Dr Ilda Cuko

Ilda is a mixed methods researcher, with a disciplinary background in criminology.

Her work within the Centre for Excellence of Equity in Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS) currently focuses on workplace culture and wellbeing within the ambulance services. Specifically, she is exploring the nature of current EDI policies and provisions within the sector, in order to consider how they are impacting the safety, inclusion, and wellbeing of its workers.

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Background

Additionally, Ilda is also developing her doctoral research, which focuses on the role of the visual in the mainstreaming of contemporary far-right youth social movements. Specifically, this research explores how far-right social movements adopt liberal visual aesthetics in the construction and communication of their organisations, in order to tailor the supply of their movement to demands of the mainstream.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Ilda obtained her Master’s degree in Criminology, where she focused on the areas of hate crime, the far-right, and police training. Her Master’s thesis provided an assessment of existing EDI training provisions for police officers and staff in England, and considered recommendations that addressed the gap between what officers and staff found impactful, and what forces could reasonably commit to deliver.

Research interests

• Organisational culture
• Policy development
• Far-right youth movements
• Visual methodologies

Qualifications

• PhD in Criminology, University of Leicester
• MSc in Criminology in Practice, University of Leicester
• BA Arts and Science, Criminology (Honours), University of Toronto

Selected recent publications

Hardy, S., Chakraborti, N. and Cuko, I. (2019) ‘More than a tick-box? The Role of Training in Improving Police Responses to Hate Crime’, British Journal of Community Justice.