About
Elizabeth Reed (Lizzie) is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Southampton. Lizzie's work is orientated by cultural sociology and explores LGBTQ lives, queer kinship, everyday life, disability and madness, childhood, and identity-making.
A note on PhD enquiries:
I am happy to receive enquiries for supervision for entry in 2027/28.
I do not accept proposals written using Generative AI or by/with application consultancies.
I am happy to hear from applicants proposing PhD research which fits into any of the following three broad categories: proposes innovative queer methodologies; focuses on joy and liveability in the everday lives of LGBTQ+ people; or, explores the intersections of time (or temporalities) and madness.
Research
Research interests
- Queer theory and methodologies
- Queer lives and intimate relationships
- Madness and crip theory
- LGBTQ community, identity and culture
- Sexuality and gender
Current research
Lizzie's current research includes a major AHRC funded project exploring how young people experience community and craft good lives through creativity, and an ongoing collaboration with multi-modal artist Milou Stella.
Lizzie's two most recently concluded research projects explored young people's use of TikTok and lesbian people's experiences in Southampton.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Pagination
Teaching
I convene the Masters module Social Challenges: Local and Global Action, and the second and third year undergraduate option modules, Gender and Society, and Sexuality and Intimacy.
I teach across the deparment with particular interest in gender and queer theories, inequality, sexuality, media and cultural representation, and queer and creative methodologies
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Prior to joining Southampton in 2019, Lizzie was a Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London and has also worked at the University of the West of England, and the University of Sussex in various teaching and research roles.