Centre for Democratic Futures

Our people

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Professor Robert Johns

Professor of Politics

Research interests

  • Public opinion
  • British and especially Scottish elections
  • Political psychology

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Dr Sami Everett

Associate Professor

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Dr Sandra Wilks

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applied biofilm research
  • Medical devices
  • Infection prevention

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Serena Celeste Romanelli

Research interests

  • Group morality and moral injury
  • Misogynistic extremism
  • Social perceptions of misogynists
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Dr Sergey Astakhov

Research Fellow in Society & Technology

Research interests

  • Science and technology studiesSociology of biohybrid robotics and AISocial theorySkill acquis…
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Dr Shepuya Famwang

Teaching Fellow in ¸£Àû×ÅÆ¬ Media Managemt

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Professor Silke Roth

Professor of Sociology

Research interests

  • activism and volunteering
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  • political participation

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Professor Steve Taylor

Professor

Research interests

  • risk management
  • cybersecurity
  • trust
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Dr Steven White PhD

Snr Teaching Fellow Ed Development

Research interests

  • Teaching critical thinking and digital literacy
  • Threshold concepts
  • Learning Design
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Professor Stuart Middleton

Professor

Research interests

  • Natural Language Processing: Large Language Models
  • Human-in-the-loop LLMs: Rationale-based learning, Active learning, Adversarial defence, Adver…
  • Information Extraction: Text/Behaviour classification, Few/Zero shot learning, Location extra…

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