Sylvia Walby

Sylvia Walby is a sociologist and social scientist, professor in the School of Law and Social Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, known for her work on social and complexity theory, gender regimes and patriarchy, violence and society including domestic violence and human trafficking, gender relations in the workplace, and globalization. She was elected founding president of the European Sociological Association in 1997, and in 2008 became the first holder of the UNESCO Chair in Gender Research at Lancaster University, where she led the associated UNESCO Gender Research Group. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2022.