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Stephen Parker is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Aston University's Aston Law School, part of the College of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a unique interdisciplinary background with degrees in Chemical Engineering, Law, and Corpus Linguistics. His research focuses on applying corpus linguistic methods to legal analysis, particularly in family justice, risk prediction, and expert evidence. He leads and collaborates on major grants, including an ESRC £2.5m project on safeguarding and family justice. Currently accepting PhD students, he emphasizes AI's role in legal processes and challenges its overreliance as a 'panacea.'
- Education: BSc Chemical Engineering & Management (Loughborough), MA Law (Bristol), MSc Corpus Linguistics (Lancaster)
- Professional Roles: Former Head of IT at Rolls-Royce, Visiting Researcher at Lancaster University's Data Science Institute
Research interests include state intervention in family life, AI in child protection algorithms, and discourse analysis in legal contexts. His funded projects explore risk prediction tools and the rise of care order applications in family courts. He advocates for methodological rigor through corpus-assisted legal analysis.
His recent publications analyze online hate speech legislation, neoliberal discourses in bail bonds, and 'Psy' expert evidence in family courts. These works highlight intersections between legal systems, technology, and societal structures.
- Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Advising & Grants: Supervises law and corpus linguistics PhD students. Principal Investigator on £250k ESRC project on AI in child abuse prediction. Co-Investigator on multiple ESRC/Nuffield grants.
Labs/Teams: Engaged with the Data Science Institute at Lancaster University, blending legal expertise with computational methods.
