Dr Luke Telford
Lecturer in Criminal Justice & Social Policy

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Biography

Dr Luke Telford is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice & Social Policy, joining from Staffordshire University in August 2022. He obtained a BSc in Criminology & Youth Studies (First Class Honours) at Teesside University, MA in Social Research Methods in Criminology (Distinction) at Durham University as well as a ESRC funded PhD at Teesside University. His PhD explored the rise of nationalism in a post-industrial and ‘left behind’ place, explicating the contextual factors behind the recent rise in political discontent and exploring the importance of new policy formulations to resurrect relatively deprived communities. Luke possesses a range of multidisciplinary research and teaching interests primarily spanning politics, political economy, regional inequalities, working class culture and social harms. He is passionate about pedagogical development and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Luke is the author/co-author of three books including English Nationalism and its Ghost Towns (Routledge, 2022) and Lockdown: Social harm in the Covid-19 era (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Luke has published articles including in journals such as Competition & Change, Critical Criminology and the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. His most recent research is collaborative and has explored the harms of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly the unintentional consequences of the lockdowns. He has also been conducting empirical work in a ‘left behind’ place, exploring localised problems and the implications for the Government’s Levelling Up agenda. This research will form part of a Palgrave Pivot book that will be published at the end of 2022 and is entitled ‘The UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda: Tinkering at the edges or transformative change?

University roles

Programme Lead 

Research

Overview

Currently, my core research interests are:

I am interested in supervising PhD students particularly in the areas above. If you are a student interested in undertaking a thesis in the areas above, please email me.

Publications

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Teaching

Undergraduate

Currently, I am involved in the Undergraduate teaching of: