Academic staff

Violence against women & girls at the intersection of gender, race, border & migration
Gender-based violence
Intersection of gender, race & ethnicity in employment relations
Domestic violence

Probation Practice
Qualitative Research Methods
Literacy Policy
Neurodivergence
Edgework

Biomedical Research in Rare Disease
Industry Involvement in Public Health Research
Fringe Science

Sociological Theory
Sociological Methodology
Cultural Theory
Quality of Life Debates
Biopolitics
Sociology of Health & Illness
Sociology of Suffering, Dying & Death
Regulation Studies

International Relations

Social media data access for research, policy & ethics

Online user behaviour, digital consumption, influencer culture

Social media research methods

Theories of race & racism
Theories of identity
Muslim minorities
Multiculturalism & citizenship
Critical whiteness & ‘mixed race’ studies
Inter-generational relations
Qualitative methods

EU and UK environmental policy
European Parliament
Brexit and environmental policy

Deliberative and participatory democracy
Environmental, energy and climate justice
Sustainability
Renewable and community energy
Contaminated land

Social policy debates, reforms & contexts related to childhood & family relations
Sociology of childhood & family life
Welfare state reform
Promoting social equality for young people

Sociology of evil
Extreme deviance
Cultural criminology
Sociology of (lower league) football
Sociology of football singing
Impact of research on social work practice

Environmental Politics and Political Theory

Sex work
Modern slavery & trafficking
Scholar-activism & social justice
Migration
Alternatives to/the abolition of the police
Feminist methodologies, including participatory research

Everyday policing and punishment
Being and belonging in the city
The politics of crisis
Concepts of urban justice

Diaspora politics
Transnational political mobilisation and social movements
Migration governance
Global Politics
International Political Sociology
Global History
Connected Sociologies

Inequalities
Intersectionality
Stigma
Childhood sexual abuse
Research ethics
Social constructionism
Qualitative methods including insider research
Trauma informed research

Family relationships & politics
Friendship, personal relationships & social change
Sibling relationships
Everyday life
Qualitative methodologies

Science and technology studies
Social robotics/robots for care
Intersectionality
Reprogenetic technologies
Heterodox economics & science policy
Responsible research and innovation

biodiversity conservation
wildlife trade
human-animal relations
political ecology
bird conservation

Militarised masculinities
Conflict and Peacebuilding
Violent extremism
Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence
Image-based sexual abuse
Qualitative/Narrative Methods
Narrative Criminology
Consent
Aggression (including violence) during sex (AVS)
Technology-facilitated violence and abuse

Lived experiences of health and illness
Mental health and well-being
Health inequalities
Racial and gendered inequalities

Racial, gender and class inequalities in Europe and the United States
Women of colour’s grassroots organising and activism.

Focuses on the social impacts of transnational organized crime, criminal governance, and state violence in the Amazon, with emphasis on youth, women, and peacebuilding in Latin America.

Environmental Politics

Ageing, pensions & income in later life
Gender
Work & care
Remembrance & sport
Pensions
Reform and the impact of particular governments

gender and sexuality
the body
social movements
digital activism;
feminist methodologies

Alternative & activist media
Food politics
‘Lifestyle’ ethics
Online dis/misinformation & hate speech
Mediated activism
Science & technology studies
Social & cultural theory

Political Theory

Technology, identity and agency
Technology, young people and families
Digital culture
Asset-narratives of technology in disadvantaged settings
Creative, participatory research methods

Social inequalities
The sociology of elites
Families and wealth
Elite cohesion
British emigration
Whiteness

Political Economy

Transgender & gender diversity
Gender
Sexuality
The body
Intimacies
Citizenship
Recognition & social movements

Science and Technology Studies
Medical Sociology
Sociology of the psy- and neuro-sciences
Concussion and neurodegenerative disease
Autism spectrum conditions

Intersectionality
Health inequalities
Healthy ageing
Chronic disease and multimorbidity
MAIHDA (Multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy)
Mixed methods
Social class

Professional resilience - surviving & thriving as a social worker
Integrating research & theory with practice experience
Online teaching methods for social work
Adoption & permanence planning

Youth/young adult criminal justice policy
Childhood neurodevelopmental impairment
Developmental science & its applications to social sciences
Family-focused policy, practice & research methods

Political economy of media
Platform studies
App studies
Media and financialization
Media industries
Media policy and regulation

Governance and Public Policy

International Relations

International Relations

New media theory, practice & creativity
Social media data mining, big data analytics and data visualisation
The myths of new media
Media industries & cultural labour

Transnational families
Transnational political economy of care
Migration and transformations

International Political Economy
Financial regulation
Global governance
Central banking

Serious & organised crime
Human Trafficking
Illicit enterprise & entrepreneurship
Policing
Surveillance studies

Role of organisations in the coordination of social workers activities and the subversion of professional values and ethics. 

Migration policies
‘Race’ & multicultural strategies
Immigration; community
Family
Transnational relationships
Work & leisure among migrants
Forced labour

Parliamentary Studies
Public Understanding of and Engagement with Parliament
British Politics
Qualitative Methods

Social stratification & inequality
Labour markets
Education
Family & gender
Migration
Electoral behaviour
Advanced multivariate methods

International Relations

The politics of asylum and borders; postcolonial historical sociology; policy analysis
Decoloniality
Policy making & power

Migration

International Relations

Ethnicity
Race & multiculture
Community
Belonging & place
Rurality & the countryside
Social policymaking
Social inequalities & inclusion

gaming;
gaming culture and society;
gender, identity and digital media;
popular culture;
participatory fan culture including cosplay, identity and digital media

International Relations

Health inequalities
Social determinants of health
Intersectionality
Collective action and empowerment
Lived experience and communities
Ethnography and storytelling
Critical policy analysis
Anti-racism
Roma

Digital communities
Digital intimacies
Digital activism
Online racism and misogyny
Online conspiracy theories
Visual digital cultures

Digital methodologies
Expertise on digital platforms
Social life of climate change
Environmental imagery
Computer vision
Governance of climate knowledge
Science communication
Science and technology studies (STS)

Political Theory, Animal Ethics, Human Dignity and Human Rights

Communication technologies, policies, histories, lived experiences
Global AI and data economy
Critical Policy Studies
Global South and Southernness
Deliberative Policy Analysis

Interpersonal violence & abuse
Gender-based violence & abuse
Gender, trans & gender diversity
Hidden & marginalised communities
Multiple social exclusion
Qualitative & narrative methods

Governance and Public Policy

Global health politics
Global health governance
Health systems
Health equity
Post-conflict peacebuilding
Participatory Action Research
Nepal
Colombia

Domestic abuse, family violence, gender-based violence
Children and families social work practice and inequality
Restorative practice
Everyday family life and state intervention

Political Theory

Surveillance
Data analytics industries
The geoweb
Mobile digital culture
Digital marketing

Digital Good
Design Futures
Personal Informatics

International Relations

Academic Skills

Teaching Practice

Steel industries and state intervention

Defence industrial capabilities

International Relations Theory

The English School

International crises

Governance and Public Policy | Political Economy

• Science and Technology Studies
• Medical Sociology
• Biomedicine
• Patienthood
• Professional practice
• Degenerative disease
• Ageing

Political Theory

Family, youth studies, & childhood
Relationships between service providers & families
Ethnicity, multiculture, migration & superdiversity
Care circulation
Qualitative methodologies
University-community collaboration

Governance and Public Policy

Everyday health practices
Mundane health technologies
Lay/professional knowledge
Genetics
Prevention
Qualitative methods
Science & technology studies
Sociology of health & illness

Health & social media
Digital health
Sociology of health & illness
Genetics
Race & ancestry
Science & technology in society/STS
Digital methods
Tissue donation & biobanking

Matt's research is in the politics of urban air pollution governance with Sheffield Air.