Dr Rachael Dobson, Project Lead
Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology, School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology, School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
Rachael's research is informed by the central principle to work across theory, policy and practice, for the purposes of social and racial justice. This is reflected in her experiences across academic, teaching and practice fields.
As an academic Rachael has held lectureships at the University of Leeds, Kingston University and now Birkbeck, University of London, and Visiting Fellowships at the University of New South Wales and University of Sydney.
She has recently been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for 'Where Is The Power? Policy Ontologies In Theory and Practice' (2021-22).
Rachael has have over a decade’s experience of editorial, referee and learned society activity. She is member of the editorial collective for Critical Social Policy, a highly ranked, peer reviewed journal that provides an international forum for debate on social policy and welfare issues from socialist, feminist, anti-racist and radical perspectives.
She has been twice elected to the Social Policy Association, most recently as Honorary Secretary.
Prior to academic life, Rachael worked as a local government homelessness practitioner. She still works as a consultant, facilitator and trainer with practitioners implementing homelessness and adult social care policy.
Please get in touch if you are interested in any aspect of Rachael's work and the Policy Ontologies Project.
