Dr Steven Donbavand
Programme Coordinator for BA Sociology and BA Sociology with Criminology
About
Steven teaches a broad range of sociology courses, including social theory, analysing contemporary social issues and research methods. He has a particular interest in inclusion, alienation and inequality and has investigated this from economic (poverty analysis), social (loneliness and isolation) and political (political engagement) perspectives.
In addition to publishing in academic journals Steven has been commissioned to undertake applied sociological research for public and charitable bodies including UNSECO, the Welsh Government, The British Council, the Council of Europe, DEFRA, HEFCE, the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Government of Ghana.
Professional
Steven is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Course Convener for BA Sociology and BA Sociology with Criminology.
Key Publications
- Liu, L., Donbavand, S., Hoskins, B., Janmaat, J. G., & Kavadias, D. (2021). Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Citizenship Education Programmes to Support Disadvantaged Youth. Social Sciences, 10(10), 394 https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10100394
- Donbavand, S. & Hoskins, B. (2021). Citizenship education for political engagement; a systematic review of controlled trials . Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10050151
- Hoskins, B. & Donbavand, S. (2021).The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student voice: findings and recommendation for teachers and policy makers. UNESCO and The Council of Europe Joint Policy Brief
- Donbavand, S. (2021). A Simmelian theory of structural loneliness. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour.
- Hoskins, B. & Donbavand, S. (2020) Identifying effective education interventions for teaching and learning European citizen for hesitant or indifferent young people. Robert Bosch Stiftung Research Paper
- Donbavand, S.; Sills-Jones, P. & O’Prey, L. (2018) The attitudes of parents towards managing young children’s behavior. Welsh Government Social Research Report https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/31269/1/180125-attitudes-parents-towards-managing-young-childrens-behaviour-revised-en.pdf
- Donbavand, S. (as Director of Civic Research Initiative) (2017) Modelling the need for advice on Social Welfare topics. Welsh Government Social Research Report https://gov.wales/modelling-need-advice-social-welfare-topics-0
- Donbavand, S. & Rees, S. (2016) Evaluation of co-operative housing developments in Wales. Welsh Government Social Research Report https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2019-07/160324-evaluation-co-operative-housing-developments-en.pdf
- Donbavand, S. (2015) Evaluation of Vibrant and Viable Places Targeted Regeneration Investment. Welsh Government Social Research Report https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2019-07/150915-evaluation-vibrant-viable-places-targeted-regeneration-investment-en.pdf
- Donbavand, S. (2015). Model-based approaches to the estimation of poverty measures in small areas. Doctoral dissertation, University of Southampton https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/383998/
- Donbavand, S. (2014) Poverty Maps of Ghana using Conditional Expectation Predictor and M-quantile methods. Ghana Statistical Service Report
- Tzavidis, N., Marchetti, S., & Donbavand, S. (2013). 15 Outlier robust semi-parametric small area methods for poverty estimation. Poverty and Social Exclusion: New Methods of Analysis, 283. https://www.routledge.com/Poverty-and-Social-Exclusion-New-Methods-of-Analysis/Betti-Lemmi/p/book/9780415636346
- Donbavand, S. (2010). Is Meritocracy Associated with an Acceptance of Current Levels of Inequality?. Masters dissertation. University of Manchester. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349482039_IS_MERITOCRACY_ASSOCIATED_WITH_AN_ACCEPTANCE_OF_CURRENT_LEVELS_OF_INEQUALITY
Research
Steven’s current research is on how we create, agree, and contest meaning in social settings. He is studying games and sports as examples of social events in which have no intrinsic meaning, yet are able to successfully suspend their collective disbelief to create a meaningful experience.
Research Output
Articles
Liu, L., Donbavand, S., Hoskins, B., Janmaat, J. G. and Kavadias, D. (2021) Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Citizenship Education Programmes to Support Disadvantaged Youth. Social Sciences, 10 (10). e394. ISSN 2076-0760 10.3390/socsci10100394
Other department members
Chris Smethurst
Co-Director - Institute of Education and Social Sciences
