Ian Marsh

Ian Marsh serves as a Reader (Associate Professor) in the School of Allied Health at Canterbury Christ Church University's Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Work, concurrently holding the strategic role of University Suicide-Safer Lead. He directs the Kent and Medway Suicide Prevention Group and co-founded the Critical Suicide Studies Network.

His research pioneers critical approaches to suicide studies, interrogating power structures and social justice dimensions in suicide prevention. Current investigations span online harms with UK Samaritans, railway suicide interventions with industry partners, National Highways safety initiatives, and coastal location risk mitigation.

As a Research Supervisor, he mentors emerging scholars in critical suicidology while teaching Occupational Therapy BSc courses. His theoretical framework integrates Foucauldian analysis with contemporary public health challenges, emphasizing community-centered prevention models over biomedical paradigms.

Based at Canterbury's Hepworth building (Hf15), his operational focus bridges academic rigor with practical suicide-safer infrastructure development across public spaces.