Professor Kay Peggs

About

I joined Kingston University in 2016. Previously I held positions at Warwick (Research Fellow in Sociology), Portsmouth (Reader in Sociology) and Winchester (Professor of Sociology and Animal Studies). After completing my PhD (Surrey) on women and pensions I worked on an ESRC-funded project on couple relationships.  My current research addresses the persistence of complex inequalities associated with species. I centre on how animals are central to the study of society. My publications on this theme include Animals and Sociology (Palgrave 2012). Forthcoming publications include Experiments, Animal Bodies and Human Values (Routledge) and the co-authored (Not) Consuming Animals: Ethics, Environment and Lifestyle Choices (Routledge), which is based on the research project I led on veganism and consumption. I am also a research methods specialist, have an MSc in Social Research Methods and am co-editor of two major four volume sets, Observation Methods (SAGE 2013) and Critical Social Research Ethics (SAGE 2018)

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Criminology and Sociology

Qualifications

  • 1996 – 1997: P.G.C.E.A in Higher Education, University of Surrey.
  • 1991 – 1995: PhD Sociology. Thesis ‘Women and Pensions', University of Surrey
  • 1990 – 1991: MSc Social Research Methods, University of Surrey
  • 1983 – 1986: BSc (Hons) Sociology, Portsmouth Polytechnic.

Teaching and learning

Research

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