Professor of Sociology

BSc (Leicester), MA, PhD (Brown)

Room: Attenborough Tower 304
Tel: +44 (0)11-6252-2734 (direct line)
Email: eca7@le.ac.uk

Research interests

My main research interest is in the relationship between gender and health. This research is both theoretical and empirical. Other interests include the social organisation of medical and nursing work, particularly as this concerns gender mainstreaming, health care management, consumerism, risk and trust. My most recent single authored book is Women's Health and Social Change (Routledge, 2009). I am currently preparing the second edition of The Sociology of Health and Medicine (Polity).

Supervision interests

I am able to supervise doctoral students across the wide range of research which falls under the umbrella of the sociology of health. My particular interest lies in health inequalities (e. g. gender, social class), reproduction and childbirth, gender mainstreaming in healthcare, the management of medical and nursing work, and risk, trust and litigation. My research is both empirical (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) and theoretical. (I have a particular interest in feminist theories.) I have undertaken research in a wide range of countries as well as comparative studies and would be pleased to supervise students undertaking work outside of the UK.

Full list of publications

External profile

• Editor-in-Chief, Social Science & Medicine (2004-present). [Click this link to go to Social Science and Medicine]
• Vice President of RN16 (Sociology of Health and Illness), European Sociological Association.
• Member of the Executive of the European Sociological Association.

Current research projects

2009-2012 NHS Service Delivery Organisation (NHS SDO), 'Mobilizing Identities: The Shape and Reality of Middle and Junior Managers’ Working Lives', J. Harvey (Loughborough University), Ellen Annandale (Leicester University), J. Loan-Clarke (Loughbourgh University), M. Parker (Leicester University), O. Suhomlinova (Leicester University), E. Kuhlmann (Bath University), J. Goode, N. Teasdale (Leicester University). [Click this link to download more information on the project in Word format]

2008-2011 Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, 'Is Gender Equality in Domestic Work Related to Health? A 26-year Follow-up of the Luleå Cohort', Anne Hammarström (Umeå University), Ellen Annandale (Leicester University), Eva Magnusson (Umeå University), Mikael Nordenmark (Mid Sweden University), Anna Månsdotter (Karolinska Institute).

2011 Arts and Humanities Research Council, 'New 'Connectivities': Civil Society, the 'Third Sector' and Dilemmas for Socially and Economically Sustainable Healthcare Delivery', Ming Lim, Ellen Annandale and Carlo Ruzza (University of Leicester).

Current teaching

Undergraduate

• SY2078: Classical Sociological Theory
• SY3086: Health, Illness and the Body

Postgraduate

• SY7028: Health and Inequality

Administrative Responsibilities

• Deputy Head of Department
• Director of Postgraduate Studies