Personal Statement
Emma joined the University of Liverpool as a Lecturer in the Politics of Gender, Sexuality and Identity in 2021, having previously worked at the LSE's Department of Gender Studies and Department of Sociology, and in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Versailles (France). Their research draws on intersectional feminist and queer theory to explore the connections between global sexual politics, dynamics of urban inequality, and the ways that individuals and social movements theorise and challenge injustice. Particular topics of interest include LGBT+ Safety Politics, sexuality and housing, and LGBT+ community formation and activism.

Research Overview
2021 The Place of Transversal LGBTQ+ Urban Activisms. Urban Studies. Epub ahead of print available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0042098020986063

2020 LGBTQ Situated Memory, Place-making and the Sexual Politics of Gentrification. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 38(5): 961-978.

2019 Co-authored with J. Gibbs, J. Hartviksen and A. Lehtonen. Pedagogies of Inclusion: A Critical Exploration of Small-group Teaching Practice in Higher Education. Teaching in Higher Education. Epub ahead of print available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1674276

2018 Co-authored with J. Breslow and T. Ojeda. Study Your Grievances: Critical Reflection. MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture (2). Epub available at: https://maifeminism.com/study-your-grievances/

2016 Bigot Geography: Queering Geopolitics in Brixton. In Avery, S. and Graham, K. (Eds.) Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present. Bloomsbury: 65-80.

2014 (It’s not all) Kylie Concerts, Exotic Cocktails and Gossip: The Appearance of Sexuality through ‘Gay’ Asylum in the UK. In Evans, M., Hemmings, C., Henry, M., Johnstone, H., Madhok, S., Plomien, A., & Wearing, S. (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory. Sage: 275-292.


Book Reviews

2020 Book Review of M. Jolly (2019) Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement, 1968–Present. Oxford University Press. Feminist Review 126(1): 212-213.

2012 Book Review of R. Kulpa and J. Mizielinska eds. (2011) De-Centring Western Sexualities. Routledge. Feminist Review 101(1): 3-4.

2012 Book Review of M. McManus (2011) Tory Pride and Prejudice: The Conservative Party and Homosexual Law Reform. Biteback Publishing. LSE Politics and Policy Blog.