Gill Valentine

• Social geography
• feminist geography

Gill Valentine FBA FAcSS
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 advisor	Sophie Bowlby
Institutions	University of Leeds University of Sheffield

Gill Valentine FBA FAcSS is a British geographer and professor of geography and deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Sheffield.

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]

Awards

• The Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2001 ^[5]
• The Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial Award, ^[7]
• Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society for "publications relating to the geography of difference, equality and diversity" (2015) ^[8]
• Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. ^[9]
• Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), 2018 ^[10]

Selected publications

• 1989. "The geography of women's fear" in Area 12(1)pp. 385–390
• 1995. Mapping desire: Geographies of sexualities Psychology Press (with David Bell)
• 1997. Consuming geographies: We are where we eat Psychology Press (with David Bell)
• 2005. Cool places: Geographies of youth cultures Routledge

References

1. "University of Sheffield appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Social Science". Sheffield University. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
2. "Professor Gill Valentine | Geography | The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
3. Sheffield, University of (3 January 2020). "Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee - Governance - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - HR - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
4. "Pro-Vice-Chancellor honoured with top award". University of Sheffield. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
5. "Professor Gill Valentine". Sheffield University. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
6. "Gill Valentine". Sage Publications. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
7. "Full list of medals and awards recipients from 1970 - 2015" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
8. "Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) honours top geographers" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
9. "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
10. "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2018.