Intellectual Focus
Work in this cluster involves not only colleagues in the Gender Institute, but also those within 'core' Sociology. The research is informed by the belief that all social processes are 'gendered', and that understanding gender relations is a crucial component in any social science research. Research on gender is varied in form and content with an emphasis on inter-disciplinarity: the RAE Women's Studies sub-panel has been set up specifically to acknowledge this aspect of work on gender. Thus the work on gender in the Department is not necessarily only 'the sociology of gender', 'feminist' or reliant only upon 'feminist theory' but provides a diverse range of perspectives for thinking about contemporary gender issues.
Key members of Gender cluster:
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Suki Ali, Senior Lecturer in Sociology: mixedness, 'race', ethnicity and racism and connected forms of inequality, research with inter-ethnic families on belonging and community; racialisation and embodiment, intersectionality and identification. feminist and postcolonial theory
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Ayona Datta, Lecturer in Sociology: Gender and intersectionality in the production and consumption of place; Cultural identity and architecture; Spatiality of homelessness and social agency; Politics of urban sustainability.
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Sarah Franklin, Professor of Sociology: research in the areas of assisted conception, embryo research, cloning, stem cells, and the new genetics. Feminist cultural studies and sociology of gender.
Esteem
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Datta: Visiting Researcher in Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey (2005); member of the editorial boards of the Global Built Environment Review, and Open House International.
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Franklin: Invited Lectures and Plenaries include Edinburgh, Cambridge, Berkeley; Smith College, NYU, Shanghai, Copenhagen, Macquarie (Sydney), Cardiff, Hannover, Cornell, Berkeley, Canterbury (NZ), Prague, Ljubljana, Paris, New Orleans; 2001 Surrey (Lopatgui Lecture), Coimbra, Rio de Janeiro (UNESCO), Linkoping (Sweden), Madrid, Helsinki, MIT, Duke.
Funded research
New Femininities (ESRC): £15,000
E-society (ESRC): £100,000
Working in new media (Institute of Network Culture): £6000
Nuffield for Gender Equality and Cultural Diversity: European Comparisons and Lessons: £22620
Gender, work and life in the new global economy (ESRC): £15,000
Consultancy:
Arts Council of England
Amsterdam Institute of Network Cultures
Equal opportunities Commission £20,000
European Union £50,000