Sociology and Criminology staff
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Sophie Gregory
Course Director - Criminology, Policing & Investigation, and Security Studies
Sophie Gregory graduated in 2011 with a First Class Honours Degree in Criminology. She was then awarded the Howard League Bursary, from the charitable penal reform organisation, to study towards her Master’s in Criminology and has been working in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Birmingham City University since...
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Dr Lily Hamourtziadou
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader MA in Security Studies
For the last 20 years Dr Lily Hamourtziadou has researched and taught international politics and security. She is also principal researcher for Iraq Body Count, a leading NGO, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nawaz Hanif
Lecturer in Criminology and Policing
Nawaz joined BCU in April 2024 from the Institute of Policing at Staffordshire University where he taught the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship program to officers from all Midlands police forces. Nawaz was Module Lead for an Investigations module and sat on the IOP Research Cadre. Prior to lecturing at Staffs, Nawaz...
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Max Hart
Law, Social and Criminal Justice
After completing his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Criminology at Birmingham City University (BCU), Max took up the position of research assistant in the Social Research and Evaluation Unit at BCU. During this time, he also worked as a visiting lecturer in Criminology at Staffordshire University. In 2019 Max took...
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Dr Gary Hazeldine
Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr Gary Hazeldine has taught Sociology at Birmingham City University since 2007. Prior to this he taught at the University of Brighton, the University of Sussex, and Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Kevin Hoffin
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Kevin Hoffin achieved his MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice, his BA in Law w/ Criminology and his PGCE at Keele University, Staffordshire. Kevin was nominated for an Excellence in Teaching (Early Career) Award at Keele University 2016/2017.
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Craig Kelly
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Course Lead MA Criminology
Craig Kelly is a Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University, where he has taught since 2018, covering topics such as transnational organised and corporate crime, crime in its historical and political context and beyond statistics.
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Yvonne Kennedy
Criminology Lecturer
Yvonne Kennedy was a manager in the National Probation Service before commencing an academic post in Criminology. Before joining BCU in 2023, Yvonne taught in three Universities delivering undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Yvonne has worked on several research projects for various agencies within the Criminal...
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Dr Nathan Kerrigan
Lecturer in Sociology
Nathan has been a Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University since September 2018 where he leads and teaches on a number of Foundation and Undergraduate Sociology modules.
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Dr Geraldine Lee-Treweek
Professor of Knowledge Exchange & Social Justice
Geraldine is a sociologist and transdisciplinary scholar with a keen interest in vulnerable groups and people who are defined as ‘out of place’ or who are excluded.