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Staff Profile

Allison Lawson

Outstations Operations Administrator

  • Email: allison.lawson@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2082111
  • Address: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
    Agriculture Building
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU

Background

Introduction

I joined SNES in September 2021 as an Outstations Operations Administrator. I joined Newcastle University in 2016 working in the Faculty of Medical Sciences working across a range of Research Programmes including the Newcastle Thousand Family Study (Red Spot Babies) & an NIHR Study looking at Social Prescribing. Prior to this I worked for Northumbria University as an administrator in School of Health & Social Care while I completed my Master of Research in Social Sciences (MRes)

Qualifications

MRes – Social Sciences

BSc (Hons) Criminology

Research

My research interests’ lie in the Armed Forces; her Masters of Research examined the impact of institutionalisation on a veteran’s transition to “Civvy Street” and what, if any, detrimental effect this has. Working with a Scottish based Veterans Charity and the veterans themselves the research examined social issues such as homelessness, unemployment, drug & alcohol dependency and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The aim is to take this research further through a PhD and look at those who join the Armed Forces, in terms of the areas they come from, in relation to those areas they recruit heavily from. The research will examine the economic make-up of the areas, such as employment and educational opportunities, both past & present.

I have experience of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. While working at Northumbria University I contributed to two research projects looking at the relationship between housing and health, with a focus on older people.

Publications