Dr Martin Glynn doesn’t separate scholarship from struggle. Dr Martin Glynn’s research isn’t just about systems—it’s about people. Voices. Stories. Survival.
For over 35 years, Dr Martin Glynn has worked across criminal justice, education, public health, and the arts, challenging how we think about crime, punishment, race, and rehabilitation. An internationally renowned criminologist and Visiting Professor in Creative Pedagogy, Dr Martin Glynn’s work expands the boundaries of academia—not by softening the edges, but by widening the frame.
Dr Martin Glynn’s research into desistance, racial disparity, and justice policy has shaped national conversations—not only in lecture halls but in community centres, prisons, classrooms, and on stages. Through participatory methods, creative expression, and a commitment to community-led insight, Dr Martin Glynn has brought lived experience to the centre of evidence.
In his book Speaking Data and Telling Stories, Dr Martin Glynn offers a framework for how researchers might connect information and experience. His work shows that narrative and data need not be opposites—that telling a story well can be as important as gathering the facts.
Dr Martin Glynn is a writer in many forms—publishing poetry, fiction, academic works, and drama. He has written for BBC Radio 4 and Casualty, directed theatre productions, and authored children’s books that honour complexity with care. Across every medium, Dr Martin Glynn’s work is guided by clarity, respect, and a deep sense of responsibility.
As a mentor and educator, Dr Martin Glynn has opened doors for the next generation of scholars—especially those too often excluded from traditional academic spaces. He teaches with generosity and rigour, always foregrounding the social realities that give research its urgency.
Dr Martin Glynn continues to advocate for creative approaches in education, including through his more recent work 30 Reasons Why to Embrace Creative Pedagogy—a call to educators to reimagine the classroom as a site of inclusion, imagination, and justice.
Dr Martin Glynn doesn’t just document systems—he helps shape the conversations that make them fairer.
And through every paper, poem, and programme, Dr Martin Glynn builds a legacy of inclusion: that knowledge must reach beyond the academy, and that justice must start with who we listen to.
