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Directory of Experts

Welcome to Queen Margaret University ’s Directory of Experts, which lists some of our staff’s areas of specialism. If you are looking for our experts to provide comment or information in their areas of expertise please contact Lynne Russell, Press and PR Officer on tel: 0131 474 0000 who will assist you in accessing the appropriate academic.

 Alcohol & Drinking
Alcohol, binge drinking
Student drinking

Alternative Health
Alternative therapies, acupuncture

Art Therapy
Art therapies
Art therapies and dementia

Body Image
Body image
Male body image and the male body
Self esteem, body image and young women

Business/Management
Business Development
Complexity
E-commerce
E-learning
Entrepreneurship
Ethnic business
Event assessment and evaluation
Event education and training
Event human resources management
Event management
Event marketing
Event risk management
Events – sports, retail, festivals, corporate, congresses, conventions, exhibitions expositions, Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Scotland’s Homecoming 2009
Fair Trade
Remuneration
Human Resource Development and Planning
Human Resource Management
Information and knowledge management
Management Development
Marketing
Marketing and children
Private and public sector management
Quality of public services
Small business start-up and growth
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Succession Planning

Children
Asperger’s Syndrome in children
Autism spectrum disorders – intonation in speech of children
Bullying behaviour in children
Child development
Child language acquisition
Child language development
Childhood multidialectalism and bilingualism
Down’s Syndrome in children
Learning with Down’s Syndrome
Language and speech ability in children with Asperger’s Syndrome
Marketing and children
Parent-child bonding
Role of TV and parenting on language development
Social development in childhood

Crime
Forensic podiatry (identification of individuals from footprints left at crime scenes)
Retail crime

Drama/Music/Creative Industries
Comparative literature
Contemporary theatre and performance
Dramaturgy
Eastern European folklore
Experimental and contemporary theatre
Historical Scottish music
History of European film
Movement analysis of human movement
Playwriting
Playwriting and screenwriting
Stage lighting and sound
Technical theatre
Theatre reviewing
Translator of plays from Spanish, French and Portuguese
Translator of theatre, radio, opera, TV and film works
Western and non-western theatre history

Food and Business
Ethnic business
Ethnic foods
Ethnic minority food businesses (in particular South Asian development)
Fusion food products
Knowledge transfer in the food business

Food, Nutrition, Eating
Eating behaviours, dieting and weight control
Eating patterns
Energy balance
Impact of eating frequency on body weight control
Obesity

Health professions and associated issues
Carers’ education
Counselling skills in health professions
Health workforce policy
Health workforce planning
International migration and mobility of health professionals
Media representation of nurses
Nurse education
Nursing course design
Older people’s experiences of acute care in hospital
Recruitment and retention of health professionals
Skill mix and productivity of health professionals
Workforce planning in NHS

International Health
Health economics
Health financing
Health systems development in low and middle income countries – particularly Southern and Eastern Africa
Hospital reform policy
Human resources for health
Lymphoedema - chronic condition often associated with breast cancer in developing countries
Psychosocial interventions
Refugee integration
Social and economic dimension of AIDS treatment
Tsunami

Learning and Teaching
Adaptation of study approaches
Benchmarking of performance, strategy implementation and practice solutions
E-learning
Continuing Professional Development
Institutional research
Interprofessional education
Learning in Down’s syndrome
Learning skills development
MBA motivations and outcomes
Nursing course design
Tacit Learning
Undergraduate performance and progression

Media and Culture
Fashion, production and consumption of culture
Media and contemporary cultural history
Media and cultural history
Media representation of nurses
Publishing
Scottish publishing and Victorian culture

Men’s Health
Male body image
Men’s health behaviours relating to the body and eating

Occupational Therapy
Exercise for Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferers
Health research methodologies
Interprofessional education
Learning in later life and benefits to wellbeing
Life transitions
Occupation
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy and mental health

Older People
Art therapy and dementia
Learning in later life and benefits to wellbeing
Life transitions
Older people, age and ageing
Older people’s experiences of acute care in hospital

Pain
Pain/chronic pain
Chronic pain and employment
Continuing professional development and chronic pain

Parenting
Role of TV and parenting on language development
Social development in children (parent child bonding)

Physiotherapy
Biomechanics
Development of professional competencies and standards
Kinematics
Lymphoedema (chronic condition often associated with breast cancer in developing countries)
Orthopaedics
Physical activity in young women
Movement science

Psychology and Health
Atypical development – in particular Down’s syndrome
Body image
Evolutionary psychology and health psychology
Psychology of eating behaviours, dieting and weight control
Individual and social understanding of health, ill-health and consequences of health-related actions
Male body image and the male body
Men’s health behaviours relating to body and eating
Mental Health
Personality disorders
Prejudice and discrimination
Psychology of the body
Psychology of religion
Self esteem, body image and young women
Social development in childhood – especially parent-child bonding
Social psychology and discourse and communication
Statistics – Niko Tiliopoulos

Religion
Psychology of religion

Retailing/Shopping/Fashion
Consumer Behaviour
Ethnic business
Fashion Industry
Fashion brands
Fashion forecasting
Production and consumption of culture
Retailing
Retail buying
Retail crime
Retail ethics
Selection process in high street womenswear retailers

Sex and Sexuality
Gay issues
Gender, sexuality, diversity and inequality
Homophobia
Homophobic bullying
Prejudice
Social exclusion of lesbians and gay men

Smoking
Smoking cessation

Social Behaviour
Fashion, production and consumption of culture
Gay issues
Gender, sexuality, diversity and inequality
Homophobia and bullying behaviour
Individual and social understanding of health, ill-health and consequences of health-related actions
Personality disorders
Prejudice
Social development in childhood – especially parent-child bonding

Speech and Language/Communication
Autism
Child language acquisition
Childhood and adult multidialectalism and bilingualism
Language and communication
Language and speech ability in children with autism
Normal and disordered speech
Phonetics
Prosody/intonation of speech
Scottish accents
Sociolinguistics
Speech accent variation and acquisition
Speech disorders

Tourism and Hospitality
Aesthetic labour within hospitality arenas
Environmental management in hospitality and tourism
E-Tourism
Hospitality and Tourism
ICT and Tourism
Information and communication technologies in tourism
Resort Design and Development
Scottish hotel, pubs and restaurants
Sustainable tourism development
Tourism research



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