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Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Pauline Leonard BA Sociology,PGCE, MA(Ed), PhD, FAcSS, FRSA

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rebecca Taylor

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Conceptualising work and the boundaries between paid and unpaid labour
  • Digital labour and work in the digital economy
  • Data, software and ethics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Sarah Lewthwaite BA(Hons), MA, PhD, FRSA

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Higher Education
  • Critical Disability Studies
  • Digital Accessibility

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Sayaka Mikoshiba

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Race
  • °ä±ô²¹²õ²õÌý
  • Intersectional inequalities
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Shunyu Yao PhD

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Mrs Vivien Xiao Yu

Research interests

  • Work-family/life balance, Work-life boundaries
  • Workplace flexibility, Telework, Remote work, Future of work,
  • Working mothers, Academic well-being
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