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Andrea Cornwall

Professor Andrea Cornwall

Professor of Global Development & Anthropology

Research interests

  • International development

Biography

A social anthropologist by training, Andrea Cornwall works on questions of rights and justice in relation to gender, sexuality, participation, democracy and development.

Research

  • Gender
  • Democracy
  • Sexualities
  • Participatory and qualitative research methodologies
  • Reparatory justice

Andrea works in three areas:

  1. Gender, sexualities and development
  2. Participation & democracy, with a particular interest in participatory methodologies and democratising institutions
  3. Rethinking development as reparations and repair.

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • 5YYD0010 Qualitative Research Methods
  • 6YYD0002 Gender, Society and Development

Postgraduate

  • 7YYDN035 Topics in the Study of Emerging Economies

PhD supervision

Andrea would be happy to supervise students in any of the following areas:

  • Development as Reparations
  • Sexuality and Development
  • Feminisms
  • Gender and Anti-Gender Movements
  • Democratising Institutions
  • Sex Workers' and Domestic Workers' Rights and Movements

Further details

See Andrea's research profile

    Research

    urban geography
    Social Justice research group

    Identifying the societal impacts of rapid economic and technological change, as well as the societal impacts of intensified engagement in global networks and mobilities.

      Research

      urban geography
      Social Justice research group

      Identifying the societal impacts of rapid economic and technological change, as well as the societal impacts of intensified engagement in global networks and mobilities.