Meet the Team
Project team
Gillian Buck
Principal Investigator Dr Gillian Buck (Gill) is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Chester and an internationally recognised scholar in peer-led criminal justice. Gill uses qualitative methods, including photo-based methods to understand coproduced community justice efforts.
Emma Murray
Co-Investigator Dr Emma Murray is Associate Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at Anglia Ruskin University and Criminologist in Residence at the Foundation of Art and Creative Technology (FACT, Liverpool). Emma’s work is dedicated to creative and engaged scholarship with justice-affected communities. She will facilitate arts collaborations and future focused elements of the project.
Paula Harriott
Visiting researcher Paula Harriott is CEO of Unlock, a charity working to help people overcome the disadvantages caused by their criminal records. Previously, she worked as Head of Prisoner Involvement at the Prison Reform Trust and is known nationally as a lived experience leader. Paula will draw on pilot collaborations to facilitate lived experience consultations and co-investigations.
Natasha Ryan & Kemi Ryan
Visiting researchers Kemi Ryan and Natasha Ryan are co-founders of Reformed Development CIC. They draw on lived experiences to provide community outreach and educational influence. Both have worked in local communities and universities, and on national panels, advancing community justice knowledge. They will collaborate with lived experience advisory teams to co-design research work.
Danella Campbell
Danella Campbell is Research Project Manager at the University of Chester. She has a background in research consultancy working on justice initiatives and is a marketing and communications specialist. She will be supporting the project’s planning, development, and governance structures.