Professor Helen Thornham
- Position: Professor: Feminism, Technology and Society
- Areas of expertise: Digital/Data Inequalities; Gender, Feminist STS; Digital Methods
- Email: H.Thornham@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 5824
Profile
I joined the School of Media and Communication in 2011 from City University London where I was a Lecturer in Media and Sociology. My research centres on issues of gender and digital technology and my main research interests are around gender and digital culture; digital and data inequalitites; feminist new materialisms and STS. At the moment I am working with Dr. Joanne Armitage and a number of activist groups exploring technology and social justice issues in the UK, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico through UKRI funded projects. I lead an EPSRC funded Network+ (2022-2027): INCLUDE+ (INCLUsive Digital Economy network+), which explores how social and digital environments can be built, shaped and sustained to enable all people to thrive. You can find out more about INCLUDE+ here. I teach across the Digital Media Programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and am currently leading the MA module Feminism, Identity and Media.
Research interests
Much of my research works with communities,community organisations, NGOs, not-for-profits and the public sector exploring issues relating to digital equity and inclusion. I lead INCLUDE+ (INCLUsive Digital Economy network+), which researches and supports research into digital equity. Within this project, along with Rosie Wilkinson and Alicja Pawluczuk and our advisory group, we have been developing our IN+ Principles to develop the practices, measurements, and affordances of digital inclusion to enable sustainable and meaningful digital equity.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>