Peer Review College Membership of the Peer Review College Research and knowledge exchange

Don MacRaild has held major funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Leverhulme Trust twice, and was for many years on the AHRC Peer Review College (strategic level). He has reviewed major funding applications in the US, Canada, Australia, Ireland and South Africa.

Jan Bamford is a Professor of International Higher Education in the Guildhall School of Business and Law. She is a specialist in higher education research, with a particular interest in international student experiences and the attainment gap.

Samantha Banbury is a Professor of Psychology at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. Her research interests are sexual dysfunction, paraphilia, sexual behaviour including technology and offending behaviours. Clinically she has spent 20 years in the substance misuse field.

Matthew Barac is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the School of Art, Architecture and Design. He is affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Built Ecologies. His main research strands include cities in the Global South, architectural pedagogy, designing for the Third Age, spatial interpretation and representational ethics and hybrid WorkHome future.

Henry Blair is a Professor of Commercial Law within our Guildhall School of Business and Law. Henry's research and teaching focuses on commercial law, international dispute resolution, arbitration, international trade, and contract law and theory, with an emphasis on law and economics.

Nigel Caldwell is a Professor in Operations and Supply Management in the Guildhall School of Business and Law, with experience in designing and delivering modules and courses on operations and supply management and the interfaces between operations, supply and marketing.

Christian Frost is a qualified architect and a professor in our School of Art, Architecture and Design, with interests in the theory and philosophy of architecture, as well as in medieval architecture and urban festivals. He has worked in a number of different countries and has wide-ranging experience of the academic landscape.

Yolanda Eraso is a Professor of Health Studies and the School of Social Sciences and Professions and Director of the Health and Behaviour Research Centre. Yolanda’s research interests in health studies encompasses two main areas: the first, is in applied health research, where she currently investigates in two projects: adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy medication for women with breast cancer and COVID 19 and adherence to social distancing measures in London communities . A second strand of Yolanda’s research draws upon and seeks to integrate historical, social and policy methods of analysis in national and international health contexts.

John Gabriel is a Professor of Sociology at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. His research interests revole around oral history, pedagogies in higher education and racism. He is a member of a Centre for Life Writing and Oral History.

Michał P. Garapich is a Professor of Sociology at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. Michał’s research expertise falls in broadly understood migration studies, with the focus on migration from Poland, diaspora radicalisation, nationalism, ethnicity, homelessness, political participation, far-right movements, and social resistance. Currently he is the Principal Investigator in a 3 year (2023-2026) ESRC funded study on participation of migrants from Poland in transnational far-right politics.

Jenny Harding is a Professor of Media and Culture at the School of Computing and Digital Media. Professor Harding's research interests include cultural theory, emotions, gender and sexuality and oral history methodology. She is co-convenor of the Media, Culture and Creative Technologies Research Group.

Samuel Idowu is a Professor of Accounting and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Guildhall School of Business and Law. His research expertise is in the are of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethics and governance.

Jameel Inal is a Professor of Immunobiology for the School of Human Sciences. His research investigates the role of extracellular vesicles and intercellular communication in disease mechanisms with a view to apply this knowledge to provide translational solutions across a wide area of biomedicine, ranging from infectious disease to cancer. 

Liz Kelly CBE holds the Roddick Chair on Violence against Women (Council of Europe - Gender Equality and Anti-Trafficking Division). She has a strong track record of garnering contract and research council funding to support her work in the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit.

Edward Kissin is a professor of mathematics with particular interests in Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics (StORM).

Anil Kumar is Professor of Operations, Supply Chain, and Business Analytics at the Guildhall School of Business and Law. Anil's research focuses on sustainability, sustainable operation and supply chains, sustainable development, circular/net zero economy, industry 4.0/5.0, and human capital in supply chain and operations.

Peter Lewis is a professor of media culture. He has worked in academia, schools and broadcast media, and has conducted consultancies and written reports for UNESCO and the Council of Europe.

Wessie Ling, Professor of Transcultural Arts and Design, carries out cross-disciplinary research concerning visual and material culture with a geographic focus in China. She previously held fellowships internationally and has been successful in bidding for a variety of funds.

John Lodge is a Professor of Nutrition and Health at the School of Human Sciences and Director of the Centre for Health and Life Sciences Research. He is a human nutritionist with an interest in fruit and their constituents (antioxidants, bioactives, sucrose) and effects on metabolism with reference to cardiovascular disease processes, using a multi-disciplinary integrative approach. 

María Encarnación López is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Professions and Deputy Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre at London Metropolitan University. Her expertise is in sociology of gender and sexuality, migration and racism and ethnicity in the contemporary world. She is a recipient of funding from Nuffield Foundation.

Karen McNally is a Reader in American Film, Television and Cultural History. She is a receipient of Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.

Maurice Mitchell is a professor of architecture in our School of Art, Architecture and Design, where he runs our Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources Research Centre, which is part-funded by the Water Trust.

Andrew Moran is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. Andrew's research interests include the foreign policy of the USA, presidential politics in the USA, the political economy of the USA, the death penalty in the USA, security studies (including cyberspace, intelligence agencies, and terrorism) and the changing nature of power in the 21st Century. 

Karim Ouazzanne is a professor of computing and knowledge exchange who has extensive experience of grant-winning, working with industrial partners and engaging students as researchers.

Chris Palmer is a professor in health sciences who specialises in the microbiology of cancer. He has worked in the US and the UK, and has wide experience of collaborative working.

Preeti Patel is a Professor of Computer Science and Applied Computing at the School of Computing and Digital Media. She is a Co-director of AI and Data Science Research Group. Her current research interests include, FAIR and FATE data challenges, the data science curriculum, AI-generative models for Data Science. Previous research coverage included graduate competence and employability, assessment feedback methods, learning-related issues for database environments and enhancement of student engagement. 

Alistair Ross, Jean Monnet Professor of Citizenship and Education in Europe and Professor of Politics and Education here at London Met, has extensive experience of the research and funding landscape in UK and Europe.

Louise Ryan is Senior Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre. Louise is a leading expert in the field of migration. She is a recipient of funding from Nuffield Foundation, London Irish Centre and Burdett Trust.

Doris Schedlitzki is a Professor of Organisational Leadership and the Head of Research at Guildhall School of Business and Law. Doris’ main research focus is on leadership and explores the areas of cultural studies of leadership, discourse and leadership, leadership as identity, psychoanalytic approaches to leadership and the role of national language within cultural leadership studies.

Lijun Shang is a professor in our School of Human Sciences, specialising in biomedical sciences. He is a recipient of funding from Joseph Rowntree Foundation and British Academy.

Emma Short is a Professor of Psychology at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. Her research focuses on cyberpsychology, forensic psychology and health. She has conducted research in the area of cyberstalking, image based sexual abuse and technology facilitated abuse since 2005.

Sunny Singh is Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the School of Art, Architecture and Design. Her research interests focus on contemporary literature, feminist theory, post-coloniality and geopolitics of culture. 

Isaac O. Sorinola is a Professor of Physiotherapy at the School of Human Sciences and a qualified physiotherapist, with an extensive research experience in neurophysiology, clinical trials, qualitative methodology and neurorehabilitation.

Svetlana Stephenson is a prize-winning sociologist with extensive publications in English and Russian. She has held Leverhulme funding and has been a visitor at various prestigious institutes in Europe and North America.

Diana Stirbu is a professor in our School of Social Sciences and Professions with specialist interests in the reform of public administration and democracy, with an emphasis on devolution in the United Kingdom. She has engaged widely in consultancy in relation to the Welsh Assembly and has bid successfully for a wide range of funds.

Duncan Stewart, Professor of Applied Health Research, has extensive experience of conducting funded research to evaluate and improve health services. This includes the development of new interventions and trials in addiction treatment, criminal justice, acute psychiatry and primary care settings.

Vassil Vassilev is a Professor in AI and Intelligent Systems and Head of the Cyber Security Research Centre. His research interests are in hybrid intelligence and semantic technologies and their applications to cyber security. He lead several innovation projects funded by Lloyds and Innovate UK.

Bal Virdee is a Professor in a School of Computing and Digital Media and a Director of the Centre for Communications Technology research group. His research is in the area of microwave wireless communications encompassing 5G Mobile phones to satellite technology. His pioneering work revolves around delivering ultra-high-speed data rates, essential for powering seamless real-time broadband communications

Mark Wheeler is a Professor of Political Communication at the School of Social Sciences and Professions. His research interests are media and policy, political communication, social media and democracy, the Politics of Hollywood and celebrity politics.

Ken White is a Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange at the School of Human Sciences. He has a long-standing interest in iron and health, focussing on molecular mechanisms involved in systemic (whole-body) iron homeostasis, as well as the role of ferroxidases in facilitating iron circulation around the body, differentiation of macrophages involved in recycling iron from senescent red blood cells, and development of nanoformulations to treat anaemia.