Philosophy, Coventry University
Thesis title:
A visual exploration of the role of different kinds of shame in the relationship between marginalisation and violence.
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
Fuelled by Emotions: Exploring the cyclical relationships perpetuating inequality. Paper presented at European International Studies Association Pan-European Conference, August 2024, Lille.
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.
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/
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.