Gill Valentine

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Gill Valentine

Academic background
Alma mater University of Reading (PhD)
Thesis Women's fear of male violence in public space: a spatial expression of patriarchy (1989)
Doctoral advisorSophie Bowlby
Institutions

Gill Valentine FBA FAcSS is a British geographer, currently Professor of Geography and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sheffield. She is a member of the university's executive board and has chaired the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

Contents

Before joining Sheffield in 2012, Valentine was head of Geography at the University of Leeds. [1] She co-founded the journal Social & Cultural Geography in 2000.

Career

Valentine worked at the University of Sheffield between 1994 and 2004, at which point she left to work at the University of Leeds where she was head of the school of geography. In 2012, she re-joined Sheffield as Pro-Vice Chancellor for Social Sciences. Valentine is a member of the university's executive board, [2] and has chaired the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee. [3]

Research

Valentine is a specialist in social geography, with her key areas of research covering social identities and belonging; childhood, parenting and family life; and urban cultures and consumption. [4] Her research in particular has focused on geographies of childhood, on alcohol-consumption and youth culture and on women's geographies. [5] A co-founder of the journal Social & Cultural Geography and co-editor of former co-editor of Gender, Place and Culture , she has made significant contributions to feminist geography. [6]

"Aldi-level products" comments

On 18 June 2021, during the ongoing dispute with the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, it was reported that Valentine had not followed due process in explaining to students during meetings on the purpose as to why they were being recruited for discussion groups and described prospective students as "Aldi-level products". One student reported that when challenged as to the reason why the Department was not allowed to accept flexible grade boundaries from A-level students, Valentine replied, "We need to protect our brand. If you shop at Marks & Spencers, and then Marks & Spencers brings in Aldi-level products, then people won't want to shop with you anymore." [7]

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