Lucy Trotter

Lucy Trotter is a Lecturer in Education at the School of Education, Aberystwyth University, joining in 2019. She holds a BA, MSc, and PhD in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics (LSE), graduating with First Class Honours in 2014 and completing her PhD in 2020. She received a 1+3 scholarship from the Economic and Research Council and was a Visiting Fellow at LSE's Anthropology Department (2021-2022).

• Education: BA (First Class Honours), MSc, PhD (LSE), PGCTHE (Aberystwyth University)
• Responsibilities: Year 2 Tutor, Equality Champion, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Athena Swan Qualitative Group Lead

Her research focuses on equity, diversity, performance, music, power, and inclusion. She explores Welshness in Patagonia through ethnographic fieldwork, particularly in Gaiman's bilingual Spanish-Welsh music school, and the performativity of identity. Recent work includes a 2023 ethnographic study on single student parents in UK Higher Education during the pandemic (funded by Aberystwyth University Research Fund) and a 2014 project on skateboarders in London.

Key publications include her forthcoming monograph The Sound of Welsh Patagonia (University of Wales Press, 2025) and peer-reviewed articles on Welsh diaspora, music, and pandemic impacts. She was awarded the Jean La Fontaine 2013/14 Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement and the Peter Loizos Prize for Ethnographic Research.