I am a Lecturer in Criminology and active social researcher. I achieved a first in Criminology in Youth Studies at Teesside University and a Distinction in Social Research Methods (Criminology) at Durham University. I obtained my PhD in February 2021 which was about the rise of nationalism in a deindustrialised locale, and I am currently turning this into a monograph with Routledge. I have an emerging research profile which includes a forthcoming co-authored book on Researching the Covid-19 pandemic with Policy Press and journal article publications on deindustrialisation in Competition & Change; deindustrialisation and social harm in Critical Criminology; the sociological reasons underpinning Brexit in a post-industrial locale in Capital & Class,and on Covid-19 and the potential for social change which utilised online methods to study the impact of lockdown on peoples’ lives in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Although my projects to date have principally utilised intensive qualitative methods, I have received mixed methods and quantitative methods training as part of my ESRC PhD scholarship and MA in Social Research Methods (Criminology focussed) at Durham University.
Professional memberships and activities
- British Society of Criminology
- British Sociological Assocation
- (de)industrial Kent
Academic qualifications
- ESRC funded PhD: The New English Nationalism: Class, Culture and the Politics of the Future: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Post-industrial Northern Town – September 2017 – ongoing (passed viva on September 1st and currently doing the minor corrections) – Teesside University
- MA in Social Research Methods (Criminology) – Distinction – Durham University
- BSc Criminology and Youth Studies – First – Teesside University
- EDEXCEL BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport (Development, Coaching and Fitness) - Distinction*, Distinction, Distinction – Prior Pursglove College
Expertise
- Political Economy
- Working-class culture
- Post-war capitalism to neoliberalism
- Theoretical Criminology
- Politics
Research interests
- Working-class culture
- Nationalism
- Labour Markets
- Illicit Substances
- Consumer Culture
Teaching
Module Lead
- Global Sociology 1
- Doing Drugs: Policing Illegal Drug Use
- Discovering Qualitative Research Methods.
I also supervise undergraduate research dissertation projects and PhD students
Publications
Journal Articles
Telford, L (2021) 'There is nothing there': Deindustrialization and loss in a coastal town. Competition & Change. Online First: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294211011300
Ellis, A Briggs, D Lloyd, A & Telford, L (2021) A ticking time bomb of future harm: lockdown, child abuse and future violence. Abuse: An International Impact Journal. 2(1): 37-48 -https://threequayspublishing.com/product/a-ticking-time-bomb-of-future-harm-lockdown-child-abuse-and-future-violence/
Briggs D Ellis A Lloyd A & Telford L (2020) New hope or old futures in disguise? Neoliberalism, the Covid-19 pandemic and the possibility for social change. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Online First: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSSP-07-2020-0268/full/html
Telford L & Lloyd A (2020) From “Infant Hercules” to “Ghost Town”: Industrial collapse and social harm in Teesside. Critical Criminology. 1-17 Online First: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-020-09523-3
Telford L & Wistow J (2019) Brexit and the working class on Teesside: Moving beyond reductionism. Capital & Class. 1-20 Online First: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0309816819873310
Books
Briggs, D Ellis, A Lloyd, A & Telford, L (2021) Researching the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Critical Blueprint for the Social Sciences. Bristol: Policy Press. (Due to be published on 1st July 2021).