Senior Lecturer in Social Science
I am a Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the University of Sunderland. I joined the University as a lecturer in 2018 from Northumbria University having worked here previously as a visiting lecturer and research associate. I am a member of the BSc Sociology programme team, and the Programme Leader for MSc Practice Development. I teach undergraduate and postgraduate students in social theory and social research methods.
My research interests are largely in areas of urban and cultural geography and sociology. I am interested in post-industrial cities and urban culture, cultural and creative industries, everyday practices, landscapes of inequalities, violence and resistance, and the theory and practice of social research.
Teaching and supervision
- Social Theory of Industrial Society
- Applied Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
- Theorising the Social
- Social Science Research and Inquiry
- Research and Evidence
- Research Projects in Practice Development
Research
My research interests are broadly concerned with (especially postindustrial) cities and urban transformations, cultural and creative industries, the social significance of art and culture, everyday geographies, and the philosophy and practice of social research.
I have previously been involved in research concerned with postindustrial cities and artistic identities, cultural and creative industries, interpersonal violence, third sector organisations and austerity, domestic violence and abuse and LGB/T services, and student experiences of higher education.
Publications
Article
Roberts, Nicola, Donovan, Catherine and Durey, Matthew (2019) Agency, Resistance and the Non-'Ideal' Victim: How women deal with sexual violence. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 3 (3). pp. 323-338. ISSN 2398-6808
Book Section
Durey, Matthew, Roberts, Nicola and Donovan, Catherine (2022) Negotiating landscapes of (un)safety: atmospheres and ambivalence in female students’ everyday geographies. In: Landscapes of Hate: Tracing Spaces, Relations and Responses. Spaces and Practices of Justice . Bristol University Press, Bristol. ISBN 978-1529215175 (In Press)
Donovan, Catherine and Durey, Matthew (2018) Well That Would Be Nice, but We Can’t Do That in the Current Climate: Prioritising Services Under Austerity. In: Austerity Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 197-220. ISBN 9783319791197
Monograph
Donovan, Catherine, Roberts, Nicola, Tudor, Kate and Durey, Matthew (2016) Emerald Project Interim Report. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Roberts, Nicola and Durey, Matthew (2015) The Criminology Retention Project: First-year preliminary findings. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Donovan, Catherine, Durey, Matthew, Butterworth, Kate and Hugman, Catriona (2015) Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland : Tyneside Rape Crisis (covering Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside and South Tyneside) : service evaluation. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.
Donovan, Catherine, Durey, Matthew, Butterworth, Kate and Hugman, Catriona (2015) Rape crisis Tyneside and Northumberland : Grace (covering Northumberland) : Rape Crisis service evaluation. UNSPECIFIED. UNSPECIFIED.
Donovan, Catherine and Durey, Matthew (2014) Evaluation of the North East Domestic Abuse Project University of Sunderland. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.
Donovan, Catherine, Tunmore, Jane and Durey, Matthew (2014) Evaluation of the introduction of the Sunderland Customer Services Network to Children's Service. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED.
Conference or Workshop Item
Roberts, Nicola, Donovan, Catherine and Durey, Matthew (2019) Challenging Boundaries: How students construct and navigate boundaries of safety based on their gendered and/or racialised subjectivities. In: First Annual FES Research Conference: Boundary Breaking, 4 June 2019, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Roberts, Nicola, Donovan, Catherine and Durey, Matthew (2019) Landscapes of Safety: The construction and navigation of the urban landscape by students based on their gendered and/or racialised subjectivities. In: Cass Seminar Series, 22 May 2019, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Donovan, Catherine, Roberts, Nicola, Tudor, Kate and Durey, Matthew (2018) Positioning Universities as a source of Help when Gender Based Violence, Harassment and/or Hate Are Experienced by Students. In: British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, 3 - 6 Jul 2018, Birmingham City University. (Unpublished)
Donovan, Catherine, Roberts, Nicola, Tudor, Kate and Durey, Matthew (2017) Help-Seeking of Students. In: Symposium, Tackling Gender-Based Violence in Universities, 14 Mar 2017, Newcastle University. (Unpublished)
Donovan, Catherine, Roberts, Nicola, Tudor, Kate and Durey, Matthew (2017) Initial Findings from the Emerald Project: Exploring relationships between structural vulnerabilities and perceptions and experiences of violence and abuse amongst students. In: CASS Seminar Series, 2017, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)