Dr Jon Burnett
| Biography | Jon Burnett is a senior lecturer in Criminology, joining Hull in August 2022 from Swansea University. His research focuses on and interrogates carcerality, political economies of work and punishment, and state violence and state racism. As well as publishing extensively in a range of academic fora (including the journals Race & Class, the British Journal of Criminology, State Crime Journal and Policy & Politics), he has written for a range of broader publications including the Guardian, Red Pepper, Open Democracy, IRR News and Criminal Justice Matters. He has previously worked at Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS), Medical Justice and the Institute of Race Relations. He has been a witness at the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples, and is a former co-editor of Justice, Power and Resistance: an international, peer-reviewed journal promoting critical analysis and connecting theory, politics and activism. He has secured research funding from numerous bodies, including the ESRC, and in 2023 he was awarded an ISRF political economy fellowship, expanding on themes developed in his monograph Work and the Carceral State (2022). |
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| Research Interests | Criminalisation, Punishment, Border/State violence, Immigration Control, Carcerality, Work, Exploitation, Inequality and Class, Political Economy |
| Teaching and Learning | Research Design and Methodology Contemporary Crime: Theories and Practice Doing Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice Global Detention: Custody, Imprisonment and Human Rights Immigration Control: Carcerality and Confinement Sociological Storytelling : Making Sense of Society |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | I am very happy to hear from potential students interested in PhD study, and in particular with regard to any of the above areas. Current PhD students at the University of Hull: Tori German-Gilbert (2022-present) |