Dr Thomas Raymen

Associate Professor

Department: Social Sciences

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I am an ultra-realist criminologist and co-founder of the deviant leisure research network. To-date, my research has focused upon the social harms that emerge at the intersection of commodified leisure and consumer capitalism, publishing on issues around violence, gambling, consumerism, social media, tourism and environmental harm, parkour and freerunning, urban space and crime control. My research interests span the fields of criminology, leisure studies, psychoanalysis, moral and political philosophy, cultural geography and urban studies. I am currently dedicated to developing a theory of social harm rooted in a post-liberal ethics.

Key Publications

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Ethics Without Agents Corruption, Financial Crime, and the Interpassive ‘Ethics’ of Compliance, Raymen, T. 1 Aug 2024, Compliance, Defiance, and ‘Dirty’ Luxury, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
Luxury and Corruption: Challenging the Anti-Corruption Consensus, Østbø Kuldova, T., Østbø, J., Raymen, T. 30 Jan 2024
Editorial: Corruption and the Moral Economy of Fraud, Kuldova, T., Raymen, T., Østbø, J. 6 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Extreme Anthropology
The Enigma of Social Harm: The Problem of Liberalism, Raymen, T. 2 Nov 2022
Clarifying Ultra-Realism: A Response to Wood et. al, Raymen, T., Kuldova, T. Jan 2021, In: Continental Thought & Theory
Editorial: The Longest Year, Raymen, T. 3 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Crime, Harm, and Ethics
“It’s the Attraction of Winning That Draws You In”—A Qualitative Investigation of Reasons and Facilitators for Videogame Loot Box Engagement in UK Gamers, Nicklin, L., Gordon Spicer, S., Close, J., Parke, J., Smith, O., Raymen, T., Lloyd, H.,  Lloyd, J. 13 May 2021, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine
The Assumption of Harmlessness, Raymen, T. 10 Sep 2021, The Palgrave Handbook of Social Harm, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan
The Post-Covid Future of the Environmental Crisis Industry and its Implications for Criminology and Zemiolgy, Raymen, T., Smith, O. 3 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Contemporary Crime, Harm, and Ethics
Gambling and harm in 24/7 capitalism: Reflections from the post-disciplinary present, Raymen, T., Smith, O. 23 Jan 2020, Crime, Harm and Consumerism, London, Taylor & Francis