
Dr Kim Allen
- Position: Associate Professor in Social Inequalities (Teaching & Research)
- Areas of expertise: The sociology of youth and education; youth transitions and inequalities of class, gender and race; class, gender and popular culture
- Email: K.Allen1@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 12.09 Social Sciences Building
Profile
An interdisciplinary feminist researcher, my research is located at the intersections of youth studies, sociology, and cultural studies.
I have published widely on issues including: youth and graduate transitions; educational inequalities; representations of class and gender in popular culture; and the cultural politics of austerity. My co-authored book - Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth: Education and Inequality in an Era of Austerity – was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2018.
I have worked on a range of research projects, including: ‘Celebrity Culture and Young People’s Classed and Gendered Aspirations’ (ESRC); Young women’s transitions in austerity (British Academy); and ‘Living Gender in Diverse Times’(ESRC).
I sit on the editorial board of journals including: British Journal of Sociology of Education; Journal of Youth Studies; and Cultural Sociology.
Responsibilities
- Deputy Director of Research (DoRI)
- Module Convenor - Reality TV: Truth or Fiction
Professional memberships
- HEA (Fellow)
- BSA
Student education
I teach on several modules across the school at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on topics including:
- the sociology of gender
- educational inequalities and identities
- youth culture and sub-cultural studies
- gender, the media and popular culture
- research methods (qualitative)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies