Helen Wood's research interests are mainly in class, gender and the media. She has published widely on reality television and popular culture and has conducted research funded by the ESRC, British Academy and the AHRC. She has been a long-serving editor of the European Journal of Cultural Studies and serves on the boards of a number of media journals. Her current research project is the AHRC 'ReCARETV: Reality Television, working practices and duties of care' with project partners: DCMS select committee, and the union's Equity and BECTU.