Expert comment
Jane Ali-Knight

The Business School
j.ali-knight@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4392

Area of expertise:
Festival and event management, wine tourism, destination development

Dr Liz Aston

School of Applied Sciences
l.aston@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 3323

Policing; stop and search; intersections between policing and health (e.g. drugs); engagement, public confidence and technology in policing

Dr Sarah Artt

School of Arts & Creative Industries
S.Artt@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 6229

Area of expertise
​Science fiction, women’s writing, contemporary film

Dr Peter Barlow

School of Applied Sciences
p.barlow@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 6167

Area of expertise
​Immunology, viral infections, influenza

Dr Paul Barron

The Business School
p.barron@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4733

Area of expertise
​Employees in hospitality and tourism

Sarah Borthwick

The Business School
s.borthwick@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4548

Area of expertise
​Green fiscal transport policy

Prof Bill Buchanan

School of Computing
b.buchanan@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2759

Area of expertise
​Computer security and cybercrime

Dr Alison Craig

School of Applied Sciences
al.craig@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2245

Area of expertise
​Environmental biology, marine mammals, humpback whales

Prof John Currie

Director, Scottish Energy Centre
j.currie@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2253

Area of expertise
​Environment, energy, green issues

Prof Linda Dryden

School of Arts & Creative Industries
l.dryden@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 6128

Area of expertise
​Robert Louis Stevenson, late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, gothic, science fiction

Tom Flint

School of Computing
t.flint@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2375

Area of expertise
​Creative computing, digital storytelling

Dr Jason Gilchrist

School of Applied Sciences
j.gilchrist@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2394

Area of expertise
​Animal stress physiology, behavioural ecology

Dr Robert Hairstans

Institute for Sustainable Construction
R.Hairstans@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2891

Area of expertise
​Housing market, construction technologies

Prof Hazel Hall

Director, Centre for Social Informatics
h.hall@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2760

Area of expertise
​Social media, online information provision

Paul Harkins

School of Arts & Creative Industries
p.harkins@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 5020

Area of expertise
​Music, copyright, music industry and music technology

Dr Gary Hutchison

Dean, School of Applied Sciences
ga.hutchison@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2344

Area of expertise
​Nano safety, toxicology, reproductive biology

Prof Mark Huxham

School of Applied Sciences
m.huxham@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2514

Area of expertise
​Coastal ecosystems and ecology, teaching and learning

Dr Sam Illingworth

Department of Learning & Teaching Enhancement
s.illingworth@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 5018

Area of expertise:
Higher education, science communication, poetry, games, climate change

Dr Piotr Jaworski

The Business School
p.jaworski@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4279

Area of expertise
​Economics, social and commercial insurance

Prof Thanos Karatzias

School of Health & Social Care
t.karatzias@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 5345

Area of expertise
​Mental health, learning disabilities, psychological trauma, PTSD

Prof Anna Leask

The Business School
a.leask@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4382

Area of expertise
Visitor attraction and heritage management, business tourism

Andrew MacIver

Transport Research Institute
a.maciver@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2554

Area of expertise
​Transportation engineering, roads

Giuseppe Maglione

School of Applied Sciences
G.Maglione@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 6019

Area of expertise
​Criminology, sociology of law

Dr Oli Mival

School of Computing
o.mival@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2761

Area of expertise
​human computer interaction, user experience, digital workflow needs

Prof Tariq Muneer

Transport Research Institute
t.muneer@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2541

Area of expertise
​solar energy, electric cars, sustainable transport

Dan Ridley-Ellis

Institute for Sustainable Construction
d.ridley-ellis@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2449

Area of expertise
Trees and wood properties, timber grading and standards

Dr Stephen Smith

School of Health & Social Care
ste.smith@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 5675

Area of expertise
​Compassionate person centred care

Prof Jill Stavert

The Business School
j.stavert@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4553

Area of expertise
​International Law, Human Rights, Mental Health Law, Constitutional Law

Prof Martin Tangney

Director, Biofuel Research Centre
m.tangney@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2217

Area of expertise
​microbial biofuel production, energy from waste products, renewable energy

Stephen Taylor

The Business School
js.taylor@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4236

Area of expertise
​Natural area tourism

Dr Ellis Urquhart

Lecturer, Tourism & Languages
e.urquhart@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4400
Area of expertise
Airline management, airport operations, tourism management and technology.

Dr Neil Urquhart

School of Computing
n.urquhart@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 2655

Area of expertise
Evolutionary Algorithms, vehicle routing and scheduling

Dr Tony Westbury

School of Applied Sciences
0131 455 2554 / 2520
t.westbury@napier.ac.uk

Area of expertise
​Sport psychology, exercise behaviour

Zhongdong Niu

The Business School
z.niu@napier.ac.uk
0131 455 4572

Area of expertise
​Media Law, International Economic Law, Comparative Law and Employment Law