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United Kingdom
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Katy is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology and Policy Department. She joined Aston University in September 2013 as a Lecturer in Sociology. Prior to joining Aston, Katy held research positions in the School of Health Sciences and Social Care at Brunel University, and the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. Katy has undertaken research projects relating to erotic dance; sex work; creative pedagogies; and ageing and everyday life. Her two most recent projects include a BA/Leverhulme-funded project entitled ‘Empowering Pleasures? ‘Sexual’ Leisure Spaces For Women’, and research into the sexual health needs of ‘online’ sex workers in Birmingham for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Katy’s research monograph Erotic Performance and Spectatorship: New Frontiers in Erotic Dance was published in 2017 (Routledge), and she co-edited Queer Sex Work in 2015 (Routledge), which brings together insights from sex workers, academics, practitioners and activists.
Katy usually teaches on the following modules:
Room: MB740a
Phone: 0121 204 3599
Email:K.Pilcher@Aston.ac.uk
Editorial Board Member, Sociological Research Online
Mar 2015 → Oct 2018FWSA Executive Committee Member - Small Grants Scheme Officer
Jul 2010 → Sep 2016Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review