Staff Profile
Dr Steven Hirschler
Senior Lecturer
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the Business Management and International Business within the York Business School at York St John University. I joined the University in 2018 after positions at Edge Hill University and the University of York. My educational background includes a BA in Political Science and International Relations from UCLA in California and an MA and PhD in Politics from the University of York. My research interests include asylum, the privatisation of immigration control, and state and corporate harm.
- School – York Business School
- Email – s.hirschler@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 394
- Research - View my work in RaY
- Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Further information
Teaching
I teach across multiple postgraduate programmes, including the MSc in International Business, the Business MRes, and the MBA. Example modules include YBR7004M 'Contemporary Theories and Philosophies in Business' and MBB7071M 'Business Ethics and Sustainability'. I also support postgraduate researchers in supervising capstone projects and theses.
Research
My research largely focuses on immigration law and policy, immigration enforcement, and the role of the state and corporate actors in maintaining the UK's immigration control regime. I am also active in researching racial and ethnic inequality within institutional, organisational and municipal environments. My work largely employs qualitative methods as a means of reflecting personal experiences and assessing the impacts of inequality.
Selected publications
Millie, A. and Hirschler, S. (2022). Police recruits, moral judgements, and an empathetic policing. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24 (4). pp. 777-797.
Hirschler, S. (2021). Hostile Homes: Violence, Harm and the Marketisation of UK Asylum Housing. Critical Criminological Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hirschler, S. (2017). Brexit, immigration and expanded markets of social control. Safer Communities, 16 (4). pp. 176-185.
Denham, J., Hirschler, S., & Spokes, M. (2019). The reification of structural violence in video games. Crime, Media, Culture, 17(1), 85-103.
Professional activities
I am the Chair of the York Business School Research Ethics Committee (SREC).
