People

Gloria Solinas

Design and Web Development Assistant

Tia Hylton

Events and Social Media Assistant

Adam Cooke

Senior Lecturer,
School of Digital Arts

Ben Litherland

Senior Lecturer,
School of English

Elisa Serafinelli

Senior Lecturer,
School of English

Evie Lucas

Senior Lecturer,
School of English

Farag Edghiem

Senior Lecturer, Manchester School of Fashion

Fern Baxter

Senior Lecturer,
School of Art and Design

Geoff Walton

Reader,
School of English

Hilde Heim

Senior Lecturer,
Manchester School of Fashion

James Wrigley

Lecturer,
School of Art and Design

Jo Briggs

Reader,
School of
Digital Arts

Kadja Manninen

Senior Lecturer,
Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability

Kate Ryabchykova

Senior Lecturer,
Manchester School of
Fashion

Khawla Badwan

Reader,
School of English

Kirsty Fairclough

Professor,
School of Digital Arts

Kirsty Fife

Senior Lecturer,
School of English

Leanne Fitton

Senior Lecturer,
University Teaching
Academy

Lizabeth Hannaford

Senior Lecturer,
School
of English

Matthew Barnard

Senior Lecturer,
School of History, Politics and Philosophy

Matthew Miller

Lecturer,
Manchester School
of Fashion

Monika Fratczak

Senior Research Associate, School of Sociology and Criminology

Noran Fouad

Senior Lecturer,
School of History, Politics and Philosophy

Occulta Dama

Senior Lecturer,
School of
Digital Arts

Rachel Genn

Senior Lecturer,
School of English

Rob Potts

Lecturer,
School of Digital Arts

Sam Martin

UKRI Smart Data Research Fellow

Susan O’Shea

Senior Lecturer,
School of Criminology

Tom Brock

Senior Lecturer,
School of Sociology and Criminology

Zofija Tupikovskaja-Omovie

Senior Lecturer,
School of Digital Arts

Dave Mee

‘Likely Stories: Challenges of Social Media Research’

Dr J. Emeka Nwankwo

Global Digital Capitalism, Imperialism and a ‘New Africa’: A political economic study of submarine cable ownership and control in the post-colony

[Completed 2025]

Howard Grice

Imagery and the Infodemic: An Exploration of Covid-19 Visual Misinformation on Fringe Social Media

Dr Kris Kaleta

Beyond the Freedom Line: Analysing Libertarian Digital Community in Poland

[Completed 2025]

Pierre Chadelle

From Divided Elites to a Polarized Public: The Role of Elite Discourse, Media Coverage, and Echo Chambers in Shaping Affective Polarization on Social Media

Polina Chizhova Wright

Curating Socially-Engaged Creative & Tech Practices as Alternatives to ‘Smart’ Cities

Funded by LUDec: Leverhulme unit for the design of cities of the future

Dr Avi Boukli

Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton

Prof Florence M. Chee

School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago

Prof Roger Canals Vilageliu

Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona

Dr Nataliia Laba

Communication and Information Studies, University of Groningen

Dr Katherine Clare Mackinnon

Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen

Virtual Fellowships