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Marguerite Schinkel
Senior lecturer in Sociology/Criminology
Research Interests: Marguerite’s research focuses on criminal justice. In her PhD and post-doc research she explored how prison sentences are given meaning by those who undergo them. More recently, she has explored the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on penal experiences in Scotland. Besides the lived experience of punishment, she is interested in how people escape cycles of harm, the places and spaces that help/hinder this, and alternatives to criminal justice.
Yingru Li
Research Interests: With a concern for social justice and human rights, Yingru is interested in research that could have policy significance and impacts on the practice of corporate accountability for human rights and sustainable economy. In translating the theoretical concerns to the practice, she is closely engaged in projects that explore human rights issues in the corporate world and how to mobilize businesses to be “better” and more responsible.
Asli Ozcelik Olcay
Research Interests: Asli's principal research interests concern the relationship between peacemaking and international law. More broadly, she works in the fields of public international law, international human rights law, international criminal law, the laws of armed conflict, and comparative constitutional law, with a particular interest in non-state armed groups, self-determination, transitional justice, post-conflict constitution-making, and humanitarian assistance.
Yulia Nesterova
Lecturer in International and Comparative Education
Research Interests: Yulia's research interests centre around inequalities and injustices in education, education for peace and justice, and how partnerships and youth and community engagement can address and redress inequalities and injustices, and help establish lasting and just peace.
David Lundie
Senior Lecturer in Education/Deputy Head of School (Strategy and Research)
Research Interests: Religious and secular worldviews, value pluralism and moral education. Drawing on philosophical, anthropological and sociological perspectives to understand complex decision multi-agency decision-making, particularly for young people.
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