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Leadership Team of the ICF
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Professor Saul Becker
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health and Education and Founding Director of the Institute for Children's Futures
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Dr Haridhan Goswami
Reader in Quantitative Sociology and Co-director of the Institute for Children's Futures
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Professor Michelle McManus PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), AFBPsS, CPsychol
Professor, Safeguarding & Violence Prevention and Co-director of the Institute for Children's Futures
Members of the ICF
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Anand Ahankari
Senior lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health
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Dr Vicky Baker PhD, MA, BA (Hons), PGCert, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Gender-based Violence
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Professor Jon Bannister
Professor
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Dr Benedicte Brahic
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Elizabeth Braithwaite PhD Psychiatry, BSc Neuroscience with placement
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
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Dr Seamus Byrne
Reader in Law
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Professor Tim Cable
Director of the Institute of Sport
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Professor Khatidja Chantler
Professor
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Professor Mike Coldwell
Faculty Director of Research
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Andrea Collins
Head of Social Work
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Elaine Craig
Senior Research Assistant in Mental Health
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George Dake
Lecturer
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Dr John Daniels
Deputy Head of Department - Reader
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Professor Larissa Davies PhD, PGCHE, BSC
Professor
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Dr Anne-Marie Day
Lecturer in Criminology
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Sarah Dennis
Lecturer
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Jordan Dolan BSc (Hons)
Lecturer
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Dr James Duggan
Research Fellow
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Dr Maaike Esselaar
Research Associate
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Ffion Evans
Reader in Social Work Education, Deputy Faculty Director of Education for Health and Education
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Professor Rosie Flewitt FRSA, PhD, MA(ED), Licence es Lettres, BSc
Professor of Early Childhood Communication
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Dr Hannah Foote PhD, FHEA, BSc (Hons)
Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
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Anita Franklin
Professor
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Debbie French BA (Hons), MA, FHEA, PGC LTHE
Lecturer
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Sarah Goff
Research Associate
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Dr Paul Gray
Reader in Criminology
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Jo Greenaway
Senior Research Associate
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Dr Clare Gunby (she/her) PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Gender-based Violence
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Dr Alina Haines-Delmont
Reader/Associate Professor in Mental Health and Coercion
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Dr Natalie Hammond
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Charlotte Hardacre
Research Associate
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Dr Sören Henrich PhD 'Forensic Psychology'
Lecturer
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Dr Kim Heyes
Senior Lecturer of Health and Social Justice
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Rebecca Hildred BMedSci MSc PGCert MRCSLT FHEA
Programme Lead for BSc Speech and Language Therapy and Senior Lecturer
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Katie Hill
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Rachel Holmes
Professor of Cultural Studies of Childhood
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Karen Hughes
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Katie Hunter
Lecturer in Criminology and Co-Lead for L5
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Dr Ben Ives
Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Programme Leader Manchester City Community Football Coaching
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Dr Deborah Jump
Reader in Criminology
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Dr Mariana Kaiseler
Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology
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Dr Petra Kolic
Senior Lecturer (Sociology and Sports Coaching)
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Dr Caroline Leah
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Cathy Lewin
Professor of Education
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Rachel Marchbank-Smith BNurs (Hons), MSc, PgCert, RN, RHV, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Julie Marshall
Professor of Communication Disability
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Jessica McElwee
Research Associate in Safeguarding & Violence Prevention
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Dr Zinnia Mitchell-Smith
Senior Lecturer in Social Care/Admissions Tutor
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Professor Stephen Morris
Professor of Evaluation
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Dr Rich Moth
Senior Lecturer in Social Work
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Dr Gayatri Nambiar-Greenwood
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Mariela Neagu
Research Fellow
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Dr Jeremy Oldfield
Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology
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Emma Olyott
Lecturer
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Dr Ekaterina Ostashchenko
Lecturer
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Professor Karen Pashby
Professor of Global Citizenship Education
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Dr Ajay Patel
Senior Lecturer regulation and food policy
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Professor Rebecca Pearson
Professor of Developmental Psychology and Epidemiology
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Dr Tara Peters
Lecturer
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Dr Sarah Pollock
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Rossella Pulvirenti
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Tamsen Rochat PhD (Psychology)
Professor
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Jennifer Roche
Lecturer
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Dr Harriet Rowley
Senior Lecturer
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Katherine Roycroft BA (Hons), MA
Research Impact and Engagement Manager and co-lead of MetroPolis
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Professor Lisa Russell
Professor
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Professor Hannah Smithson
Professor of Criminology and Youth Justice
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Dr Rossella Sorte
Lecturer in Psychology
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Margaret Struthers
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Jo-Pei Tan
Senior Lecturer in Integrated Health and Social Care
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Ruth Thomas
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Kim Turner
Senior Lecturer
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Avni Vyas
Senior Lecturer
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Peter White
Programme Support Tutor
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Dr Suzi Willis
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Julia Wolska
Lecturer in Psychology
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Dr Rachel Worthington BSc (Hons), MSc (Forensic), PhD, MEd (Autism), PGCert (ADHD), PGCert (DBT)
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Nicky Wright PhD
Lecturer
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Dr David Wright
Senior Lecturer in Psychology