Research team

• Professor Karen Boyle
• Dr Petya Eckler
• Dr Michael Higgins
• Dr Sophie Jones
• Dr Redi Koobak
• Dr Fiona McKay
• Dr Katharine Mitchell 
• Dr Esperanza Miyake

This strand brings together a range of diverse research interests around gendered inequalities as these are articulated in and through contemporary media practices and representations. This work is characterised by a concern with how gender intersects with other structural inequalities, including race, disability and sexuality. Key themes include:

• gender, violence and representation
• body image and eating disorders
• gender, race and technology
• gender, war and nation
• gender and affect
• representations of race, disability and mental health in relation to gender in popular media, literary and visual cultures
• Inequalities in employment practices and experiences in political communication and the media
• The cultural politics of reproduction

Strathclyde is the lead academic partner for Gender Equal Media Scotland (GEMS), a collaborative venture with Engender (Scotland’s leading women’s rights organisation) which seeks to influence the media landscape in Scotland through research, knowledge exchange and public engagement.

GEMS emerged from a workshop series Tackling Gendered Inequalities in Scottish News, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Boyle & Duncan).