Meet the researcher
Short interviews with our research community
Dr Demet Gülçiçek
Demet is a Visiting Fellow in the department, an Honorary Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Munzur University, Turkey.
Dr Zeynep Kilicoglu
Zeynep is LSE Fellow in Gender and International Politics and author of the new book Deconstructing Refugee Women’s Empowerment: A Comparative Approach to British and French Aid Structures.
Professor Kiran Grewal
Kiran is is a human rights lawyer and scholar with 20 years’ experience working in the field. She is currently working in Sri Lanka with the Law and Society Trust.
Dr Aiko Holvikivi
Aiko is Assistant Professor of Gender, Peace and Security at the LSE Department of Gender Studies and the author of the new book Fixing Gender: The Paradoxical Politics of Training Peacekeepers.
Professor Valerie Walkerdine
Valerie is a Distinguished Research Professor Emerita in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University and is the recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship.
Dr Emily Cousens
Emily was an LSE100 Fellow between 2021-2023 and is now Lecturer in the History of Gender and Sexuality at Birkbeck.
Professor Kornelia Slavova
Kornelia was a Visiting Scholar from the University of Sofia in 2023.
Dr Alanah Mortlock
Alanah completed her PhD in the Department of Gender Studies in 2024.
Dr Milo Miller
Milo was a Fellow in the Department of Gender Studies until 2024. He is also an alumni of the department.