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Dr. Elizabeth Mills is an Associate Professor in International Development (Anthropology) at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. Her interdisciplinary work bridges medical anthropology, gender studies, and global health, with a particular focus on women's experiences of HIV and biomedicine in South Africa and Brazil. She employs innovative visual anthropological methods including film, photography, body mapping, and digital mapping in her research.
Dr. Mills earned her PhD from Sussex University, MPhil from Cambridge University, and BSocSc(Hons) from the University of Cape Town. She also holds a PGCert in Higher Education from Sussex University, reflecting her commitment to pedagogical excellence.
Her research centers on precarity, biopolitics, citizenship, embodiment, and the social lives of medicine. She has conducted extensive multi-sited ethnography tracing women's embodied accounts of HIV and AIDS biomedicines, culminating in her monograph 'HIV, Gender and the Politics of Medicine' (2024). Current projects examine the gendered impact of Covid-19 on women living with HIV in South Africa and the politics of queer reproduction and reproductive therapies.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory examining the intersections of gender, health, and governance. Her work increasingly incorporates post-humanist perspectives while maintaining a strong focus on embodiment and the material realities of health and illness. The research demonstrates a progression from HIV-focused studies to broader examinations of reproductive justice, energy access, and the rights of intersex children.
- Sussex Award for Outstanding Support for Students' Learning Experience (Winner, 2016/17)
- Sussex University Spirit Education Award (Winner, 2018/19)
- Sussex University Teaching to Disrupt Award (Nominee, 2018/19)
- Sussex University Spirit Education Award (Nominee, 2021/22)
- Sussex University Teaching to Disrupt Award (Winner, 2023/24)
- Sussex University Inclusive Teaching Award (Nominee, 2023/24)
Dr. Mills currently leads the British Academy-funded project 'Gender, COVID-19 and HIV: Medical and Socio-Economic Intersections in South Africa' (2022-2025). Her teaching portfolio includes 'Anthropology of Science & Technology,' and student testimonials consistently praise her transformative approach to creating inclusive learning environments that challenge conventional academic structures. She previously served as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (2013-2016).
