Zarek Khan

Zarek is a part-time DPhil candidate at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. He is conducting a longitudinal desistance study of men and women in England. This project is supervised by Professor Mary Bosworth. 

He has enjoyed a varied Civil Service career across a number of Government departments, gaining experience in analytics, policy, and operational delivery. He was highly commended for the 2017 John Sunley Prize. In 2015, he was one of few selected to participate in the Cambridge 'Learning Together' educational initiative at HMP Grendon - an environment bringing people in criminal justice and higher education to study together in transformative learning communities. 

Prior to doctoral study, Zarek completed the MPhil Criminological Research programme at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, and read BSc Criminology and Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he graduated with a first class degree. His research interests include prison sociology, punishment and society and desistance.