Matt Long has served as a University Teacher in Criminology and Sociology since 2022. He is the School Outreach Champion who plays a leading role in building bridges with colleges and schools. In 2023 Matt was the winner of the prestigious Vice Chancellor’s ‘Unsung Hero Award’ as well as the ‘Member of Staff Who Goes The Extra Mile’ School Award.
As a 2023 Innovation in Teaching Award Winner Matt is currently researching how humour can facilitate learning in the context of neurodiversity.
Matt is an athletics coach based here who has served as an England Team Manager and Coach since 2021. He was part of the Commonwealth Games Development Camp based here before Birmingham 2022 and has team staffed England junior teams here at the Paula Radcliffe stadium.
Semester 1
- SSA201 Introducing Criminology
- SSB201 Criminological Theory
Semester 2
- SSA203 Becoming a criminologist
- SSB211 The criminal justice system in England and Wales
- SS033 Sociological Futures
- SSC212 Poverty, pay and living standards
- SSB021 Inequalities across the life course
Recent Publications
- Mahoney, I., Teague, K. , Long, M. and Winder, B., 2021. Populist and vindictive constructions of sexual offending against children, pluralities of violence, and the implications for criminal and social justice. Archiwum Kryminologii (Archives of Criminology). ISSN 0066-6890 Long, M.S. (2020)
- Long, M. , The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 237-247.
Books
- Long, M. and Hopkins-Burke, R. (2015) Vandalism and Anti-Social Behaviour. London. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Senior, P., Crowther-Dowey, C. and Long, M. (2007) Understanding Modernisation in Criminal Justice. Berkshire Open University Press.
Forthcoming Publications
Matt is currently authoring a chapter in a forthcoming Policy Press edited book entitled ‘Hate Crime in Football’, due for publication in 2023.