Dr Isabel Crowhurst
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Email
icrow@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873059
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Location
6.360, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Autumn Term 2021: Mondays 2.30-3.30 in my office (6.360) and Wednesday afternoon by appointment
Profile
Biography
I joined the Department of Sociology in September 2014. Previously, I held academic positions at Kingston University, Birkbeck, and the University of Westminster. At Birkbeck I also completed an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship and, prior to that, I gained a PhD in Sociology at the London School of Economics, and a Master in International Affairs at Carleton University, Canada. My research is concerned with the shifting and contested knowledge produced around non-normative sexual practices and intimate lives, how these shape and are shaped by socio-economic dynamics, and how they are negotiated and made sense of in everyday lived experiences. I have explored these aspects in two strands of research, the first on the regulation and governance of commercial sex, and the second on the changing nature of intimate citizenship regimes in Europe. More recently, I have been investigating the intersection of sexual and economic citizenship through the exploration of the fiscal treatment of commercial sex and of the multiple ways in which processes of financialization impact upon the financial exclusion and inclusion of marginalised populations such as sex workers. I am founding editor, with May-Len Skilbrei and Rebecca Pates, of the Routledge book series ‘Interdisciplinary studies in sex for sale’. I co-coordinate the European Sociological Association Sexuality Research Network (RN23). From 2013 to 2017, I was Chair of COST Action IS1209 ‘Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance (ProsPol)’, a four-year European network aimed at comparing and disseminating knowledge about the multiple contexts, features and effects of prostitution policies at the European, national and local levels.
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Gender and sexuality
Sex work and sex industry studies
The intersection of sexual and economic citizenship
Fiscal sociology and critical taxation studies
Comparative methods and psycho-social methodologies
Conferences and presentations
Sex Work and Financial Citizenship: Navigating Cryptocurrencies and Financial Moralities
European Sociological Association Conference 2021, 2/9/2021
Doing research on sex work in Europe: exploring the politics of knowledge production
Invited presentation, with Giulia Garofalo Geymonat and Paul Ryan. ESA Sexuality Research Network Conference Sociological Explorations of Sexuality in Europe. Bodies, practices and resistance in troubled times., Krakow, Poland, 15/2/2019
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Crime, Politics and the Sex Industry (SC560)
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Sociological Research Design (SC905)
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Migration: Theory, Concepts and Selected Issues (SC982)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 7/2/2024
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/10/2023
Degree subject: Psychoanalytic Studies
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/8/2022
Degree subject: Criminology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/3/2022
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/4/2020
Publications
Journal articles (20)
Crowhurst, I., (2024). Sex work and gendered tax imaginaries. Modern Italy, 1-15
Cannito, M., Crowhurst, I., Mercuri, E., Ferrero Camoletto, R. and Quaglia, V., (2021). Doing masculinities online: defining and studying the manosphere. AG About Gender - Rivista internazionale di studi di genere. 10 (19), 1-34
Crowhurst, I. and Eldridge, A., (2020). “A Cathartic Moment in a Man’s Life”: Homosociality and Gendered Fun on the Puttan Tour. Men and Masculinities. 23 (1), 170-193
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I., Tiantian, Z. and Blanchette, T., (2020). Control creep and the multiple exclusions faced by women in low-autonomy sex industry sectors. Vibrant : Virtual Brazilian Anthropology. 17, 1-25
Crowhurst, I., (2019). The Ambiguous Taxation of Prostitution: the Role of Fiscal Arrangements in Hindering the Sexual and Economic Citizenship of Sex Workers. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 16 (2), 166-178
Hellesund, T., Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Santos, AC. and Stoylova, M., (2019). Narrating and Relating to Ordinariness. Experiences of Unconventional Intimacies in Contemporary Europe. Ethnologia Scandinavica. 49, 92-113
Crowhurst, I., (2019). ‘We should tax sex workers to fund subsidies for families’: shifting affective registers and enduring (sexual) norms in the Italian Northern League’s approach to prostitution. Journal of Political Power. 12 (3), 374-389
Crowhurst, I., Vuolajärvi, N. and Hausbeck Korgan, K., (2019). Sexual Commerce: Troubling Meanings, Policies, and Practices. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 16 (2), 135-137
Ward, E., Crowhurst, I. and Sauer, B., (2019). Editorial. Journal of Political Power. 12 (3), 313-317
Crowhurst, I. and Skilbrei, M-L., (2018). International comparative explorations of prostitution policies: lessons from two European projects. Innovation: the European Journal of Social Science Research. 31 (2), 142-161
Stoilova, M., Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Hellesund, T. and Santos, AC., (2014). Living Apart Relationships in Contemporary Europe: Accounts of Togetherness and Apartness. Sociology. 48 (6), 1075-1091
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2013). Reproduction and citizenship/reproducing citizens: Editorial introduction. Citizenship Studies. 17 (8), 901-911
Crowhurst, I., (2013). The fallacy of the instrumental gate? Contextualising the process of gaining access through gatekeepers. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 16 (6), 463-475
Crowhurst, I., Roseneil, S., Hellesund, T., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2013). Close encounters: Researching intimate lives in Europe. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 16 (6), 525-533
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Hellesund, T., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2013). Changing landscapes of heteronormativity: The regulation and normalization of same-sex sexualities in europe. Social Politics. 20 (2), 165-199
Crowhurst, I. and kennedy-macfoy, M., (2013). Troubling gatekeepers: methodological considerations for social research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 16 (6), 457-462
Crowhurst, I., Outshoorn, J. and Skilbrei, M-L., (2012). Introduction: Prostitution policies in Europe. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 9 (3), 187-191
Crowhurst, I., (2012). Approaches to the regulation and governance of prostitution in contemporary Italy. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 9 (3), 223-232
Crowhurst, I. and Bertone, C., (2012). Introduction: the politics of sexuality in contemporary Italy. Modern Italy. 17 (4), 413-418
Crowhurst, I., (2012). Caught in the victim/criminal paradigm: female migrant prostitution in contemporary Italy. Modern Italy. 17 (4), 493-506
Books (7)
Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., (2023). Difficult Conversations A Feminist Dialogue. Routledge. 0367542609. 9781003088417
Crowhurst, I., Dewey, S. and Izugbara, C., (2021). Third Sector Organizations in Sex Work and Prostitution Contested Engagements in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Routledge. 0815354150. 9780815354154
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Hellesund, T., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2020). The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm Intimate Citizenship Regimes in a Changing Europe. UCL Press. 1787358909. 9781787358904
Carrabine, E., Cox, P., Cox, A., Crowhurst, I., Di Ronco, A., Fussey, P., Sergi, A., South, N., Thiel, D. and Turton, J., (2020). Criminology. A Sociological Introduction (Fourth edition). Routledge
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 1351133896. 9780815354123
King, A., Santas, AC. and Crowhurst, I., (2017). Sexualities Research: Critical Interjections, Diverse Methodologies, and Practical Applications. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). 978-1-13-885164-1
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2015). Reproducing Citizens: family, state and civil society. Routledge. 978-1-13-894229-5
Book chapters (26)
Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., Difficult Conversations: Introduction. In: Difficult Conversations: Feminist Dialogues. Editors: Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., . Routledge
West, R. and Crowhurst, I., (2023). Zinc’s Time in the Sun? Tracing the Reopening of the Riso and Parina Valleys’ Mines from Precarious Optimism to Affective Indeterminacy. In: Extraction/Exclusion: Beyond binaries in resource practice and knowledge. Editors: Behzadi, NE., Doering, N. and Postar, S., . Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-78661-537-4
Ryan-Flood, R., Crowhurst, I. and James-Hawkins, L., (2023). Introduction. In: Difficult Conversations. Routledge. 1- 7
Crowhurst, I. and Skilbrei, M-L., (2022). Swedish, Nordic, European: The journey of a ‘model’ to abolish prostitution. In: Nordic Criminal Justice in a Global Context Practices and Promotion of Exceptionalism. Editors: Christensen, MJ., Lohne, K. and Hörnqvist, M., . Routledge
Crowhurst, I. and Skilbrei, M-L., (2022). Swedish, Nordic, European. In: Nordic Criminal Justice in a Global Context. Routledge. 95- 110. 9781032049793
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izubgara, C., (2018). Globally circulating discourses on the sex industry. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Editors: Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., . Routledge. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Families and intimate relationships. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 265- 268. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Third parties. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 389- 392. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). The research enterprise. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 29- 32. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Global knowledge flows. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 181- 185. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Socio-legal practices. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 105- 108. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Clients. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 327- 330. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Introduction. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 1- 10. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Cultural representations. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 451- 454. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Technologies. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 529- 532. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Sex industry research. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 11- 26. 9780815354123
Dewey, S., Crowhurst, I. and Izugbara, C., (2018). Globally circulating discourses on the sex industry. In: Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research. Routledge. 186- 197. 9780815354123
Crowhurst, I., Testaì, P., Di Feliciantonio, C. and Geymonat, GG., (2017). Italy. In: Assessing Prostitution Policies in Europe. Editors: Wagenaar, H. and Jahnsen, SØ., . Routledge. 317- 330. 9781138224919
Crowhurst, I., (2017). Troubling unknowns and certainties in prostitution policy claims-making. In: Prostitution Research in Context: Methodology, Representation and Power. Editors: Spanger, M. and Skilbrei, M-L., . Routledge. 47- 63. 9781315692586
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Hellesund, T., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2012). Remaking intimate citizenship in multicultural Europe: experiences outside the conventional family. In: Remaking citizenship in multicultural Europe: women's movements, gender and diversity. Editors: Halsaa, B., Roseneil, S. and Sümer, S., . Palgrave. 41- 69. 978-1-137-27215-7
Roseneil, S., Crowhurst, I., Hellesund, T., Santos, AC. and Stoilova, M., (2011). Intimate citizenship and gendered well-being: The claims and interventions of women's movements in Europe. In: Transforming Gendered Well-Being in Europe: The Impact of Social Movements. Editors: Woodward, AE., Bonvin, J-M. and Renom, M., . Ashgate. 187- 205. 9781409402831
Crowhurst, I. and Kendall, J., (2009). European social fund local social capital pilots and mainstreamed global grants: On the troubled trajectory of third sector policy transfer. In: Handbook on Third Sector Policy in Europe: Multi-level Processes and Organized Civil Society. Editors: Kendall, J., . Edward Elgar. 228- 252. 9781845429607
Varrel, A., Catarino, C. and Crowhurst, I., (2007). Genre et migration: bilan et perspectives. In: Les migrations internationals: enjeux contemporains et questions nouvelles. Editors: Audebert, C. and Ma Mung, E., . Université de Deusto. 237- 241. 9788498305333
Crowhurst, I., (2006). The provision of protection and settlement services for migrant women trafficked for sexual purposes: the case of Italy. In: Trafficking & the Global Sex Industry. Editors: Amir, D. and Beeks, K., . Lexington Books. 217- 236. 9780739113127
Crowhurst, I., (2006). Socio-political and legal representations of migrant women sex labourers in Italy: Between discourse and praxis. In: Women and Immigration Law: New Variations on Classical Feminist Themes. Editors: Spijkerboer, T. and van Walsum, S., . Routledge. 241- 260. 0203945352. 9780203945353
Trehan, N. and Crowhurst, I., (2005). Minority groups and reproductive rights: coerced sterilisation and female genital mutilation in Europe. In: Women's Reproductive Rights. Editors: Widdows, H., Alkorta Idiakez, I. and Emaldi, A., . Palgrave/Macmillan. 9781403949936
Other (1)
Crowhurst, I. and Garofalo Geymonat, G., (2019).'Sex Work' entry Dicionário Alice,CES, University of Coimbra
Grants and funding
2020
Sex Work & Financial Exclusion
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
Challenging urban sex workers� multiple exclusions in Brazil: a network to share knowledge, confront stigma, and promote community-led responses
Academy of Medical Sciences
2018
Comparing the taxation of prostitution in Europe: experiences and negotiations with laws and fiscal arrangements
Independent Social Research Foundation
2014
Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance
COST Office
Contact
Academic support hours:
Autumn Term 2021: Mondays 2.30-3.30 in my office (6.360) and Wednesday afternoon by appointment
