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Biography
I am Professor of Gender and Culture in the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, and lead the research cluster Postdigital Intimacies.
My academic footprint exists around developing accounts of intimacy in the context of a postfeminist sensibility, through concepts including technologies of sexiness, aesthetic labour, postfeminist healthism and digital feeling. My distinctive expertise is in developing accounts of how intimacy is understood in a culture where ways of understanding the self are determined by the language of economics, competition and individualism, and what happens when these ways of understanding shape how we can relate to ourselves and others. I am also interested in expanding accounts of intimacy, beyond kinship and sexual intimacy, to include a range of human and non-human relationalities. Such accounts are important in a context where notions of the self have radically changed. My research has considered what it might mean to live through such significant changes and how we feel about ourselves in these contexts. The significant societal challenges that my work addresses include the need to develop new ways of thinking about notions of the good life, wellbeing, wellness and positivity through digital technology in relation to the vulnerabilities these concepts engender, by seeking to stimulate more inclusive, equitable and feminist-inspired ways of being in the world.
I am co-founder and PI of the AHRC network 'Postdigital Intimacies and the Networked Public-Private'. Previously, I was PI on the British Academy project ‘TubeCrush as Connected Intimacies’, which was featured across news media. I am currently working on projects that explore technologically-facilitated abused and technologically-facilitated consent, including ‘Postdigital Intimacies for Online Safety’ (Research Excellence Development Fund, Research England) and ‘Consent, Coercive Control and Technologically-facilitated abuse: Co-building policy and digital toolkits for the elimination on online violence against women and girls’ (ESRC). I am also CI on the Marsden Fund (New Zealand) project ‘Exploring the Possibilities of Menstruation and Perimenopause Tracking Apps for People with Diverse Embodied Experiences’.
My research has been published in many high-ranking international journals and edited collections. I am co-author of the books Technologies of Sexiness (2014, Oxford University Press), Postfeminism and Health (2018, Routledge), Postfeminism and Body Image (2022, Routledge) and Digital Feeling (2023, Palgrave Macmillan). I sit on the editorial board for the Journal of Gender Studies.
Vision Statement
My research is inspired by a deep interest in the way gender organises personal, social, intimate and cultural relationships, and how these relationships are shaped and reflected in media culture. Through my research, I hope to create new ways of thinking about these links and the way they can stimulate more positive, inclusive and feminist-inspired identities.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, Doctorate, Technologies of Sexiness
Sept 2007 → Oct 2010
Award Date: 1 Oct 2010
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Consent, Coercive Control and Technologically-facilitated abuse: Co-building policy and digital toolkits for the elimination on online violence against women and girls
1/09/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Internally funded project
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The intimate technology shaping millions of lives: Exploring the possibilities of menstruation and perimenopause tracking apps for people with diverse embodied experiences
Riley, S., Evans, A., Morison, T., Stephens, C., Tassell-Matamua, N., Katrin, T., Ensslin, A., Rice, C., Ussher, J., Lupton, D., Hawkey, A. & Wilks, C.
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Postdigital Intimacies for Online Safety: Building policy recommendations through co-production partner workshops
Balfour, L., Evans, A., Maloney, M. & Merry, S. K.
1/02/23 → 1/06/23
Project: Internally funded project
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Digital Feeling
Evans, A. & Riley, S., 3 Mar 2023, 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 172 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Domestic Touchpoints Between British and Chinese Women’s Art
Yang, V. Y. & Evans, A., 20 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies. 44, 2, p. 53-69 17 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Femininity in the 21st Century
Evans, A., Feb 2023, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 49, 5 p., 101502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Friendship never ends? Postfeminism, Power and Female Friendships
Riley, S., Evans, A. & Mackiewicz, A., 17 Jan 2024, Palgrave Handbook of Psychology, Power and Gender. Zurbriggen, E. & Capdevila, R. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Postdigital Intimacies for Online Safety
Balfour, L., Evans, A., Maloney, M. & Merry, S. K., 18 May 2023, Coventry University. 40 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open AccessFile101 Downloads (Pure)
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Pirate Care
Valeria Graziano (Convenor), Gary Hall (Organising Committee), Adrienne Evans (Organising Committee), Peter Conlin (Organising Committee), Miriam De Rosa (Organising Committee), Janneke Adema (Organising Committee), Kaja Marczewska (Organising Committee), Nenad Romic (Organising Committee) & Tomislav Medak (Organising Committee)
19 Jun 2019 → 20 Jun 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Images of Femininity, Crossroads in Cultural Studies
Adrienne Evans (Speaker)
1 Jul 2014 → 4 Jul 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Researching the Life Course: Youth and Ageing in Late Modernity
Adrienne Evans (Speaker)
23 Nov 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Global Research Project on Fan Communities and Fandom
Adrienne Evans (Speaker) & Mafalda Stasi (Speaker)
23 Mar 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Qualitative and Ethnographic Research (QER): Sharing and shaping pedagogies – learning through doing
Adrienne Evans (Speaker)
10 May 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Prizes
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Coventry University Research Sabbatical Fellowship
Evans, Adrienne (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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TubeCrush as Connected Intimacies: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender, Workplace and Contemporary Urban Space
Evans, Adrienne (Recipient) & Riley, Sarah (Recipient), May 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)