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Biography
I am a lecturer in Human Geography within the School of Energy, Construction and Environment and a Research Associate within the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience.
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 fibres 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 explores 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’).
I also have research interests in fashion and circular economies. I am also currently researching independent, sustainable and ethical fashion retailers specialising in creating fashion from previous 'waste' materials, objects and fibres.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Postgraduate Certificate, Queen Mary University of London
1 Sep 2013 → 1 Jun 2014
Human Geography, Doctorate, University of Nottingham
1 Sep 2009 → 2 Dec 2013
Economic Geography, MSc, University of Nottingham
1 Sep 2008 → 1 Sep 2009
Geography, Degree, University of Nottingham
1 Sep 2005 → 1 May 2008
Keywords
- G Geography (General)
- Fashion
- Consumption
- Retail
- Minimalism
- Gender
- Ethical consumption
- Branding
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Research Output 2012 2017
Minimalism as sustainable fashion
Martin-Woodhead, A., 11 Jul 2017. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Sex and the city: Branding, gender and the commodification of sex consumption in contemporary retailing
Crewe, L. & Martin-Woodhead, A., 1 Feb 2017, In : Urban Studies. 54, 3, p. 582–599 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Looking at Luxury: consuming luxury fashion in global cities
Crewe, L. & Martin-Woodhead, A., 2016, Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich. Hay, I. & Beaverstock, J. V. (eds.). 1 ed. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 322-338 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Plastic fantastic? Problematising post-feminism in erotic retailing in England
Martin-Woodhead, A., 8 Jul 2016, In : Gender, Place & Culture. 23, 10, p. 1420-1431Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Sex Shops in England’s Cities: From the Backstreets to the High Streets
Martin-Woodhead, A., 10 Oct 2014, (Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry. Maginn, P. J. & Steinmetz, C. (eds.). 1 ed. London, UK: Routledge, p. 44-59 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities 2011 2019
Geographies of sex retail. Invited talk for Post-digital intimacies Symposium
Amber Martin-Woodhead (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Sex Shops and Erotic Boutiques: The Geographies of Sex-Product Retailing in Contemporary England.
Amber Martin-Woodhead (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Sex Shops and Erotic Boutiques: The Geographies of Sex-Product Retailing in Contemporary England.
Amber Martin-Woodhead (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Sensing Change conference
Amber Martin-Woodhead (Speaker)Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
Amber Martin-Woodhead (Speaker)Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference