Gender Studies at Sussex covers many fields of research. Much of this is cross-disciplinary and in areas of international importance, both theoretical and empirical. Gender Studies draws together faculty and postgraduate researchers, and offers the collaborative opportunities so important to work in this field.
Current areas of research include: gender and citizenship, sexual violence, reproductive politics, gender, media and new technology, feminist social and
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political theory, feminist movements, globalisation and post-colonial studies, gender and life history, queer spiritualities, masculinities, higher education, and labour market inequalities.
There are strong Gender research groups in Sociology (the Gender and Inequality Research Group) and English (the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence).
Recent and current research projects include:
- An AHRC/ESRC funded project in the Religion and Society Programme, entitled 'Queer Spiritual Space(s): An investigation into the practices of non-hegemonic queer spiritual communities (Sally Munt)
- A study of post-university employment experiences, funded by the European Social Fund (Ruth Woodfield)
- A study of GPs' views on abortion, supported by Brighton and Sussex Medical School (Alison Phipps)
- An ESRC-funded study of aid workers as mobile professionals (Meike Fechter)
- A study of lone parents' engagements with education and training, supported by the European Social Fund (Tamsin Hinton-Smith)
- An ESRC-funded study entitled 'Archiving and Re-Using Qualitative Data' (Margaretta Jolly)
Faculty publish widely in a variety of major journals (Sociology, Sexualities, Ethnography, Critical Social Policy, Feminist Review, British Journal of Criminology) and with various major publishers (Princeton University Press, Columbia University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Polity) - visit individual faculty pages for more details.
Each term there is a good selection of Gender-related research seminars taking place across the university, organised around current faculty projects or high-profile external speakers.
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The Centre for Gender Studies is now hosting the very successful PECANS (Postgraduate and Early Career Academics Network of Scholars) network of research students and early career academics working in the fields of Law, Gender and Sexuality. Visit http://clgs-pecans.org.uk/ for more information about the network.
