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qÂÒÂ×Ðã is made up of students and staff from across ÂÒÂ×Ðã.

Anyone involved in research at ÂÒÂ×Ðã can be affiliated to the network, if they are currently working in LGBTQ studies, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory or any related fields.ÌýPlease contactÌýlgbtq-research@ucl.ac.ukÌýif you want to get involved.

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Directors

Dr Simon Lock

Bob Mills's tenure as Director of qÂÒÂ×Ðã came to an end in August 2018 after three years in the role.ÌýSimon Lock (ÂÒÂ×Ðã Science and Technology Studies) andÌýSteven VaughanÌý(ÂÒÂ×Ðã Laws) took up the reins as qÂÒÂ×Ðã Co-Directors from September 2018. StevenÌýhad to leave to take up other responsibilities but Simon remains and hasÌýexciting plans for developing the network further.

Simon'sÌýresearch focus is interdisciplinary, examining the public dimensions of science and technology from sociological, historical, cultural and policy-related perspectives;Ìýin particular, the development of the nascent field of ‘Queer STS’ which aims to unpick the heteronormative, gendered and racialised architectures within and around cultures of science and knowledge production.


Xine Yao
Dr Xine Yao (she/her)

Xine (ÂÒÂ×Ðã English) joined Simon as co-director in January 2022.Ìý

As co-director, Xine is particularly interested in fostering feminist, queer, and trans of colour critique, andÌýlooks forward to supporting and growing the vibrancy of the qÂÒÂ×Ðã network in the diversity of its research and, foremost, the people and the wider community.Ìý

Xine’s primary research focuses on early and nineteenth-century American literature through affect theory, critical race and ethnic studies, and feminist and queer of colour theory.ÌýHer book (2021) won the Duke University Press Scholars of Colour First Book Prize.Ìý


Affiliated Staff

  • ,ÌýDept of Political Science
  • Haim Abraham,ÌýFaculty of Laws
  • , Department of French
  • , School of Slavonic & East European Studies
  • Edward Alessi, Instiute of Advanced Studies
  • ,ÌýDept of Political Science
  • Emily Baker,ÌýSchool of European Languages and Cultures
  • Jonathan Bell, Institute of the Americas
  • ,ÌýIOE - Education, Practice & Society
  • keisha bruce, Institute of Advanced Studies
  • ,ÌýInstitute for Global Health
  • ,ÌýBartlett School of Architecture / ÂÒÂ×Ðã Urban Lab
  • ,ÌýBartlett School of Architecture / ÂÒÂ×Ðã Arena Centre
  • Hans Demeyer,ÌýSchool of European Languages, Culture and Society
  • ,ÌýSchool of European Languages, Culture and Society
  • ,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology & Health
  • ,ÌýInstitute for Global Health
  • ,ÌýIOE - Education, Practice & Society
  • , Students’ Union ÂÒÂ×Ðã, Equity and Inclusion Unit
  • ,ÌýIOE - Social Science Research Unit
  • , IOE - Culture, Communication & Media
  • ,ÌýIOE - Culture, Communication & Media
  • , Hebrew & Jewish Studies
  • Joshua Hollands - Institute of the Americas
  • , Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry
  • , Department of History
  • , Medical School
  • , IOE -ÌýCulture, Communication and Media
  • , Department of Philosophy
  • , Department of Science and Technology Studies
  • Leah Lovett, BartlettÌýCentre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
  • ,ÌýDivision of Medicine
  • Lo Marshall, Institute of Advanced Studies
  • , Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies
  • ,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology & Health
  • , Department of the History of Art
  • ,ÌýInstitute for Global Health
  • , School of Slavonic & East European Studies
  • , Institute for Global Health
  • ,ÌýDepartment of French
  • ,ÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Education
  • Luciano Rila,ÌýDepartment of Mathematics
  • , ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Education
  • ,ÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Education
  • ,ÌýSchool of European Languages, Cultures, and Society
  • Leah Sidi, CMII
  • , Department of History
  • , English Department
  • , Department of Geography
  • ³§³Ù±ð±¹±ð²ÔÌý³Õ²¹³Ü²µ³ó²¹²Ô, Faculty of Laws
  • ,ÌýIOE - Culture, Communication & Media
  • , Institute of Education
  • ,ÌýPrimary Care and Population Health
  • Ralph Wilde, Faculty of Laws
  • Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull
  • ,ÌýPrimary Care and Population Health
  • Christine (Xine) Yao, Department of English

Affiliated Students

  • , Clinical Psycology
  • ,ÌýIOE - Education, Practice & Society
  • Olga Doletskaya, SSEES
  • , History
  • Sarah Edwards, English
  • , History of Art
  • ,ÌýÂÒÂ×Ðã Knowledge Lab
  • ,ÌýCentre for Multidisciplinary & Intercultural Inquiry
  • ,ÌýBartlett School of Architecture
  • ,ÌýSocial Research Institute
  • Jacqueline Mabey, History of Art
  • Victoria Mangan, English
  • ,ÌýInstitute of Education
  • Alexandra Meghji, Greek & Latin
  • Bindu Mehra, Slade
  • Jonathan O'Shea,ÌýPsychiatry
  • Will Reid, History of Art
  • ,ÌýInstitute of Education
  • ,ÌýSELCS-CMII
  • David Rypel, SSEES
  • Louis Shankar,ÌýHistory of Art
  • , Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology
  • , SSEES
  • , ÂÒÂ×Ðã Institute of Education
  • ,ÌýSocial Research Institute
  • Claire M. Tunnacliffe, Bartlett School of Architecture
  • Chloe Tye, Greek and Latin
  • ,ÌýCentre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry
  • , Department of Greek & Latin
  • NanaÌýWei, Geography
  • , Department of Science & Technology Studies
  • Baylee Woodley,ÌýHistory of Art
  • , Geography
  • ,ÌýCulture, Communication and Media, IoE
  • ,ÌýIOE - Education, Practice & Society
  • ,ÌýIOE - Education, Practice & Society

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