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Personal Statement
I joined the School of Social Work and Social Policy in 2021 as a Chancellor's Fellow, having previously been a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Stirling and been the Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the Howard League Scotland. I completed my PhD in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh in 2017. In 2015 I was a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley.
In 2021 I recieved the best article prize in Theoretical Criminology, and my first article, 'Civilising Imprisonment', won the British Society of Criminology's best article prize for a paper produced by a new scholar.
My research interests focus on the sociology of punishment, particularly comparative and historical study of penal culture and penal politics. My recent book, The Politics of Punishment, is an examination of penality in Ireland and Scotland from 1970 until the end of the 1990s. It shines a light on their unfolding penal cultures, showing the startling differences in how people were punished and why.
I am beginning work on a ESRC New Investigator funded study of Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes, "Mass Decarceration: A critical social history'. Read a short synopsis of the proposal here.
I welcome PhD applications concerned with penal culture and penal politics, comparative criminology, and the social history of punishment.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Mass decarceration: A critical social history ( New Investigator grant - transfer)
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/06/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Making sense of penal difference: political cultures and comparative penology
Brangan, L., 24 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Punishment and Society. p. 146247452211175 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Against Hibernian exceptionalism
Brangan, L., 23 Aug 2022, Histories of Punishment and Social Control in Ireland: Perspectives from a Periphery. Black, L., Brangan, L. & Healy, D. (eds.). Bingley, West Yorkshire, England: Emerald Publishing Limited, 33 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Prizes
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British Society of Criminology, Brian Williams Prize
Brangan, Louise (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fulbright Scholarship, University of California Berkeley, 2015
Brangan, Louise (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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University of Manchester - invited speaker
Louise Brangan (Speaker)
2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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ECR Punishment and Society Symposium
Louise Brangan (Participant)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference