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Stuart Allan  BAA, MA, PhD

Professor Stuart Allan

BAA, MA, PhD

Interim Head of School

School of Law and Politics

Email
AllanS@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75420
Campuses
Two Central Square, Room 2.50, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
Law Building, Room 0.17, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

Stuart Allan is Interim Head of School in the School of Law and Politics, here at Cardiff University. 

He is also Professor of Journalism and Communication in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University. He completed an extended term as Head of School (2015-2021).

Stuart has published widely in journalism, media and cultural studies. His most recent book is Conflicting Images: Histories of War Photography in the News, co-authored with Tom Allbeson (Routledge, 2024). He has edited or co-edited fourteen others, including Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity (Routledge, 2017), The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities (Routledge, 2018), Journalism, Gender and Power (Routledge, 2019) and, most recently, a second edition of The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism (Routledge, 2023). His research has also appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and contributions to edited collections, and has been translated into several languages. He is serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism; Digital Journalism; Media, War & Conflict; Text & Talk; Environmental Communication; Time & Society; Journalism & Communication Monographs; and Global Media and China.

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Articles

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Research

Stuart is currently involved in several research projects. He is the lead for the ‘Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting’ workstrand for the AHRC-funded Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) co-ordinated by Nesta in London. A further project examines the forging of new relationships between professional and citizen journalists where the news coverage of war, conflict and crisis is concerned, with a particular interest in news images. He is currently co-authoring a book on the history of war photography, as well as one on visual citizenship. He has a longstanding interest in science journalism, including with respect to its transition to digital environments and, more recently, the citizen reporting of citizen science. Further research interests include journalism and human rights, media history, and young people’s civic engagement with digital media. Funding for his research has been awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and Swedish Research Council, amongst others.

Teaching

Stuart’s teaching focuses on journalism studies, with a particular interest in the ways in which journalism is evolving online in relation to emergent innovations in digital technologies. His teaching often draws on historical perspectives, and is informed by real-world concerns with social issues.

In 2023-24, Stuart teaches the first-year undergraduate module 'Understanding Journalism,' and the postgraduate module 'Civic Media.' He also delivers several guest lectures on other modules.

He supervises BA, MA and PhD students and welcomes inquiries from future doctoral students, especially in the areas signalled in his research interests noted above.

Supervisions

Current supervision

Maham Sufi

Maham Sufi

Research student