Dr Pamela Ugwudike
Associate Professor in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Director of Research
- Dr Pamela Ugwudike is Associate Professor in Criminology within Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Southampton.
I joined the University of Southampton as Associate Professor in Criminology in 2017. Prior to joining Southampton, I was at Swansea University where I held several academic posts over a period of ten years. First, I was a Research Officer, then a Lecturer in Criminology and subsequently a Senior Lecturer in Criminology, in the College of Law and Criminology. I led the Swansea Service Evaluation Team (SSET) which was one of the College’s research teams from 2013-2017. SSET was an interdisciplinary team of researchers involved in research within criminal justice agencies such as probation, prison and youth justice services. The team’s aim was to promote evidence-based frontline practice. My role as the Director of SSET involved leading the team’s research projects. I also supervised SSET’s Research Assistants and the DTC/ESRC students working on the team’s projects as part of their PhD research.
I am currently leading several research projects on humane and evidence-based practice in criminal justice settings. I am also a co-coordinator (with Dr Jill Annison at Plymouth University) of the European chapter of CREDOS - http://www.credos.online/about-us/) which is an international network of academics, researchers, criminal justice policy makers and professionals with an interest in developing evidence-based criminal justice practice. I am also a member of the Howard League for Penal Reform’ Research Advisory Group and the Offender Health Research Network in Wales (OHRN-Cymru). In addition, I am a member of the British Society of Criminology’s Executive Committee, the European Journal of Probation’s Advisory Board and I sit on the International Advisory Board of the Youth Voice Journal. I am also an alumna of the Welsh Crucible for Future Research Leaders and a reviewer for several international peer-reviewed journals including: Criminology, Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Criminal Justice and Behaviour. In 2016, I was named one of Swansea University’s inspiring women: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/personnel/equal-opportunities/events/inspiringwomen2016/
I welcome enquiries about potential PhD supervision in the following areas:
- Youth Justice
- Probation
- Prison
- Rights-based approaches in criminal justice systems
- Social justice issues in criminology and criminal justice
- Legitimacy and compliance with legal authorities
- Critical Criminology