The Team

Dr Preethi Premkumar 

Dr Preethi Premkumar is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at London South Bank University. Her expertise lies in the dynamics of family relationships. She is interested in understanding how criticism and rejection are perceived in family relationships and their impact on mental health. She also develops virtual-reality interventions to address these problems. These interests have led to other projects on disability for the Cabinet Office and the impact of race on the progress of University students. As the Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Applied Sciences, she promotes activities on Decolonising the Curriculum and leads the School’s application for the Athena Swan charter. Chair of the University’s Race Equality Staff Network. Chairing the student working group for the application for the Race Equality Charter led to the Bronze award for the Race Equality Charter being granted.

Professor Nicola Martin  

Professor Nicola Martin is Professor of Social Justice and Inclusive Education at London South Bank University. She Head of Research, Higher Degrees and Student Experience at the School of Law and Social Sciences.Nicola’s emancipatory research interests involve working with stakeholders in the co-production of research. She leads the Critical Autism /Disability Studies and the Education and Social Justice Research groups. Current funded projects include an exploration of the sensory school from the perspectives of autistic pupils and a pilot study on the value of mentoring as identified by autistic adults. She has an ongoing research relationship with The University of Cambridge, The National Association of Disability Practitioners and Research Autism focussing mainly on the experiences of autistic university students. Nicola edits The Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and Higher Education. 

Dr Nicole Brown 

Dr Nicole Brown's workplaces are Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd, University College London and London South Bank University. Working on the cusp of research/practice/teaching, Nicole’s creative pieces and research relate to representations of experiences, the generation of knowledge, and research methods and approaches to explore the same. Her publications include Making the Most of Your Research Journal, Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods, Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education, and Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education. Her most recent books are Photovoice Reimagined and Creativity in Education: International Perspectives.  

Nicole shares her work at https://www.nicole-brown.co.uk and her social media handles are @ncjbrown and @AbleismAcademia. 

Dr Yvonne Robinson 

Dr Yvonne Robinson is an independent researcher with over ten years’ experience of delivering commissioned research with a social justice focus at London South Bank University and other national institutions. Her research focuses on ethnicity, young people and education, and particularly, how the arts can support education to become more equitable. Her work has been published in British Educational Research, Race Ethnicity and Education and International Journal of Social Research Methodology, and commissioned publications include reports written for the Department of Education and Education Endowment Foundation.  Yvonne’s most recent research (with H. Nicholson) examined the impact of creativity on learning across the curriculum (see: https://www.youngvic.org/taking-part/learning/innovate). 

Dr Rachel Grant  

Dr Rachel Grant is a Senior Lecturer in in BioScience at London South Bank University. Rachel Grant specialises in behavioural and evolutionary ecology. In particular, she studies amphibians, reptiles and birds. Research interests include the effects of geophysical variables on animal ecology, which has applications for conservation and hazard risk forecasting. A further interest is the behaviour and welfare of psittacine birds and human behavioural ecology, in particular the evolutionary mechanisms which led to patriarchy, and deimatic display in humans. 

Dr Dominic Rees-Roberts   

Dominic is a film producer and director specialising science factual documentaries. His film making practice began whilst completing his PhD in Parasitology at Imperial College London and continued in the BBC Science Unit. After gaining a MSc in Science Media Production Dominic forged a career making independent factual films for major broadcasters in the UK and US. Dominic’s work is produced via his independent company Borderpoint Films, https://borderpointfilms.com/.