Lucy Neville

Lucy Neville serves as a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Southampton since 2023, teaching undergraduate modules including Criminological Perspectives in Global Contexts, Violent and Sexual Offenders, and Qualitative Research Methods. Her academic profile reflects interdisciplinary engagement across criminology, gender studies, and media sociology.

Her research centers on gender-based violence with specific expertise in acid attacks and VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls), funded by the ESRC, Home Office, and West Midlands Police. Neville also pioneers work on pornography studies, examining women's consumption of m/m erotica and slash fiction as sites for feminist activism. Her methodology innovations include mobile sensory research with sex workers and street populations.

Neville's publication trends reveal consistent focus on marginalized communities, with recent work analyzing stigmatized group participation in research (2022), acid crime prevention (2021), and austerity impacts on domestic violence victims (2016). Her scholarship bridges academic rigor and public engagement through radical pedagogic practices.

• Women, m/m pornography, and the privileging of male sexual fluidity (2019)

Neville actively supervises PhD students while maintaining research partnerships with third-sector organizations including New Horizon and AVA. Her background includes BBC Media Action work influencing current climate justice and media messaging studies. She advocates for cross-disciplinary collaboration (#IAF) and translating research into public discourse through feminist public scholarship.