Centre for Democratic Futures

Our people

Learn more about our researchers and their expertise.

Dr Karin Zotzmann

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Critical Realism
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Language learning and teaching

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Katy Tabero

Research Fellow
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Mr Keith Sinclair MA(Bris.); LL.M(Lond.); FHEA

Research interests

  • Competition Law
  • Contract Law
  • European Union Law
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Kieron O'Hara

Research interests

  • Privacy, trust, digital modernity, ethics,
  • Web Science, anonymisation,
  • Politics of data
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Mrs Krishnaveni KS

Senior Research Assistant
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Mrs Kristina Risley FCIPD, FHEA, GMBPsS

Research interests

  • Gamification and serious games for leadership development
  • Soft skills development in leadership
  • Psychometric tools for leadership development
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Ms Kubra Yildiz

Research interests

  • Public International Law
  • Armed Conflict
  • Use of Force
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Dr Kyle Bottrill

Senior Research Fellow – ORC advanced

Research interests

  • Optical technologies
  • Wideband transmission on a hollow-core fiber
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Professor Kyriaki (Kiki) Messiou

Professor of Education

Research interests

  • inclusive education
  • marginalisation in schools
  • research with children and young people

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Lala Muradova PhD

Lecturer in Politics & International Rel

Research interests

  • democracy
  • public policy
  • political reasoning

Accepting applications from PhD students

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