The Gender and Sexualities Research Centre

City, University of London

Dr Koen Slootmaeckers

Senior Lecturer in International Politics What role do LGBT rights play in the EU enlargement process? Is the promotion of LGBT rights by the EU a means to re-affirm its own identity? How do candidate countries respond to such promotion of LGBT rights? How does changes in legislation impact LGBT people in candidate countries? These…

Dr Jessica Simpson

Department of Sociology I completed my PhD in Sociology in December 2019 which looked at working-class women’s transitions through HE in the UK and into the graduate labour markets. I focused specifically on students working in the sex industry and compared their experiences to students working in ‘mainstream’ hospitality jobs. I am now in the…