Centre for Legal, Criminological and Social Justice Research

About us

Law gets into every aspect of personal, community, and national life; while key national debates draw on, and inform, criminology. The centre brings together a unique combination of more than 30 scholars working across law, criminology, and social justice. We have diverse ways of approaching our subjects, diverse areas of specialist expertise, and work in every landscape from the regional, through the national, to the global. What unites us is a shared commitment to research that makes a difference, which contributes to the pursuit of social justice.

The centre connects expertise in law and criminology with scholars working in other disciplines, and with key stakeholders in research such as policy makers, business and civil society. In doing so we draw upon work already done by established research groups in law and criminology.

Research impact

Our new centre builds upon a strong foundation of research focussed upon making a difference to broader society by working with governments and civil society. This includes fighting hate crime through legal reform, improving public policy on religion and belief at work, and supporting government through crisis.  

Membership

Staff

Name Role Email
Dr Craig Allen GDL Subject Coordinator and Lecturer in Law c.allen@brookes.ac.uk
Chara Bakalis Head of Oxford Brookes Law School (OBLS), Associate Professor in Law cbakalis@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Ahalya Bala Lecturer in Criminology a.bala@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Eric Baskind ESU-ECC National Mooting Competition Chair ebaskind@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Bekaert Associate Professor sbekaert@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Eleanor Bland Associate Professor in Criminology, Programme Lead for Criminology ebland@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Ivan Cavdarevic Senior Lecturer in Law icavdarevic@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Brigitte Clark Honorary Research Associate bclark@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Tom Crook Associate Professor and Programme Director for History tcrook@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Jason Danely Associate Professor of Anthropology jdanely@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Grace Di Méo Lecturer in Criminology g.dimeo@brookes.ac.uk
Professor Peter Edge Professor of Law pwedge@brookes.ac.uk
Kit Fotheringham Lecturer k.fotheringham@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Alice Gerlach Associate Professor, Deputy Head for Education and Student Experience agerlach@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Ioanna Gouseti Lecturer in Criminology p0096557@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Pete Harris Associate Professor in Criminology p0096516@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Richard Hester Senior Lecturer in Criminology rhester@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Chieh Huang Senior Lecturer in Law c.huang@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Michael John-Hopkins Senior Lecturer in Law john-hopkins@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Chris Lloyd Senior Lecturer in Law clloyd@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Grace Low Lecturer in Criminology glow@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Farah Mihlar Senior Lecturer in Human Rights fmihlar@brookes.ac.uk
Professor Sonia Morano-Foadi Professor in European Law smorano-foadi@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Max Morris Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology maxmorris@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Rose Nocella Lecturer in Law rnocella@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Patrick O'Brien Senior Lecturer in Law patrick.obrien@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Derek O'Brien Associate Professor in Law do'brien@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Joel Platt Lecturer in Law j.platt@brookes.ac.uk
Dr Tim Sayer Associate Professor in Law, Programme Director (Law) tsayer@brookes.ac.uk
Professor Lucy Vickers Director of Research lrvickers@brookes.ac.uk