by Liisa Matomaki | 30th November 2023
Thesis Title: Exploring associations between bullying victimisation and self-harm among adolescents, and the role of sex and coping. An accelerated cohort study of South London adolescents, using data from the REACH study Abstract:Self-harm, defined as ‘self-inflicted...
by Liisa Matomaki | 30th November 2023
Thesis Title: Stimela, Beyond Metaphor: Activating radical reconciliatory imaginaries in Azanian (South African) sonic and poetic resistance practices Abstract: This paper addresses the centrality of aesthetic liberatory practices through sonic and poetic productions,...
by admin | 4th August 2022
Thesis title: Contesting the preventive state? Toward the socio-genesis of counter-radicalisation expertise Abstract: How did some social workers and civil servants in parts of northern Europe gain recognition as experts in investigating and reversing the trajectories...
by admin | 27th July 2022
Thesis title: Involving informal carers in research: exploring the experiences of family/ friends of individuals with mental health problems and creating change through the Recovery College Abstract: Background Recovery Colleges are part of a global innovation to...
by Liisa Matomaki | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: In the Face of Ethics: Police Use of Live Facial Recognition Technology Abstract: Live Facial Recognition (LFR) is an Artificial Intelligence technology based on mapping the faces of individuals in crowds by using real-time video imagery and extracting...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Everyone’s Invited: examining the conditions and possibilities of the online platform against rape culture Abstract: This project uses a critical feminist lens to understand the conditions in which the Everyone’s Invited platform against rape...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Communication, Embodiment, and Learning in Voluntary Communities of Practice Abstract: This project will examine, through ethnographic observation, how individuals become ‘legitimate’ members of voluntary Communities of Practice. Taking as its focus arts...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Treating Queerness: The Politics and Policy of Conversion ‘Therapy’ in the UK since 1861 Abstract: Little research has been undertaken over queer conversion ‘therapy’ policy in the UK and this research aims to fill this gap. Conversion efforts (physical,...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Resilience on the individual and community level in the face of adversity – an ethnographic approach to shed light on current controversies around PTSD and culture Abstract: There is a controversy around PTSD across cultures (e.g. Gilmoor et al., 2019)....
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: A mixed-methods study of mental and physical health inequalities in people who have experienced social exclusion Abstract: ‘Social exclusion’ describes the process whereby certain groups are excluded frommainstream society. People who have experienced...
