Associate Fellows - Durham University

Institute of Advanced Study

The IAS Associate Fellowship is a broad based community of Durham colleagues from across the disciplinary spectrum who are engaging with the IAS in forthcoming or recently completed interdisciplinary projects. The Fellowship is intended to provide a network for Fellows to come together and share ideas and experience.

Below are the current Fellows, with details of some of their research interests.

Associate Fellow	Department/School	Research Interests
Dr Kavi Abraham	Government and International Affairs	Pragmatism Race Global Governance Postcolonial Theory Democracy IR Theory
Professor Ben Alderson Day	Psychology	Felt presence Inner speech and mental imagery Language and executive function Psychosis and voice-hearing Autism and neurodiversity
Dr Noura Al Moubayed	Computer Science	Natural Language Processing Machine Learning for Healthcare Bias and Fairness in Machine Learning Social Robotics Brain Computer Interfaces Evolutionary Computation
Dr Emil Knall Archambault	Government and International Affairs	International security; war studies; remote warfare; military drones; Carl Schmitt; Visual Investigations; Democracy and War
Dr Christopher Bahl	History	Arabic in South Asia Social and cultural histories of the Indian Ocean region Early Modern manuscript cultures Political histories Shrine cities
Professor Andrew Baldwin	Geography	Climate change and human migration Mobility and the Anthropocene Settler colonialism.
Dr Mauro Bambi	Economics	Macroeconomic Theory Endogenous Growth and Endogenous Fluctuations Habit Formation Behavioural Economics (Reference Dependent Preferences)
Professor Rob Barton	Anthropology	Behavioural ecology and sociobiology Evolution of mamalian reproductive traits Primate evolution and behaviour Brain evolution Cognitive evolution
Professor Robert Baxter	Biosciences	Pollution ecology Arctic plant ecologyarctic Climate change
Dr Eamonn Bell	Computer Science	Digital musicology Media history Digital humanities History of technology
Dr Carly Beckerman	Government and International Affairs	Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) Conflict Resolution/Third Party Mediation Political Psychology and IR Israel-Palestine British Empire in the Middle East American foreign policy in the Middle East
Dr Nelly Bencomo	Computer Science	Decision making under uncertainty Autonomous systems Runtime models AI/ML Software Engineering Software Engineering for Autonomous and Self-adaptive Systems Software Engineering for AI/ML Systems
Dr Marco Bernini	English Studies	Narrative Theory Cognitive Narratology Samuel Beckett Immersion, Reading and Storyworlds Narrative, Self and Consciousness Narrative, Emergence and Complexity
Dr Kim Bouwer	Law	Climate Change Environmental Law Private Law (Predominantly torts)
Professor Susanne Braun	Management and Marketing	Leader and follower identity dynamics Narcissism in leadership Authentic leadership
Professor Gavin Bridge	Geography	Economy & Culture Energy Policy Group Geographies of Life Politics - State - Space (PSS)
Dr Venetia Bridges	English	Transformations of classical texts and narratives.
Professor Hannah Brown	Anthropology	Community-Based Health Care East Africa, Kenya Epidemics (especially HIV/AIDS and VHFs) Global Health and Development Health Governance Hospitals Human animal relations Science West Africa, Sierra Leone Work and Management
Professor Andy Byford	Modern Languages and Cultures	History of knowledge and science in Russia, especially biological, human and social sciences History of the intelligentsia, professions, academia and education in Russia Human-animal relations in Russia
Dr Miro Cafolla	Physics	Solid-liquid interfaces Nanoscale Electromagnetism Biophysics and biomedicine
Dr Laura Campbell	MLAC	Medieval French literature Medieval Italian literature
Dr Alex Campolo	Geography	History of statistics and data Machine learning and algorithms Social theory
Dr Simona Capsani	Philosophy	Climate Justice Climate Mobility Environmental Philosophy Ethics (Normative & Applied) Feminist Philosophy Philosophy of Immigration Political and Social Philosophy
Professor Atanu Chaudhuri	Marketing and Management	Supply chains and business models for digital manufacturing Supply chain risk management Supply chain integration
Dr Nikita Chiu	Marketing and Management	Dynamics between technological advances and governance
Dr David Chivers	Economics	Macroeconomics of Labour Markets Macroeconomics of Growth and Development
Professor Zanna Clay	Psychology	Primate behaviour, and conservation Comparative Affective Science Social cognition Evolution of language and culture Evolution and development of empathy
Waylon Cunningham	Journalist	Journalism
Professor Olga Demetriou	Government and International Affairs	Refugees and Displacement European Asylum System Gender, feminism and peace building Cultural heritage conflicts Citizenship Minorities
Dr Can Eken	Law	Alternative dispute resolution methods Commercial mediation International commercial arbitration Investment law Online dispute resolution Third-party funding
Professor Tuomas Eerola	Music	Music and emotions Music perception, particularly melody, rhythm and timbre Music and movement
Dr Eric Egan	Music	Contemporary art music Composition Expressing environments through music Societal engagement through abstract sonic structures Exploring historical narratives through sound
Professor Helen Fenwick	Durham Law School	Counter-terrorist law and policy Media freedom of expression (in particular contempt law, obscenity law and privacy law) Public protest Human Rights Act; proposals for a Bill of Rights
Dr Alice Finden	Government and International Affairs	Critical terrorism studies Feminist and queer theories Qualitative methods including archival and interviews Post-colonial theory Colonialism and empire Violence and its normalisation
Rosa Furneaux	Sir Harry Evans Global Fellow in Investigative Journalism	Investigative journalism
Dr Sol Gamsu	Sociology	Regional and local geographies of education and how these combine with race, class and gender Elite education Secondary schooling, post-16 education and lifelong learning Access to higher education Politics of higher education History of education
Professor John Paul Gosling	Mathematical Sciences	Bayesian statistics Expert knowledge elicitation Robust analyses
Professor Chris Greenwell	Earth Sciences	Climate and Environmental Change Geochemistry Research Group Geoenergy, Resources and Waste Sedimentology Research Group
Professor Mariann Hardey	Marketing and Management	Women in digital leadership roles Consumer-generated-content (CGC) Tech Cities
Dr Patrick Jachyra	Sport & Exercise Sciences	Neurodevelopmental disabilities Autism Physical Activity Mental Health Bioethics
Professor Simon James	English Studies	Victorian and Twentieth-Century Fiction Literature and Gender Literary Theory, esp. Narrative Theory, Psychoanalysis and Gender; Theories of Pleasure Textual editing, including digital editing
Dr Kimberley Jamie	Sociology	Health, including Family health Medicines use Health technologies Lay health understandings/behaviours Healthcare work and professional practice
Professor Karen Johnson	Engineering	Waste Water Treatment Soils using Clean Waste
Dr Henry Jones	Law	Critical Legal Theory International Law Legal History Marxist Legal Theory
Dr Jeremy Kendal	Anthropology	Social transmission and population dynamics
Dr Hannah King	Sociology	Communities and Social Justice Criminal Justice, Social Harm and Inequalities Violence and Abuse
Professor Elisabeth Kirtsoglou	Anthropology	Gender Identity Greece Politics Migration and Refugee Issues
Dr Kate Leslie	Chemistry	Polymer sensing arrays for monitoring chronic infections
Dr Liam Liburd	History	Black British history History of 'race' & racism in modern Britain History of the British white supremacist movement The legacies of empire & decolonisation
Professor Jonathan Long	Modern Languages and Cultures	Twentieth-century German literature Writers and photography Literary theory Theory of photography and visual culture Photography in the Weimar Republic
Dr Thembi Luckett	Geography	Social Theory Labour Sociology Feminist Theory Political Ecology
Professor William Lucy	Durham Law School	Legal philosophy Philosophy of private law The normative standing of access to justice Adjudication and legal reasoning
Dr Alpár Mészáros	Mathematical Sciences	Calculus of variations Nonlinear PDEs Optimal mass transport Mean field games
Professor Petra Minnerop	Law	Citizenship Rights in International and EU Law Human Rights Law International Environmental Law International Law on Climate Change Intersection of Science and Climate Law and Policy Public International Law
Professor Catherine Montgomery	Education	Mobilities and immobilities in international higher education The internationalisation of curriculum and knowledge
Dr Karolina W. Nieberle	Psychology	Leader and follower identity dynamics Followership Shared leadership Employee voice behaviour
Professor Claudia Nitschke	Modern Languages and Cultures	Environmental Humanities Literature and the law (in particular theories of property and human rights) Utopian theory and fiction National identity, nationalism, concepts of sovereignty in literature and film Contemporary literature 18th- and 19th-century literature, in particular Realism, Romanticism, 'Age of Goethe', Enlightenment
Professor James Osborn	Physics	Atmospheric physics Free-space optical communications Astronomical instrumentation
Dr Joy Paterson	Biosciences
Dr David Petts	Archaeology	Early medieval Britain, particularly northern England and Scotland Early medieval Brittany, Normandy and the wider Atlantic world Early medieval Christianity Early medieval to contemporary maritime cultural landscapes Post-medieval religion, ritual and belief 20th century archaeology
Professor Markian Prokopovych	History	The Habsburg Empire Ukraine Eastern and Central Europe Cultural history Urban history
Dr Rille Raaper	Education	Student experience, identity and agency Higher education policy and practice Politics of higher education and student movements Consumerism in higher education Critical theory and critical discourse analysis
Professor Debbie Riby	Psychology	Neurodiversity Neurodevelopmental conditions Social perception and social cognition in Williams syndrome (WS) and Autism (ASD)
Dr Helen Roche	History	German history from the nineteenth century onwards; Austrian history during the inter-war period; comparative fascism studies History of childhood and history of education Youth exchange during the twentieth century.
Dr Matt Sjoberg	Management and Marketing
Dr Margarita Staykova	Physics	Biophysics Biological membranes Functional interfaces Living materials
Professor Philip Steinberg	Geography	Political geography Governance of frontiers Ocean ontologies Ways of knowing in icy environments Art-Geography-Law interfaces Transdisciplinary pedagogies
Professor Julie-Marie Strange	History	Class, Emotion, Material Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Animals/ Dogs Victorians
Dr Christopher Szabla	Durham Law School	International Law International Legal History Global Legal History Migration and Refugees Law of Armed Conflict
Dr Edmund Thomas	Classics and Ancient History	Roman Architecture Monumentality Roman Epigraphy Ancient Aesthetics Roman Sarcophagi Classicism Vitruvius Light in Architecture Spirally fluted columns
Dr Emily Tupper	Sport & Exercise Sciences	Movement Volunteering
Professor Tammi Walker	Psychology	Mental health and physical health inequalities Addictions - Drugs and Alcohol Services in Education and NHS Women in contact with the criminal justice system Addressing sexual violence at universities Prisoner self-harm and suicide
Professor Martin Ward	Physics	Black Holes Quasars
Dr Emily Webster	Philosophy	Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Imperialism Digital Humanities Environmental History Environmental Humanities History and Philosophy of Epidemiology History and Philosophy of Medicine Medical Humanities Public Health, History of Public Health
Professor John Williams	Government and International Affairs	International Relations theory Drones, automatic and autonomous weapons Ethics in International Relations Ethics of territorial borders Ethics of violence
Professor Justin Willis	History	Sudan in the 19th and 20th centuries electoral history modern East Africa saving and money in Africa
Dr Xiaotong (Janey) Zheng	Marketing and Management	Relational leadership Trust and felt trust LMX Identity Emotion
Professor Binghan Zheng	Modern Languages and Cultures	Translation Process Research Empirical Translation/Interpreting Studies Cognitive Neuroscience of Translation Contemporary Translation Theories Comparative Translation/Interpreting Studies