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Biography
Ali is an Assistant Professor in Criminology in the School of Sociology and Social Policy (having joined in January 2025).
Before this, she was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer at the Institute for Criminology at the University of Cambridge (2020 - 2024). This research focused on the emotional and ethical dimensions of youth justice intervention, with a particular interest in the place, nature and effects of 'care' and 'professional love' in such contexts.
Ali completed her PhD at the Institute of Criminology in 2020, examining children's and practitioners' perspectives and experiences of everyday youth justice supervision in England (supervised by Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe). Prior to and alongside her PhD, Ali worked as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck University.
Ali's research interests include youth justice, desistance, and the emotional and moral dimensions of criminology and criminal justice.
Ali is currently co-chair of the charity, the National Association for Youth Justice and book review editor for Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Teaching Summary
Ali currently convenes the below module:
Theoretical Frontiers (SOCI4082)