disabled people communicate with care professionals, in the context of how personalisation is delivered in long-term care. Using an innovative methodological approach, discourse analysis, which has been pioneered at the Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies, I aim to study the language used in interactions between professionals and clients. I am particularly interested in how the latter group express their needs and preferences regarding the way they are supported.I hope the findings will both further academic understanding in this area of social science and have a positive impact on the lives of older/disabled people and their families through practical application in the care sector.
Research supervisors: Professor Liz Lloyd, Professor Val Williams
Email: d.lombard@bristol.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellombard/
Dr Tim Marshall
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: September 2017
Research topic: Young people with intellectual disabilities
My research explores the everyday lives of young people with intellectual disabilities – and those close to them – in a north Indian city. It asks what is important or valued in young people’s lives, what helps them achieve this and what prevents them from doing so. The research context is one of India adopting disability legislation and policy in line with international agreements, while disabled people’s lived realities are poorly understood. The research is an ethnography, with participant observation the main method, and draws on a social relational model of disability as a theoretical starting point.Research supervisors: Dr Val Williams, Professor David Abbott
Professional memberships/Positions held:
National Union of Teachers memberEmail: tim.marshall@bristol.ac.uk
