Amber Martin-Woodhead

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Amber Martin-Woodhead

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    Biography

    I am an Assistant Professor in Human Geography within the School of Energy, Construction and Environment.

    I completed my PhD on the geographies of the sex retail industry at the University of Nottingham before moving on to take a role as Lecturer in Economic Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. After which, I worked in a commercial market research agency working with clients from the luxury retail and the beauty industry.

    I later joined Coventry University where I research and teach geographies of consumption, fashion and sustainability and gender, sexuality and sex retail.

    Research Interests

    I have an overarching research focus on cultural economy approaches and the geographies of consumption. My ongoing research interests concern sustainable consumption and minimalism, ethical and sustainable fashion and gender and material embodiment.

    I am currently conducting an RGS funded research project on the rise of minimalism within the UK, and a turn towards reduced and sustainable (non)consumption practices, as a potential response to excessive consumerism in a time of ‘peak stuff’.

    The research also focuses on minimalism and children and how minimalist parents negotiate the transient nature of children’s objects. 

    I am also interested in minimalist fashion practices and sustainable fashion consumption including; the rise of minimalist capsule wardrobe curation and minimalist fashion challenges (such as ‘project 222’ and Labour Behind the Label’s ‘6 item challenge’). 

    Education/Academic qualification

    Education, Postgraduate Certificate, Queen Mary University of London

    1 Sep 2013 → 1 Jun 2014

    Award Date: 1 Jun 2014

    Human Geography, Doctorate, University of Nottingham

    1 Sep 2009 → 2 Dec 2013

    Award Date: 2 Dec 2013

    Economic Geography, MSc, University of Nottingham

    1 Sep 2008 → 1 Sep 2009

    Award Date: 1 Jun 2009

    Geography, Degree, University of Nottingham

    1 Sep 2005 → 1 May 2008

    Award Date: 1 Jun 2008

    Keywords

    • G Geography (General)
    • Fashion
    • Consumption
    • Retail
    • Minimalism
    • Gender
    • Ethical consumption
    • Branding

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