Sue Scott is Dean of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Keele. Prior to her present post she was Postgraduate Dean at the University of Durham and Principal of Ustinov College (Graduate Society). She is a distinguished Sociologist, whose recent work has been in the fields of gender and sexuality, with applied work in the field of sex education. Having worked previously at the Universities of Lancaster, Cambridge, Manchester and Stirling, Professor Scott has broad knowledge of the UK University system, a strong track record in research grants and publications, and a public profile at senior academic level within the sector. Currently she is a member of the ESRC Research Grants Board and has fulfilled a number of other national advisory roles.

Sue Scott was on the panel of the public discussion The Great Debate: Evolution, Human Nature and Autonomy in March 2001 and is on the panel of The Great Human Nature Debate at the forthcoming workshop Agents of Change? in October 2008.

Scott, S., Williams, G., Platt, S. and Thomas, H. (eds) (1992) Private Risks and Public Dangers Aldershot, Avebury. Buy this book from Amazon

Scott, S. and Morgan, DHJ. (1993) Body Matters: Essays on the Sociology of the Body Basingstoke, Falmer. Buy this book from Amazon

Jackson, S and Scott, S (1996) Women and Sexuality: A Reader Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University Press.

Jackson, S and Scott, S (eds) (1996) Feminism and Sexuality (Gender and Culture) Buy this book from Amazon

Jackson, S and Scott, S (eds) Gender, Routledge. 2001

Articles

Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. & Scott, S. (1990) 'Managing Risk and Experiencing Danger: Tensions between Government AIDS Education Policy and Young Women's Sexuality' in Gender and Education Vol. 1 No. 4.

Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. & Scott, S. (1990) 'AIDS: From Panic Stations to Power Relations' in Sociology, Vol 24 No 3

Holland,J. Ramazanoglu, C. Scott, S. Sharpe, S. & Thomson, R. (1990) 'Sex, Gender and Power: Young Women's Sexuality in the Shadow of AIDS' Sociology of Health and Illness 5.2 September.

Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. Scott, S. Sharpe, S. & Thomson, R. (1992) 'Risk, Power and the Possibility of Pleasure: Young Women and Safer Sex' in AIDS CARE Vol 4 No 3.

Scott S & Freeman R 'Prevention as a Problem of Modernity: the example of HIV and AIDS' Sociology of Health and Illness Monograph on Risk and Health ed. Gabe, J. November 1995.

Scott, S and Watson-Brown, L. 'The Beast, the Family and the innocent children' Trouble and Strife No. 36 1997.

Jackson, S and Scott, S 'Gut Reactions to matters of the Heart: Rationality, irrationality and sexuality' Sociological Review Vol 45 No 4 November 1997.

Rivers, K. Aggleton, Scott, S.(et al) 'Gender Relations, Sexual Communication and the Female Condom' Critical Public Health 8:4 Autumn 1998

Scott, S; Jackson, S and Backett-Milburn, K. 'Swings and Roundabouts: Risk Anxiety and the Everyday Worlds of Children' Sociology 32:4 November 1998

Book Chapters

Scott, S. Thomson, R. Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. & Sharpe, S.(1991) 'Between embarrassment and trust: Young women and the diversity of condom use' in Aggelton, P. et al (eds) AIDS: Responses, Interventions and Care. Falmer.

Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. Scott, S. Sharpe, S. & Thomson, R. (1992) 'Pressure, resistance, empowerment:Young women and the negotiation of safer sex' in Aggleton, P. Davies, P. & Hart, G. (eds) AIDS: Rights,Risk and Reason

Basingstoke, Falmer. Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. Scott, S. & Thomson, R. (1994) 'Methodological Issues in Researching Young Womens' Sexuality' In Boulton, M. (ed) Challenge and Innovation:Methodological Issues in social research on HIV/AIDS Basingstoke, Falmer.

Holland, J. Ramazanoglu, C. Scott, S. & Thomson, R. (1994) 'Desire Risk and Control: The body as a site of contestation' in Doyal, L. Naidoo, J & Wilton, T. (eds) AIDS: Setting a Feminist Agenda Basingstoke, Falmer.

Scott, S. & Jackson, S ' Risky Children and Risky Childhoods: Theorising Childhood and Sexuality' in Lupton, D Theorising Risk and Culture Cambridge, CUP 1999.

Scott, S & Jackson, S. 'Sexuality' in Payne, G. (ed) Social Divisions. London: Macmillan. 2000 Jackson, S. & Scott, S. 'Childhood' in Payne, G. (ed) Social Divisions. London: Macmillan. 2000 .

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