Welcome to the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network Podcast.
Through this podcast series we respond to hate and understand hate against marginalised communities.
The BSC Hate Crime Network podcast series are intended to facilitate the exchange of ideas and work amongst hate crime academics, stakeholders, policy makers, criminal justice practitioners and the wider general public.
More information about today's guest:
Dr Jack López is currently Associate Dean Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Bradford and as an academic is based in the Department of Peace Studies. Jack is a medical and social anthropologist specialising in barriers to healthcare, sexual health and care ethics. He also works with the design and ethics of collaborative ethnography. His broader interests are intimate life, gender and intersectional life-course in societies affected by violence and/or conflict. Originally from Manchester, he has lived and conducted research in Chiapas, Mexico for over 15yrs on matters including HIV, sex work, reproductive health and pre-colonial gender identities. Jack is currently working on research on trans healthcare during covid and collaborates with Trans Actual UK on a specific investigation on trans masculine lower surgeries and patient safety.
Outside of academia he is an EDI and cultural sensitivity consultant providing LGBTQ+ awareness training to organisations and local councils. He sits on the Health Strategy Working group for Trans Actual, is in the process of founding a European network for academics working on EDI matters. He collects tattoos, is a mediocre yet enthusiastic boxer and lone parent to four children, he also has ADHD. In his spare time he tries to lie down and not move, usually unsuccessfully.