Neema Joined the Criminology, Sociology, and Social Policy department at Loughborough University in March 2022 as Lecturer in Criminology. Find out more about Dr Trivedi-Bateman and her work here: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/social-policy-studies/staff/neema-trivedi-bateman/

From 2016-2022, whilst at ARU as Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Criminology and BA (Hons) Criminology & Sociology degree programmes, she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the day-to-day running of the programmes, including module content, curriculum and assessment design, and extra-curricular activities. Neema also assisted the Deputy Heads of the School of AHSS in the Departments of Criminology, Policing, and Social Sciences. Previously, she held a post as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychology Laboratory Manager at Richmond, The American International University in London. Prior to this, Neema managed the 8th fieldwork wave and research team for the longitudinal Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult Development Study (PADS+) at the Institute of Criminology (University of Cambridge).

Neema completed her PhD in Criminology at the world-renowned Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge in November 2014. She worked under the supervision of Professor Per-Olof Wikström, who is a leading scholar in the field of Environmental Criminology. She developed a very strong grounding and expertise in research skills and honed a high level of research rigour. These skills include leading and recruiting a research team, developing research questions, carrying out primary research using innovative methods, and statistical analysis competence.