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.
Steven has previously taught at the University of Roehampton and the University of Southampton.
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.聽Social Sciences,聽10(10), 394
- Donbavand, S. & Hoskins, B. (2021). Citizenship education for political engagement; a systematic review of controlled trials . Social Sciences.
- 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.聽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鈥橮rey, L. (2018) The attitudes of parents towards managing young children鈥檚 behavior. Welsh Government Social Research Report
- Donbavand, S. (as Director of Civic Research Initiative) (2017) Modelling the need for advice on Social Welfare topics. Welsh Government Social Research Report
- Donbavand, S. & Rees, S. (2016) Evaluation of co-operative housing developments in Wales. Welsh Government Social Research Report
- Donbavand, S. (2015) Evaluation of Vibrant and Viable Places Targeted Regeneration Investment. Welsh Government Social Research Report
- Donbavand, S. (2015).聽Model-based approaches to the estimation of poverty measures in small areas. Doctoral dissertation, University of Southampton
- 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.聽Poverty and Social Exclusion: New Methods of Analysis, 283.
- Donbavand, S. (2010). Is Meritocracy Associated with an Acceptance of Current Levels of Inequality?. Masters dissertation. University of Manchester.
Research
Steven鈥檚 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
Other
Liu, L., Donbavand, S., Hoskins, B., Janmaat, J. G. and Kavadias, D. (2021) MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Other department members
Dr Esther Burkitt
Professor of Developmental Psychology
