Key details
Dr Michael Fiddler
Associate Professor of Criminology; Lead - Centre for Transformative and Global Justice
Michael Fiddler joined the University of Greenwich in 2006 after completing his PhD at Keele University. His thesis explored the production of space within and around prisons. His published research explores the ways in which space, architecture and visual arts coalesce to inform understandings of crime and punishment. His current research project sees him explore a ‘Ghost Criminology’ that is informed by Derrida’s notion of hauntology.
Responsibilities within the university
- Associate Professor of Criminology
- Teaching and Learning Lead, Module Leader
Awards
- Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for the most successful Keele graduate to continue onto doctorial studies
Recognition
- Fellow of the HEA
- Editorial BoardsCrime Media Culture
Prison Service Journal - External Examiner roles
Birmingham City University (concluding 2020) - Membership
European Society of Criminology
Research / Scholarly interests
Michael's main areas of interest have been representations of imprisonment, as well as theories of horror and the uncanny. His recent portfolio has generated an area that he labels 'Ghost Criminology'. This draws upon both Jacques Derrida’s notion of hauntology, as well as Abraham and Torok’s work with trauma. Ghost Criminology’s innovation lies in it application of hauntology and spectrality as conceptual frameworks to unpack and explore a sense of temporal dis-ease where it exists in relation to crime, criminality and punishment.
Key funded projects
Research on the reduction and prevention of deaths in custody - Independent Advisory Panel/Ministry of Justice (£99,000)
This research was commissioned by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody to examine the impact of their policies on reducing deaths in custody across the secure estates (prisons, police cells, secure hospitals and immigration detention centres).