Research Interests

Paul Iganski combines 25 years of research and practical knowledge of approaches to tackling hate crime. He has specialist expertise in research design and methodology and mostly conducts applied research in collaboration with, or commissioned by, NGOs and the equalities sector internationally. His academic career began with the award of a PhD in Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Currently, Paul is Professor Emeritus in the Lancaster University Law School, and formerly Head of Department of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University. Since retiring from teaching in 2020, Paul continues as an independent researcher and consultant. His most recent activities include: hate crime training for police officers, prosecutors, and judges, for the Romanian Consiliul National pentru Combaterea Discriminarii (2019-20); drafting policy documents for the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights’ Enhancing Hate Crime Victim Support project (2020-22); survey design, and analysing and reporting results for hate crime victimisation surveys in North Macedonia (2019 & 2024), Kosovo (2021), and in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2023-24)—in work commissioned by the OSCE Missions.