Dr Lisa O'Malley

Profile

Academic biography

I have previously worked as a researcher in the Centre for Housing Policy (2002-2005) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (2001-2002). I have published on the subjects of housing support; scoping study methods and urban regeneration among others and undertaken research across a variety of issues, most recently projects exploring homelessness among military veterans. I have served as a member of the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) Research Centre Advisory Group.

My teaching interests are centred around criminal justice issues, including gender based violence and social harm. 

Areas of Expertise

• Scoping study methods
• Veteran and military welfare
• Social harm and victimisation
• Policing and criminal justice
• Voluntary and community sector

I have supervised doctoral students in the following areas:

• Policy transfer in the field of criminal justice (Laura Bainbridge)
• Youth justice (Sarah Brooks Wilson)
• Homelessness and criminality (Fiorella Ciapessoni Capandeguy)