Our people
Our team includes talented researchers, support staff and affiliated experts from across a variety of institutions.
Find out more about them below:
Academic staff
- Stephen Ashe - Research Associate
- Laia Bécares - Research Fellow
- Bridget Byrne - Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- Ken Clark - Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Nissa Finney - Reader in Human Geography
- Rob Ford - Lecturer in Politics
- Lindsey Garratt - Research Associate
- Tina Hannemann - Research Associate
- Bethan Harries - Research Associate
- Anthony Heath - Professor of Sociology
- Shirin Hirsch - Affiliate Researcher
- Dharmi Kapadia - Research Associate
- Yaojun Li - Professor of Sociology
- Kitty Lymperopoulou - Research Associate
- Rebecca McKee
- James Nazroo - Professor of Sociology and Director of CoDE
- Simon Peters - Lecturer in Econometrics
- James Rhodes - Lecturer in Sociology
- Alina Rzepnikowska-Phillip - Research Associate
- Andrew Smith - Reader in Sociology
- Maria Sobolewska - Lecturer in Politics
- Ingrid Storm - Research Fellow
- Satnam Virdee - Professor of Sociology
Professional support staff
- Olive Bredin - Administrator
- Rebecca Moore - Project Administrator
- Jill Sambrook - Project Administrator
- Philippa Walker - CMIST Institute Manager and CoDE Project Manager
CoDE affiliated members
- Claire Alexander - Professor of Sociology
- Mark Brown - Senior Lecturer
- Gemma Catney - Lecturer
- Stephen Drinkwater - Senior Lecturer
- Silvia Galandini - Research Associate
- Suzanne Hall - Assistant Professor
- Stephen Jivraj - Lecturer
- James Laurence - Research Associate
- Laurence Lessard-Phillips - Research Fellow
- Gareth Mulvey - Fellow in Social Sciences
- Gwilym Price - Professor (Urban Studies)
- Ludi Simpson - Professor of Population Studies
- Stephanie Wallace - Research Associate
Strategy Board Members
- Richard Alba - Professor of Sociology, The City University of New York
- David Blackaby - Professor of Economics, Swansea University
- Anthony Heath - Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford
- James Jackson - Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
- Steve Jeffreys - Professor of Sociology, London Metropolitan University
- Frank Kalter - Professor of Sociology, University of Mannheim, Germany
- Michael Keith - Centre Director, Compas
- Kevin Lang - Professor of Economics, Boston University
- Ann Phoenix - Professor of Social Psychology, University of London
- Lucinda Platt - Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Ian Preston - Professor of Economics, UCL
- Papaarangi Reid - Public Health Physician, University of Auckland
- Shamit Saggar - Professor of Political Science, University of Essex
- Patrick Simon - Director of Research, Public Institute INED
- John Solomos - Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick
- Jean Tillie - Professor of Electoral Policies, University of Amsterdam
- Mary Waters - Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Advisory Board Members
- David Blackaby - Professor of Economics, Swansea University
- Jabeer Butt - Deputy Chief Executive, Race Equality Foundation
- Atiha Chaudry - Chair, Manchester BME Network
- Tim Conway - Policy Manager, Black Training and Enterprise Group
- Jeremy Crook - Director, Department of Work and Pensions
- Karen Hurrell - Senior Statistician, Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Jane Kennedy - Research Business Manager, Newham Council
- Sandra Kerr - Chair, Ethnic Minority Employment Stakeholders' Group
- Omar Khan - Director, The Runnymede Foundation
- Miriam Light - Department of Communities and Local Government
- Chris Orme - Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
- Alison Phipps - Professor of Language and Intercultural Studies, Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network
- Ann Phoenix - Professor of Education, Institute of Education
- Wilf Sullivan - Director, Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- Chris Weedon - Director, Cardiff University
- Charles Willie - Chief Executive, Diverse Cymru
- Simon Woolley - Director, Operation Black Vote
PhD students
- Elisabeth Badenhoop - Transformation from "Immigrants" to "Citizens" - A Comparison of Citizenship Admission Processes in Britain and Germany Today
- Magda Borkowska - Drivers of ethnic minorities' political participation: the group consciousness approach re-examined
- Frensis Bras - An Agent-Based Model approach to understanding changes in ethnic relations: applications to neighbourhood ethnic composition and health
- Ms Karis Campion - The Making of Mixed Ethnicities, 1945-2011
- Patrick English - The Dynamics of Descriptive Representation and Public Opinion – The Missing Determinant of Opportunity for Immigrant Communities in the United Kingdom
- Paul Goldie - The Irish Catholic question in Scotland
- Eleanor Hill - It’s not what you know, it’s who you know: What are the implications of social networks in UK politics for electoral choice?
- Sylwia Jurkowska - UK Poles and interethnic relationships: attitudes and experiences
- Anouk Kootstra - Conditions of solidarity: how perceived deservingness of welfare support is affected by economic austerity and social diversity
- Minna Liinpaa - Nationalism, devolution and ethnic identity in Scotland
- Maureen McBride - Towards a better Understanding of Sectarianism in Scotland: a case study of football supporters and the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act (2012)
- Mengxi Pang - Investigating identity formation of mixed-race children in Scotland
- Alina Rzepnikowska-Phillip - Convivial cultures in multicultural societies: narratives of Polish migrants in Britain and Spain
- William Shankley - Changing geographies of ethnic diversity in Britain