Our researchers

Professor

Steven is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Business, Innovation and the Regions. His research investigates democratic governance, collaboration and sustainability.

Head Of Department - Business

Carol is a member of the ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network) Tourism Working Group in Brussels. Taught in Switzerland, Finland and Croatia. Research interests include the relationship between cultural awareness and visitor s…

Senior Lecturer

Dr Frederick Nyakudya is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is one of the staff members responsible for leading the Postgraduate Research courses at the JSS.

Lecturer

Itoro Ekpo is a undergraduate and postgraduate lecturer and is also involved in research in the School of Justice, Security and Sustainability.

Lecturer

Dr. Dilrukshi Hewage is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at University of Staffordshire. Her research focuses on finance, corporate governance, gender diversity on boards, bankruptcy, corporate fraud, ESG reporting, and corporate risk-taking.

Lecturer

Khaoula Omhand is a lecturer in Business management and leadership. Who has held previous posts in other higher education institutions and led environmental consultancy projects in Africa and Europe.

Lecturer

Lecturer in Business, specialising in higher and degree-level apprenticeships.

Lecturer in Digital Marketing

Muhammad is a Lecturer in Digital Marketing with nearly a decade of teaching experience. His expertise spans consumer behaviour, advertisement effectiveness, digital marketing trends, and managing social media campaigns.

Professor

Having degrees both from the arts (music) as well as the sciences (electrical engineering, computer science) I am a genuine interdisciplinarian.

Professor

Prof. Brownsword is an artist, researcher and educator. His research into the legacy of deindustrialisation in relation to North Staffordshire's ceramic industry, has had national and international cultural impact.

Associate Professor

Dave is an audio-visual artist who holds a PhD in composition. His primary research focus is Electronic Visual Music and he teaches composition, audio-visuals and mastering at undergraduate and post-graduate levels

Senior Lecturer

Course leader for PhDs. Senior lecturer in Computer Games Programming – 3D graphics programming and AI.

Associate Professor

Dr Agata Lulkowska is a Senior Lecturer in Film Production in the Department of Film, Media and Journalism. Agata’s background is in film practice, installations and photography.

Senior Lecturer

Sharon works across all areas of film and media production, focusing upon specialisms in sound design, editing, acting and performance in film. She is an active researcher with international publications on lighting, sound and representation in film.

Associate Professor

Marc is the Course Leader for MA Music Production and teaches computer sound, advanced Pro Tools techniques, modern composition and music software design.

Professor

Prof. Brown’s research investigates how contemporary social identity is constructed through rituals of consumption within popular culture. His research also explores the Invented World and the Natural World, including plant/human relations.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Andrew Stubbs-Lacy is Senior Lecturer of Film Industries and Studies in the Department of Creative Industries. He is also the postgraduate research coordinator, co-lead for the C3 research centre, and his department’s ethics coordinator.

Senior Lecturer

Cameron is a lecturer and a research in performance management in relation to sports and esports coaching and performance. His main area of interest is the development of physical fitness in relation to psychological and sociological.

Professor

Catherine is a technology ethicist with research interests in video games, online safety and child protection, and emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and social media.

Senior Lecturer

Josh is a Senior Lecturer specialising in Esports, who joined Staffordshire University in September 2019. Josh’s ongoing research interests include co-creative player relations, free-to-play monetisation, grassroots esports and platform governance.

Associate Professor Of Lens-Based Media

I am a lens-based artist, researcher, and educator. My research maps planetary relations through a post-human feminist lens. My works are held in national and international private collections and museums.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Monireh Astani is a researcher and practitioner invested in the interdisciplinary, audience-oriented, creative practices of animation, visual design, and VR/AR.

Associate Dean - Research & Innovation

Carlton is the Director of the Staffordshire University Games Institute and Professor of Narrative Design.

Senior Lecturer

David is a Senior Lecturer in Game Development and an active researcher in the fields of communication and culture studies, game studies, digital heritage, and community management.

Senior Lecturer

Fiona is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries specialising in print, textiles, and enterprise, combining academic expertise, professional practice, and research into play, experimentation, and creative confidence.

Professor

Esther specialises in player behaviour and analog games, exploring roleplaying, boardgames, fan communities and conventions. She has consulted on playful experiences for companies including Candy Crush (King Games) and Sony PlayStation.

Lecturer

Emma is an artist, researcher, and lecturer in Games Development. Her research explores applying virtual reality to museum displays to enhance the education and overall visitor experience.

Professor

Anna Francis is an artist and researcher whose work aims to create space to discuss and reframe city resources, through participatory art interventions.

Professor Of Cyber-Physical Systems

Mohamed is the lead researcher of Adaptive Video Analytic technologies, and is also the founder of Spectral-360. His current research interests include object recognition, object tracking, object segmentation, and face detection.

Professor

Abdel-Hamid's expertise includes automation, including Smart Cities, Building automation, Energy management, Security, Safety and health applications.

Head Of Department - Computing & Esports

Russell started at the University in 1990, studying a BA, then MRes, and finally a PhD before going into full-time teaching. He currently runs the Department of Computing. Previously he has managed the Information Systems group at Stafford befor…

Senior Lecturer

Mohammad is a Senior lecturer who is involved in PG research, MSc course management, PG and UG teaching. He is the course leader for MSc Computer Science and has experience in Erasmus project management.

Senior Lecturer

Justin has worked for the University for a number of years as a Senior Lecturer in Networking. He is a member of the university's CISCO teaching team and has a wide set of experiences within this field, and has mostly specialised in the area of…

Interim Head Of Department

Debi has a keen interest in Automotive and Aeronautical Aerodynamics, Engine Design and Engineering History (Automotive and Aeronautical).

Senior Lecturer

Tamoor is an Electrical Engineering with more than 12 years of experience in industry and academia. Tamoor is a senior lecturer in automation and robotics engineering, his research interests include: IoT, Soft robotics, SLAMs, Smart City, AI, and ML.

Associate Professor

I joined Staffordshire University in 2019 with years of academic & industrial experiences. My main field of interest is CFD simulation of applied thermo-fluid problems for renewable energy technologies, Solar Energy & Thermal Energy Storage.

Head Of Department - Sugi

Prof. Headleand is a Computing & Video Games academic with over 20 years' experience; internationally recognised as an expert in student engagement. He is head of Games Design & Technology & researches Virtual Reality, Visualisation & Serious Games.

Head of Engineering

Dr. Sheikh Islam is the Head of Engineering at University of Staffordshire, bringing over 13 years of experience in academia and industry to his role.

Professor-Low Carbon & Renew Energy Sys

Prof Gohari Darabkhani has focused his research and industry collaborations on technologies and projects that directly contribute to resolving current major issues in the energy industry to achieving net-zero emission targets by 2050.

Associate Professor

Alison's expertise includes smart grids and their protection and renewable integration, smart homes, wireless sensor network design, implementation and optimisation.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Awan is Senior Lecturer in Mechanical & Automotive Engineering and Award Leader for MSc Automotive Engineering and MSc Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Technologies within School of Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business.

Senior Lecturer

Dr Naveed is the Course Leader for the MSc in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. His expertise lies in electrical power systems, with a primary research focus on power quality issues within both current and prospective power grids.

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer Course Leader - BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering Course Leader - Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship.

Associate Professor of Architecture

Islam is the Architecture Course Leader. He is an Architect with extensive experience in the design and construction of the built environment. Islam’s research focuses on the intersections between Architecture, Film and Sustainability.

Associate Professor

I am currently an Associate Professor in Operational Research at Staffordshire University. I teach math modules at the Engineering Dept. The focus of my research is to apply analytics tools in healthcare, comm. networks and environmental sciences.

Senior Lecturer

Andy's research interests include Automotive Propulsion and Vehicle Dynamics (mostly Engine related areas) branching out into Autonomous and Future Automotive.

Senior Lecturer in Games Design

Chris spent 6 years as a Hard House producer and DJ and over 15 years teaching music technology and games design. His PhD, MAMIC, is a visual programming system uniting music, maths and computing for use in primary schools.

Senior Lecturer

Course leader for PhDs. Senior lecturer in Computer Games Programming – 3D graphics programming and AI.

Lecturer

Dr Andrew Wedgbury is a Lecturer in Games Design whose research explores supernatural horror, folklore, and handmade aesthetics, examining how games can act as haunted technologies that preserve memory and evoke the uncanny.

Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Staffordshire specialising in cyber security, data privacy, blockchain, and secure IoT systems, with strong industry collaboration through Innovate UK–funded projects.

Senior Lecturer, Games Audio and Technical Design

Dr. Mat Dalgleish has two decades of experience working at the intersection of music, computing, and interface design, with particular interest in sound synthesis and processing, generative/procedural sonic and audiovisual systems, and accessibility.

Senior Lecturer

Rakan is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for MSc Business Computing. He teaches Enterprise Systems, Project and Change Management, Managing Emerging Technologies, Research methods and other modules. Rakan also supervises PhD and MSc students.

Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence

Dr Benhur is an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the School of Digital, Technologies & Arts. He previously served as Course Leader for BSc Artificial Intelligence and continues to contribute to curriculum leadership and development.

Professor

Catherine is a technology ethicist with research interests in video games, online safety and child protection, and emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and social media.

Professor Of Computer Science

Elhadj is passionate academic and researcher with almost 20 years of experience and demonstrable leadership skills at an international level.

Director - Inst. Of Ed. - Assoc Prof.

I am proud to be the Director of our Education provision leading an innovative group of professionals, educators, researchers and working with our creative and exciting students, partners and community.

Senior Lecturer

Robert's research background is in the areas of sport and clinical biomechanics. The focus of his research is on the application of non-linear data analysis techniques to quantify movement coordination and coordination variability. Robert's rese…

Associate Professor Of Health Research

I've been involved with a number of research projects relating to physical activity and mental health, green space and health; health in mid-life; sport and mental health in prisons.

Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Dr Victoria Riley is a Research Fellow at University of Staffordshire, within the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD) Research Centre.

Research Associate

Professor

Wilf is a Professor of Nursing and an active researcher in delivery patient centred care. His main area of interest is how we can prepare nurses, midwives and healthcare professional to be confident and competent in this dimension of care.

Associate Professor

I am a Senior Lecturer and qualitative researcher in the field of dementia, ageing and care. I am based in the Postgraduate team and course leader for the MSc in Medical Education. I am also a member of the University Research Ethics Committee.

Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Post-Doctoral Researcher

Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Post‑Doctoral Researcher with a background in health psychology. Research‑active, with interests in evidence‑based practice, spirituality and spiritual care, and psychologically informed approaches to compassionate care.

Associate Dean - Research&Innovation

Sarahjane is a safety researcher with a particular interest in the utilisation of big healthcare data for quality and safety improvement. She also works in research capacity building in non-medical professions and healthcare and data ethics.

P/T Lecturer (Hrly)- Education

Ruth is the Associate Dean for Recruitment for Education at University of Staffordshire .

Professor Of Sport & Exercise Psychology

Matt is a Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology and recognised as an internationally leading scholar on the psychology of leadership and group dynamics.

Lecturer

I am a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, and Course leader for the MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology programme. I am also a BPS Chartered, and HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Associate Professor

Fiona is a Registered General and Children’s Nurse and Health Visitor who has had a varied career in children’s nursing within acute and community settings. Fiona is actively engaged in research and regularly contributes to The Nursing Times Journal.

Lecturer

Trust is a biomedical scientist whose core discipline is histology and cytology. His main area of interest is lipidomics and nutrition with a focus on the effects of flavonoids on adipogenesis.

Senior Lecturer

I am a Senior Lecturer in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, serving as Course Leader for the Postgraduate Programme in Molecular Biology and Health and Director of Studies for PhD and Professional Doctorate programs.

Senior Lecturer

Emily is the Admissions Tutor for Health Psychology, alongside being a registered Health Psychologist with a background in health promotion.

Associate Professor

Dr Burton is an Associate Professor of Qualitative Health Research and a Chartered Health Psychologist (HCPC registered) with extensive expertise in participatory, qualitative, and mixed methods research.

Lecturer

My expertise is within Health Psychology and conducting research employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Senior Lecturer

I am a Chartered Health Psychologist with an interest in Participatory Action Research methods. I have carried out research using both quantitative and qualitative methods on a range of topics relevant to health psychology.

Senior Lecturer

I joined Staffordshire University as a senior lecturer in January 2012. My research interests are in the areas of cognitive neuropsychiatry and cognitive neuropsychology.

Senior Lecturer

Leader in psychology education, carer and dementia research, and impactful health research.

Lecturer

Sarah is a Lecturer in Psychology, teaching across a range of psychology modules at all levels. Her research interests include eating behaviours and psychological interventions.

Senior Lecturer

I am a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Psychological Research Methods. I am the course leader for the MSc Psychology (conversion) course.

Associate Professor

My research interests mainly lie in children's use and understanding of representation, particularly in their making and understanding of pictures.

Senior Lecturer

Erica's research interests lie in the area of human reasoning. Her PhD work was on relevance and rationalisation processes on the Wason selection task. She is particularly interested in the use of different methodologies that can be utilised t…

Interim Course Lead

I am the Acting Programme Director and Academic Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. I am a HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with expertise working with children in care, adopted children, their carers and professional networks.

Lecturer

Dr Alison Owen is a Lecturer in Health Psychology, with an interest in research related to body image and appearance, and using appearance concern as a tool for health promotion.

Associate Professor

I'm the course leader for the Health Psychology Professional Doctorate. My areas of expertise are healthy eating, dietary change and psychological aspects of diabetes.

Associate Professor

I love inspiring students at all levels about child development and how we can share our psychological expertise to make a difference to children and their families. My research focuses on education, children’s wellbeing and children’s use of tech.

Senior Lecturer

Jennifer is a senior lecturer in qualitative psychological research methods. Jennifer is a qualitative researcher with research interests in several areas but mainly body image, maternal health, breastfeeding, and mindfulness.

Senior Lecturer

Romina's research interests are focussed on symbolic development as it relates to pictures and occupational gender stereotypes.

Lecturer

Janét is Associate Professor of Life-long and Life-wide Learning. Her teaching includes databases, IT Service Innovation, and IT Project Management. Her research interests include Teaching and Learning methodologies and the use of AI in education.