Seema Patel

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Sciences

I joined Northumbria University in 2007. Prior to this I worked as a Youth Worker, a Community Development officer, and a Training Manager. I spend 3 years working for the Home Office co-ordinating the North East response to the Government's Community Cohesion agenda, following the disturbances in Northern towns in 2001. I then worked for the Regional Development Agency on knowledge exchange for Regeneration practitioners, before taking up my current post at Northumbria University.

During my career I have been a board member of a local youth project (Just Be Me 2005 -2011), a VCS regional advisory committee member (The Community Fund 2003 – 2006), and a panel member of the Big Lottery Young People’s fund (2005 -2006).

I teach on the BSc Sociology, BSc Criminology and Sociology, BA International Relations and Politics and the Foundation Year in Social Sciences.

I am currently the Programme Leader for the Foundation Year in Social Science

Module Leadership

Portfolio for Skills
Sociological Imagination
Social Problems, Myths and Realities
Politics Work Experience
Families and Households

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My current research interests are focused around family responses when Asian women are sent to prison. I am particularly interested in how ideologies of family and gender roles, shape agency responses and policies, and whether awareness of coercion and control feature in such response.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
'It’s all about the family…….’, Patel, S. 13 Dec 2021
Newcastle Citizens Assembly Evaluation [Final report], Davidson, G., Patel, S., Lilley, S., Cohen, S. May 2011