Katie Milestone

Dr. Katie Milestone is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, specializing in media, culture, and identity. She serves as Unit Leader for courses on youth subcultures and media representation and supervises PhD and MA research in popular culture, gender, and urban studies.

• PhD, Manchester Institute for Popular Culture
• BA (Hons), PG Diploma

Research interests center on:

• Popular music (Northern Soul, Madchester)
• Gender in creative industries
• Urban place identity (Manchester, Northernness)
• Media representation of youth

Recent publications examine gendered consumption, urban music scenes, and digital culture. Her work spans academic books (e.g., Gender and Popular Culture), journal articles on subcultures, and critical reviews of music and urban theory texts.

Public engagement includes organizing symposiums on Northern Soul and gender in the 1960s city, keynotes at international conferences on cultural inclusion, and media appearances on BBC Radio 4 and in The Guardian.