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Professor Ros Gill

Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis

School of Policy and Global AffairsDepartment of Sociology and Criminology

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Professor Ros Gill D610, Rhind Building
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Professor Rosalind Gill studied Sociology and Psychology at Exeter University, and completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), Loughborough University in 1991. With an interdisciplinary background, she has worked across a number of disciplines including Sociology, Gender Studies and Media and Communications. Her career has included posts at Goldsmiths and King's College London, and she worked for ten years in the LSE's interdisciplinary Gender Institute. She joined City, University of London in October 2013.

Research

Research interests

- Cultural and creative labour
- Gender and media
- Media and intimate life
- The dynamics of discrimination and inequality
- Discursive, visual and psychosocial methods.

Professor Gill is known for her research interests in gender and media, cultural and creative work, and mediated intimacy. For the last decade she has made a significant contribution to debates about the “sexualization of culture”. She enters this contested and polarized field bringing an emphasis upon difference – particularly the ways in which differently located groups (by age, class, gender, sexuality, vulnerability, etc) are positioned by and in relation to sexualization – and upon new ways of thinking about the relationship between culture and subjectivity – how what is “out there” gets “in here” to shape our sense of self. Professor Gill recently collaborated on a 4 year Marsden (Royal Society) project, led by Sue Jackson and Tiina Vares, exploring how pre-teen (9-12 year old) girls negotiate living in an increasingly sexualized culture. In 2011-12 Professor Gill was part of a team ( with Jessica Ringrose, Sonia Livingstone & Laura Harvey) commissioned by the NSPCC to research ‘sexting’, as part of a wider interest in young people’s use of mobile internet technologies.

Professor Gill is currently working with Meg Barker (Open University) and Laura Harvey (Brunel) on a book provisionally titled Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture.

An interest in the dynamics of discrimination and inequality is also central to Professor Gill’s research. In the early 1990s she coined the term ‘new sexism’ to capture the ways in which discourses and practices of gender discrimination change and mutate under new conditions, and has developed this analysis with a sustained interest in postfeminism as a cultural sensibility.

For many years she has been interested in the conditions of labour for people working in the cultural and creative industries, and particularly in the disturbing new (class, gender, age and racial) inequalities developing in fields (paradoxically) known for being ‘cool, creative and egalitarian’. Professor Gill is currently co-editing a book for Sociological review, entitled Gender and Creative Labour (with Bridget Conor and Stephanie Taylor).

Professor Gill is also working on a four year AHRC award called Creativeworks London. With Andy Pratt (City), Mark Banks (Open University) and Wendy Malem (London College of Fashion) she is investigating innovation in London’s cultural and creative sector. For more information see www.creativeworkslondon.org.uk

Professor Gill is also part of the ‘core group’ of a multi-country EU COST Action entitled The Dynamics of Virtual Work, which is concerned with the transformations of work brought about by digital technologies dynamicsofvirtualwork.com

PhD supervision

Professor Gill has supervised numerous PhD students to successful completion, many of whom have gone on to have outstanding academic careers. Professor Gill is currently first supervisor for six students and second supervisor for three, and while she is not taking any more PhD students in 2013-2014, she will have vacancies for two students starting October 2014.

Publications

Publications by category

Books (15)

  • Orgad, S. and Gill, R. (2022). Confidence Culture. ISBN 978-1-4780-1760-8.
  • Moreau, M.-.P., Burke, P.J., Coffey, J., Niemi, N.S., Gill, R. and Kanai, A. (2022). Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism Pedagogies, Challenges and Strategies. Bloomsbury Gender and Educatio. ISBN 978-1-350-19459-5.
  • Gill, R. (2022). Perfect: Feeling judged on social media. Cambridge: Polity.
  • Gill, R., Pratt, A. and Virani, T. (Eds.), (2019). Creative Hubs in Question : Place, space and work in the creative economy. London: Palgrave.
  • Gill, R., Elias, A., Gill, R. and Scharff, C. (Eds.), (2017). Aesthetic Labour: Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • (2017). Aesthetic Labour. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-47764-4.
  • Gill, R. (2017). Afterword: Girls: Notes on Authenticity, Ambivalence and Imperfection. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-52970-7.
  • Conor, B., Gill, R. and Taylor, S. (2015). Gender and creative labour. Conor, B., Gill, R. and Taylor, S. (Eds.), Oxford: Wiley Backwell.
  • Gill, R., Banks, M. and Taylor, S. (Eds.), (2013). Theorizing Cultural Work: Labour, Continuity and Change in the Creative Industries. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-50233-7.
  • Ryan-Flood, R. and Gill, R. (2013). Introduction. ISBN 978-0-415-45214-4.
  • Gill, R. and Scharff, C. (Eds.), (2011). New Femininities: Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-22334-9.
  • Gill, R. and Ryan-Flood, R. (Eds.), (2009). Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-45214-4.
  • Gill, R. (2006). Gender and the Media. Cambridge Polity Press. ISBN 978-0-7456-1273-7.
  • Gill, R. and Grint, K. (Eds.), (1995). The gender-technology relation: Contemporary theory and research. Taylor & Francis Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7484-0160-4.
  • Gill, R. Technobohemians or the New Cybertariat, New media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. ISBN 978-90-78146-02-5.

Chapters (45)

  • Ehrstein, Y., Gill, R. and Littler, J. (2020). The Affective Life of Neoliberalism: Constructing (Un)reasonableness on Mumsnet. Neoliberalism in Context (pp. 195–213). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-030-26016-3.
  • Pratt, A., Gill, R. and Virani, T. (2019). Introduction. In Gill, R., Pratt, A. and Virani, T. (Eds.), Creative Hubs in Question : Place, space and work in the creative economy (pp. 1–26). Cham, switzerland: Palgrave Mcmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-10652-2.
  • Gill, R. and Kanai, A. (2019). Affirmative advertising and the mediated feeling rules of neoliberalism. In Meyers, M. (Ed.), Neoliberalism and the Media New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-09443-7.
  • Gill, R.C. and Virani, T. (2019). Hip Hub? Class, race and gender in creative hubs. Creative Hubs in Question: Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy (pp. 131–154). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gill, R.C. and Toms, K. (2019). Trending now: feminism, sexism, misogyny and postfeminism in British journalism. Journalism, Gender and Power (pp. 97–112). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-89532-4.
  • Favaro, L. and Gill, R. (2019). ‘Pump Up the Positivity’: Neoliberalism, affective entrepreneurship and the victimhood/agency debate. In Gómez Nicolau, E., Gámez Fuentes, M.J. and Núñez Puente, S. (Eds.), Re-writing Women as Victims: From Theory to Practice Routledge.
  • Gill, R. (2018). Discourse analysis in media and communications research. In Kearney, M.C. and Kackman, M. (Eds.), The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-71629-1.
  • Gill, R. (2017). Surveillance is a feminist issue. In Oren, T. and Press, A. (Eds.), The Handbook of Contemporary Feminism (pp. 148–161). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-84511-4.
  • Gill, R. (2017). Confidence is the new sexy: remaking intimate relationality. In Rinon, Y. (Ed.), Eros, Family and Community (pp. 255–276). Georg Olms Publishing. ISBN 978-3-487-15455-8.
  • Gill, R. (2017). Girls: Notes on authenticity, ambivalence and imperfection. In Nash, M. (Ed.), Reading Lena Dunham's Girls: Feminism, postfeminism, authenticity, and gendered performance in contemporary television Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 978-3-319-52970-7.
  • Gill, R. (2017). Beyond individualism: the psychosocial life of the neoliberal university. In Spooner, M. (Ed.), A Critical Guide to Higher Education & the Politics of Evidence:
    Resisting Colonialism, Neoliberalism, & Audit Culture     Saskatchewan: University of Regina Press.
  • Favaro, L., Gill, R. and Harvey, L. (2017). Making Media Data: An Introduction to Qualitative Media Research. In Braun, V., Clarke, V. and Gray, D. (Eds.), Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques Cambridge University Press.
  • Potter, J., Wetherell, M., Gill, R. and Edwards, D. (2015). Discourse: Noun, Verb or Social Practice? Critical Discursive Psychology (pp. 165–175). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-50373-5.
  • Banks, M., Gill, R. and Taylor, S. (2014). Introduction: Cultural work, time and trajectory. Theorizing Cultural Work: Labour, Continuity and Change in the Cultural and Creative Industries (pp. 1–15). ISBN 978-0-415-50233-7.
  • Gill, R. and Donaghue, N. (2013). As if postfeminism had come true. In Madhok, S., Philips, A. and Wilson, K. (Eds.), Gender, Agency and Coercion Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-30032-3.
  • Gill, R. (2013). Feminist debates about the “sexualization of culture. In Carter, C. (Ed.), Routledge Companion to Media and Gender London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-52769-9.
  • Gill, R. (2013). Gender and (new) media work. In Szczepanik, P. and Vonderau, P. (Eds.), Behind the Screen: European Contributions to Production Studies London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-28217-0.
  • Gill, R. (2013). Inequalities in Media Work. Behind the Screen (pp. 189–205). Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-1-349-44851-7.
  • Gill, R. and Koffman, O. (2013). i matter. And so does she: Girl power, (post)feminism and the Girl Effect. In Buckingham, D., Braggs, S. and Kehily, M.-.J. (Eds.), Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-00814-5.
  • (2013). Postfeminist sexual culture. In The Routledge Companion to Media & Gender (pp. 607–617). Routledge.
  • Gill, R. (2013). Breaking the silence: The hidden injuries of the neoliberal university. Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections (pp. 228–244). ISBN 978-0-415-45214-4.
  • Gill, R. and Harvey, L. (2011). Spicing it up: Sexual entrepreneurs and The Sex Inspectors. In Gill, R. and Scharff, C. (Eds.), New Femininities: Postfeminism, Neo-liberalism and Subjectivity Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-22334-9.
  • Gill, R. and Hansen, D. (2011). Lad flicks: Discursive reconstructions of masculinity in popular film. In Radner, H. and Pullar, E. (Eds.), Feminism at the Movies New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-89587-3.
  • Gill, R. (2011). Bend it like Beckham? The challenges of reading gender in visual culture. In Reavey, P. (Ed.), Visual Psychologies London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-48348-3.
  • Gill, R. (2011). The Sex Inspectors: Self-help, Makeover and Mediated Sex. In Ross, K. (Ed.), Handbook on Gender, Sexualities and Media Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4443-3854-6.
  • Gill, R. and Scharff, C. (2011). Introduction. (pp. 1–17). ISBN 978-0-230-22334-9.
  • Gill, R. (2010). Life is a pitch: Managing the self in new media work. In Deuze, M. (Ed.), Managing Media Work Sage. ISBN 978-1-4129-7124-9.
  • Gill, R. (2009). Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy. In Pratt, A. and Jeffcutt, P. (Eds.), Creativity and Innovation Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-41975-8.
  • Gill, R. (2009). Supersexualise me! Advertising and the midriffs. In Attwood, F. and Cere, R. (Eds.), Mainstreaming Sex: The Sexualisation of Culture IB Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-827-3.
  • Gill, R. (2009). Breaking the silence the hidden injuries of the neo-liberal University. In GIll, R. and Flood, R. (Eds.), Secrecy and Silence in the Research Process: Feminist Reflections Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-45214-4.
  • Gill, R. (2009). Creative biographies in new media: Social innovation in web work. Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy (pp. 161–178). ISBN 978-0-203-88001-2.
  • (2008). Critical Bodies. In Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-35543-3.
  • Gill, R. (2008). Body Talk: Negotiating Body Image and Masculinity. Critical Bodies (pp. 101–116). Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-35543-3.
  • Gill, R. (2007). Beyond pressure: negotiating body image and masculinity. In Frith, H. and Riley, S. (Eds.), Critical Bodies London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-51773-8.
  • (2003). The tyranny of the ‘six-pack’? In Culture in Psychology (pp. 107–124). Routledge.
  • Rhetoric, Ideology and Social Psychology. In Routledge.
  • Albertazzi, D. and Cobley, P. The Media. Routledge.
  • Gill, R. Inequalities in Media Work. Behind the Screen Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gill, R. Postfeminist sexual culture. The Routledge Companion to Media & Gender Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-52769-9.
  • Potter, J., Wetherell, M., Gill, R. and Edwards, D. Discourse. Critical Discursive Psychology Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Gill, R., Henwood, K. and McLean, C. The tyranny of the ‘six-pack’? Culture in Psychology (pp. 100–117). Taylor & Francis.
  • Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy. In Routledge.
  • Curran-Troop, H., Gill, R. and Littler, J. “Stay woke. Make moves” Branding for a feminist future amidst pandemic precarity. In Gwynne, J. (Ed.), Femvertising Palgrave.
  • Gill, R. Neoliberal Beauty. In Leeds Craig, M. (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Beauty Politics (pp. 9–18). New York: Routledge.
  • Gill, R. Bend it like Beckham. In Reavey, P. (Ed.), A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology Routledge.

Internet publication

Journal articles (80)