Dr Kim Allen

Associate Professor

Email: k.allen1@leeds.ac.uk

Location: University of Leeds, Sociology and Social Policy

University profile

My research is located at the intersections of youth studies, sociology, gender studies and the cultural studies of education. A feminist researcher, my work is informed by a commitment to social justice.

My research falls into four key areas:

• Youth transitions, aspirations and inequalities of social class, gender, race and place.

• Young people’s cultural practices and engagements with celebrity.

• Representations of class and gender in popular culture.

• Inequality and diversity in the creative and cultural industries.

I have worked on a range of research projects in these areas including the ESRC-funded ‘Celebrity culture and young people’s classed and gendered aspirations’. A book based on the project – Celebrity, aspiration and contemporary youth: education and inequality in an era of austerity – is published by Bloomsbury Press (2018).