Dr Lili Schwoerer
Lecturer in Sociology
School of Social Sciences
Role
I joined Oxford Brookes as a Teaching Fellow in 2022, and became a Lecturer in 2024. I completed my PhD in Sociology at LSE in 2022. During this time, I also worked as a participatory research coordinator at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, and an assistant editor of the LSE Higher Education Blog. My research is anchored in feminist, queer, postcolonial and critical political economy approaches. At Oxford Brookes, I teach courses across sociology.
Teaching and supervision
Courses
Modules taught
In 2024-2025, I lead:
- SOCI4003 - Researching the Social World
- SOCI6005 - Theorising Society
- SOCI6009 - The Sociology of Health and Illness
- POLI6018 - Freedom and Justice in Contemporary Political Theory, Queer and Feminist Perspectives.
Research
My research is interested in the relationship between political economy, institutions, and knowledge. My PhD, which I completed in 2022, explored how feminist and gender knowledge production is shaped by the marketisation and internationalisation of Higher Education in England. I also have a keen interest in critical pedagogy and qualitative research methodologies, especially creative and participatory approaches. Here at Oxford Brookes, I lead the GPES Research Group on ‘Cultures, Identities and Divisions’.