About

I am a lecturer in Criminology and I supports students, with teaching, assessments, trips, undergraduate dissertations, PAT, lectures and seminars.

Teaching responsibilities

I currently teach:

• Study Skills and Criminological Research
• Social Research Methods (Module Leader)
• Real World Criminology
• Penology: Punishment and Rehabilitation
• Applied Research Methods

Research interests

My research interests relate to welfare, inequality and the implications for crime in social policy, autoethnography, qualitative research and feminism.

My doctoral research centred on families lived experiences of Universal Credit over 18 months during the pandemic. Robyn’s doctoral research used a combination of qualitative longitudinal (phone and online) interviews, autoethnography and participant diary entries. The research examines the relationship between capitalism, social reproduction, harm and social security, through an interdisciplinary approach across Sociology, Criminology, the Political Economy, Social Politics and History. The research aims to further deepen our understanding of social harm and its implications for individuals, policy and society.

My background is multidisciplinary across Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy, History, and Politics. 

I am a founding member of a local history group Wayward Women which focuses on broadening representations of forgotten women.

In March 2020, with supervisors we investigated coronavirus and the five-week wait impacted Universal Credit claimants. The results from 107 respondents found most claimants experienced hardship while waiting for their first payment. The results formed a policy brief published by the Work and Pensions Committee in June 2020.

Membership of professional bodies

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy- 2022
• I am a member of the Social Policy Association

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) in Sociology at Birmingham City University, 2015-2018 
• MA in Criminology with distinction at Birmingham City University, 2018-2019
• PhD submitted in September 2022 (awaiting final voce viva exam) University of Derby 2019- 

Recent conferences

Conferences and Scholarship

Upcoming

10 January 2023 Dr Sung-Hee Lee, Robyn Fawcett and Professor Yun-Young Research Collaboration Zoom sessions with Jeonbook National University (South Korea) 

20 December 2022 Dr Sung-Hee Lee, Robyn Fawcett and Professor Yun-Young Research Collaboration Zoom sessions with Jeonbook National University (South Korea) 

5 December 2022 Dr Sung-Hee Lee, Robyn Fawcett and Professor Yun-Young Research Collaboration Zoom sessions with Jeonbook National University (South Korea) 

Past

27-28 October 2022-The relationship between families' wellbeing, Universal Credit and depletion. Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.  

20 July 2022- Early Career Workshop at the University of Limerick. Engaged in a critical review and discussion of 8 (working draft) papers. I provided rebuttals based on feedback from my paper. This was titled: What are the experiences of Universal Credit recipients in a global pandemic?  

19 May 2022- Families' experiences of Universal Credit and the impact on children's wellbeing. Delivered as part of the Children’s Wellbeing Online Workshop session. As part of the University of Derby’s ERSC project for the Social Policy Support for families in the UK and South Korea.  

8 April 2022- Researching in Covid-19. Postgrads and Pandemic Conference. British Society of Criminology 

7 February 2022- BBC Radio WM interview ensuring promised funding is given to a new leisure facility. This was in my capacity as a Friends of Friary Grange member. 

11 November 2021- Nunn, A and Fawcett, R. Magistrates Association Poverty, Inequality, and Harm.  

July 7-9 July 2021 - The Social Policy Association Abstract title- What are the experiences of Universal Credit recipients in a global pandemic?  

29 June 2021- Nunn, A and Fawcett, R. Disciplinary Social Policy, Social Harm and the Promise of Co-Creation, Presentation to Chunbuk National University Korea.  

4 June 2021.- Nunn, A and Fawcett, R. Co-Creation in Employment Service Delivery, European Employment Salon.  

19 May 2021- Nunn, A and Fawcett, R. Poverty and Inequality in the UK and Derby, Presentation to the Derby Poverty Commission.  

13-15 April 2021- British Sociological Association Conference Abstract title - Reimagining and Revaluating Universal Credit: Using longitudinal data to assess the lived experience of claiming Universal credit.  

25 February 2021 - PGR Research Café presentation- Reimagining and Re-evaluating universal credit through families’ experiences of Universal Credit.

Recent publications

Fawcett, R., Nunn, A., Gray, E (2020) UCW0033: Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment. Work and Pensions Committee.