Dr Imogen Tyler is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and co-Director of the Centre for Gender and Women’ Studies at Lancaster University. Her research looks at social inequalities, power, injustice and resistance.
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    International Women’s Day 2014: "Equality for Women is Progress for All”

    International Women’s Day has been celebrated on 8th March since the early 1900s. From 1975, the United Nations has named a theme for International Women’s Day. For 2014 the theme is "Equality for Women is Progress for All”. But what would equality for women mean?

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    Rethinking the Sociology of Stigma

    Imogen Tyler (Senior Lecturer in Sociology) has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize (2014), to develop a three year research project on stigma and inequalities.