Dr Richard Lee

Assistant Professor

School: Communities and Education

Richard is a social scientist who has undertaken work on a variety of public health issues. He is currently a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Health and a UCU rep for SWECW and Health & Safety.

He was previously a Senior Research Associate in the Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University (2011-2018) and a Research Associate in the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield (2010-2011). He was awarded his PhD in 2010 from Newcastle University with the thesis ‘Setting Science-Based International Food Standards: Defining Dietary Fibre in the Codex Alimentarius Commission’.

His research and teaching specialist areas are: Public Health; Social Science; Qualitative Methods and Synthesis; Food Insecurity; Inequalities and Inequities; Sport and Wellbeing; Ageing and Frailty; End of Life Care; Social Practice Theory; Socio-Material Infrastructures; Politics of Regulation and Knowledge Claims; Science & Technology Studies.

He was lead investigator for the British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grant Project: 'Between transition and crisis: food assistance organisations in Northumberland and the implications for social infrastructure' SRG20\200138 Oct 2020 - Sep 2022.

Richard is an Editorial Board Member for BMC Geriatrics.

His email address is: richard.p.lee@northumbria.ac.uk

Campus Address

Campus West
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

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Views of health professionals on the contribution of climate change to the transmission of Lassa fever in Nigeria and the implications for risk communication, Lee, R., Eroje, I. 7 Feb 2026, In: Advances in Public Health
What support is there in the UK for renationalisation of public utilities? Evidence on drivers and fluidity of support via adversarial narrative co-production, Johnson, E., Johnson, S., Stark, G., Reed, H., Lee, R., Johnson, M. 1 Sep 2025, In: Next Research
Parental illness work across the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnostic journey, Nicholson, T., Lee, R. 1 Nov 2024, In: Sociology of Health and Illness
Pathways to a Brighter Hartlepool: What Really Matters to People?, Bestford, T., Dalton, C., Garlick, R., Graham, P., Guy, C., Hackett, K., Hall-Jones, B., Herrington, T., Lee, R., McCluskey, S., Penton, J., Simons, J. Feb 2024
School Meals from the Perspectives of Children Aged 9-11 in Cardiff, Wales, Dalton, C., Graham, P., Lee, R. 17 Jan 2024, Interdisciplinary Research Themes Showcase 2024
‘Teachers Need to Understand the Position that They Have’: Discussing Poverty in Diverse Classes, Graham, P., Fisher, N., Dalton, C., Lee, R. 5 Feb 2024, Developing and Implementing Teaching in Sensitive Subject and Topic Areas , Leeds, Emerald
A cross-cultural investigation of the conceptualisation of frailty in northern Tanzania, Lewis, E., Rogathi, J., Kissima, J., Breckons, M., Lee, R., Urasa, S. 1 Jan 2023, In: Ageing and Society
Food bank practices, local development and the potential of community wealth building and universal basic services in the UK, Lee, R., Graham, P., Croft, E., Hackett, K. 2023, In: Local Economy
Identifying the exclusions within academic literature regarding free school meal practices and policies: A scoping review, Dalton, C., Graham, P., Lee, R. 24 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Identifying the Exclusions Within Academic Literature Regarding Free School Meal Practices and Policies: A Scoping Review, Dalton, C., Graham, P., Lee, R., Stack, S., Elliott, S. 29 Mar 2023, Open Research and Reproducibility Conference 2023

Current and Recent Projects

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Community Perspectives on Climate Action in Hartlepool, Graham, P. (Principal Investigator), Lee, R. (Co Investigator), Hartlepower, 01/04/24 - 26/06/24, £2,949.00
Community Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing in Hartlepool, Graham, P. (Principal Investigator), Lee, R. (Co Investigator), Additional Research England QR Allocation - internal funding, 01/01/23 - 01/07/23, £5,757.00