Katie Higgins

I am a Lecturer in the School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this position, I was an ESRC New Investigator Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and an Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. I have previously been based at universities across the UK, Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada.

Trained in geography, my research explores social inequalities through studying advantage. My last research project explored how the business class connect with one another locally and globally through CEO peer advisory groups, with a focus on India, the UK and South Africa. Prior to that, I studied the lives of the wealthy business class living around Manchester, England and British emigration.