Research advisory group
The aim of the research advisory group is to develop an informal group to provide advice and support in the following areas: environmental scanning and information sharing; scoping and structuring research, helping to appoint researchers and casting an expert eye over applications; encouraging students to get involved in the Early Careers Academic Network and other student societies and providing practical support with research and other Howard League initiatives.

Chair
Professor Neil Chakraborti
University of Leicester
Members
- Tahir Abas, University of Leeds
- Professor Clare Anderson, University of Leicester
- Dr Harry Annison, University of Southampton
- Professor Sarah Armstrong, University of Glasgow
- Dr Laura Bainbridge, University of Leeds
- Dr Christopher Bennett, University of Sheffield
- Prof Lawrence Burke, Liverpool John Moores University
- Margaret Charleroy, Visiting Fellow, University of Warwick
- Dr Alexandra Cox, University of Essex
- Dr Jo Deakin
- Professor Gavin Dingwall, De Montfort University
- Anita Dockley, Howard League for Penal Reform
- Professor Stephen Farrall, University of Derby
- Professor David Gadd, University of Manchester
- Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge
- Dr Elaine Genders, University College London
- Professor Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool
- Professor Kevin Haines, University of Trinidad and Tobago
- Dr Sarah Hanson, University of East Anglia
- Dr Keir Irwin-Rogers, Open University
- Professor Ian Loader, University of Oxford
- Dr Rosie Kitson-Boyce, Nottingham Trent University
- Professor Shadd Maruna, Queen’s University Belfast
- Professor Andrew Millie, Edge Hill University
- Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary University of London
- Professor Nicola Padfield, University of Cambridge
- Dr Alpa Parmar, University of Oxford
- Professor Jo Phoenix, Open University
- Dr. Mary Rogan, Trinity College Dublin
- Dr Katherine Roscoe, University of Liverpool
- Dr Lizzie Seal, Sussex University
- Dr Gilly Sharpe, University of Sheffield
- Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE FMedSci, Cardiff University
- Dr Marguerite Schinkel, University of Glasgow
- Dr Matt Tonkin, University of Leicester
- Dr Julie Trebilcock, Middlesex University
- Dr Pamela Ugwudike, University of Southampton
- Sarah Waite, Leeds Trinity University
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