Dr Melanie Flynn
SENIOR LECTURER IN CRIMINOLOGY
Criminology
0151 291 3009
flynnm@hope.ac.uk
Melanie joined Liverpool Hope as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in September 2023, having previously worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, a research fellow at UCL, and a crime analyst with Sussex Police. Her research interests are in the field of green criminology, particularly nonhuman animal-related harm, animal victimology, and vegan criminology. She also has many years of professional and academic experience in crime prevention, opportunity theories, spatial crime concentrations, analysis, evaluation, and evidence-based policing. Melanie gained her PhD in Criminology from UCL in 2018.
Melanie holds Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) status and is a member of the Vegan Society Research Advisory Committee, the British Society of Criminology (and green criminology network), and the European Society of Criminology. She is an experienced conference presenter and has published a number of highly-cited papers.
Melanie has leadership experience, having previously acted-up as Head of Division of Criminology (University of Huddersfield), and she has mentored staff undertaking their first academic or leadership role. She also previously held the position of Deputy Director of the Applied Criminology and Policing Research Centre (Huddersfield).
At Hope, Melanie is the Level C year lead for BA Criminology, course lead for CRMCORE1C Introduction to Criminology, and has co-designed and delivered the Level H green criminology course. She teaches across all years, and supervises dissertations and research projects. Melanie is also an experienced postgraduate supervisor, with successful completions at masters and doctoral level. She has also internally examined at these levels, and has external examining experience (taught courses).