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General Election 2010 – Durham University expertise

(20 April 2010)

Experts in areas including politics, economics, education and health are available for media comment on the 2010 General Election.

The list below includes work and out of hours contact details (where available) for experts in areas such as politics, economics, education and health. All of those listed below have previous print and broadcast media experience. Photographs of those listed are available.

Durham University has additional experts in a range of topic areas, including defence, energy and environment, foreign affairs, homeland security and terrorism, law, social policy, etc.  Please contact the office for more information or visit our online media guide to expertise at: www.dur.ac.uk/news/expertise

 We also have a selection of students who will be available for comment on General Election issues.

Durham University operates over two campuses. Our Durham campus is in the Durham City constituency and Queen's Campus, in Stockton, is in the Stockton South constituency (both currently held by Labour).

Filming/interview opportunities

Media wishing to use Durham University as a potential filming venue or wishing to interview staff/students as part of their General Election coverage can contact Durham University Media Relations Office on +44 (0)191 334 6075; email media.relations@durham.ac.uk

Note: Durham University's Durham City campus is approximately half an hour from BBC TV and Radio studios and ITV Tyne Tees studios in Newcastle and Gateshead respectively. The University's Queen's Campus, in Stockton, is approximately 10 minutes from BBC Tees' studios in Middlesbrough.

ISDN

A broadcast quality ISDN line is available at our Durham City campus. The ISDN number is +44 (0) 191 386 2749.

Expertise

Politics

Dr Gidon Cohen, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Government and International Affairs

Areas of research/expertise:

• Political activism (including apathy among party activists);
• Party membership and organisation;
• British political history.

Contact: (office) +44 (0)191 33 47184; (email) gidon.cohen@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/profiles/?mode=staff&id=2889

Dr Christian Schweiger, Lecturer in Politics, School of Government and International Affairs

Areas of expertise:

• British politics generally;
• British politics in relation to the EU - particularly Germany.

Contact: (office) +44 (0)191 334 7220; (mobile) +44 (0)75 25841970; (email) christian.schweiger@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/profiles/?mode=staff&id=4425

Professor Tim Clark, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Durham Business School

Areas of expertise:

• Possible differences between leadership debates in England, Scotland and Wales;
• Analysis of speaking skills of politicians;
• Leadership skills (political and business);
• Charisma in public speaking

Contact: (office) +44 (0) 191 33 45416; (mobile) +44 07908 917 582; email timothy.clark@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/faculty/staff/profile/?id=697

Dr Lawrence Black, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History

Areas of expertise:

• Contemporary politics;
• British social and cultural history (affluence, consumerism, television);
• 20^th Century British political history

Contact: (office) +44 (0)191 334 6538, (mobile) +44 (0)7761 124 236; (email) lawrence.black@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/?id=2216

Professor Martin Laffin, Professor of Public Policy and Management, Durham Business School

Areas of expertise:

• Lib-Dem coalition strategy;
• Change in public sector organisations.

Contact (office) +44 (0) 191 33 45280; (email) martin.laffin@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/faculty/staff/profile/?id=708

Please note: Professor Laffin is only available for print media interviews.

Education

Professor Peter Tymms, Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), School of Education

Areas of expertise:

• General policy: educational standards and testing;
• General policy: Primary education.

Contact: (office) +44 (0)191 33 48413; (mobile) +44 (0)7736 365159; (email) p.b.tymms@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/?id=640

Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring: www.cemcentre.org

Dr Robert Coe, Director of Research and Evaluation, in the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), School of Education

Areas of expertise:

• Examination standards;
• Education: Assessment;
• General Policy: Evaluation of policy impact

Contact: (office) + 44 (0) 191 33 44184; (mobile) +44 (0)7913 485952; (email) r.j.coe@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/?id=614

Professor Julian Elliott, Director of Research, School of Education

Areas of expertise:

• Education practices in different countries;
• Children's development, behaviour and learning, both in relation to UK and internationally;
• Children with special educational needs - eg dyslexia, ADHD

NOTE: Professor Elliott is also known as Professor Joe Elliott.

Contact: (office) +44 (0)191 33 48412; (mobile) + 44 (0) 7852 767403; (email) joe.elliott@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: http://www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/?id=2004

Economics

Mr Tony Cleaver Senior Teaching Fellow in Economics and Finance, Durham Business School

Areas of expertise:

• General economics
  • Fiscal and monetary policy
  • International Trade
  • Development economics

Contact: (office) + 44 (0)191 334 6345, (home) +44 (0)191 386 7919; (email) tony.cleaver@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/faculty/staff/profile/?id=698

Professor Ranald Michie, Professor in the Department of History

Areas of expertise:

• Contemporary banking and financial sector issues;
• British and international economic history since 1700;
• Financial history, especially the City of London;
• Stock exchanges

Contact: (office): +44 (0) 191 33 41067 or (email) r.c.michie@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/?id=403

Health

Professor David Hunter, Director of the Centre for Public Policy and Health, School of Medicine and Health

Areas of expertise:

• Health and health care services
  • Health policy and management
  • Healthcare reform
  • Public health
  • Health and well-being

Contact: (office) +44 (0) 191 33 40362, (mobile) +44 (0)7802 501 042; (email) d.j.hunter@durham.ac.uk. Alternatively please contact Prof Hunter's secretary, Christine Jawad, on + 44 (0)191 334 0360 or email christine.jawad@durham.ac.uk

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/school.health/staff/?username=dhs0djh

Professor John McLachlan, Associate Dean in Phase One Medicine, School of Medicine and Health

Areas of expertise:

• Medical training (for doctors, nurses and allied health practitioners);
• Complementary and alternative medicine;
• Human reproductive biology (eg cloning, IVF, etc).
• Arts in medicine.

Contact: (office) +44 (0) 191 33 40323, (mobile) +44 07708 919 586; (email)

Staff profile: www.dur.ac.uk/school.health/staff/?username=dhs0jcm