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Miss Caroline Hood
Caroline Hood
Lecturer
| Biography | Caroline Hood is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Applied Social Studies. She is currently finishing her PhD at Robert Gordon University, focusing on the organisational, practical and social impediments to the successful implementation of cycling-specific policies by Scottish local authorities. More broadly, she is interested in wider themes in mobilities research and transportation, humans and the environment, and the stigma experienced by vulnerable groups throughout society. Caroline sits on both the Road Safety North East Scotland Lead Officers’ Group and the Transport and Public Health Subgroup for the region’s Health and Transport Action Plan. She is also a director and trustee of the local charity Aberdeen Cyrenians (https://aberdeen-cyrenians.org/). |
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| Research Interests | Cycling policy and societal attitudes to cycling Road safety with particular reference to vulnerable road users Sustainable urban mobility The stigmatisation and marginalisation of vulnerable groups in society |
| Teaching and Learning | Caroline has teaching responsibility on the following Stage One modules: SS1019 Social Sciences & Society/SS1003 Introductory Sociology SS1050 Understanding Social Change SS1006 Sociology of Identity, Deviance & Difference Caroline is also Module Coordinator for the following Stage Three modules: S3036 Environment & Society SS3082 Community, Citizenship & Employability She is also responsible for the supervision of Stage Four dissertation students on the Applied Social Sciences degree and participates in the teaching of the ENM616 Socially Responsible Management module to students in the School of Engineering. |