Anna Gillions

Thesis title:

Structures of Shame

A visual exploration of the role of different kinds of shame in the relationship between marginalisation and violence.

Research Area

Philosophy

Publications

Gillions A (2024). Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory: Breaking the Cycle by Gerodimos, Roman (ed). Journal of Psychosocial Studies (published online ahead of print 2024). https://doi.org/10.1332/14786737Y2023D000000010

Gillions, A., Cheang, R., & Duarte, R, (2019)

The effect of mindfulness practice on aggression and violence levels in adults: A systematic review,

Aggression and Violent Behavior 48, 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.012.

Conferences

A Structural Approach to Emotion. Paper presented at British International Studies Annual Conference, June 2024, Birmingham.

But I'm not an artist! Creative methods in the social sciences. Paper presented at Doctoral Capability and Development Conference 2023, Coventry University.

Public Engagement & Impact

Co-convenor of the British Sociological Association "Sociology of Emotions" study group, 2023-2024

Violent Shame - the Bigger Picture. Blog post for Shame and Medicine, the Wellcome Trust, July 2023. https://shameandmedicine.org/violent-shame-the-bigger-picture/

How do the British People Understand their Security? Responses from a new approach to public opinion surveying. Co-authored report with Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Zsofia Hacsek and David Curran for Rethinking Security June 2024. https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Survey-report-v3-1.pdf

Preventing Violence: Lessons from health and social care. Blog post for Rethinking Security, January 2022. https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2022/01/13/lessons-from-health-and-social-care/

Other Research Interests

Anna is interested in how social structures create division and marginalise people, and is keen to explore human responses to this process. She is particularly interested in how people manage to connect productively across difference, the emotional and relational states required to do this, and how social structures can create the necessary conditions for meaningful connection.

In other work, Anna is involved in looking at how trauma exposure and normalised violence influence violent and non-violent responses, and the relevance of shame in these processes.