Professor Kay Peggs
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Criminology, Politics and Sociology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Professor of Criminology and Sociology
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I joined Kingston University in 2016. Previously, I held positions at Warwick (Research Fellow in Sociology), Portsmouth (Reader in Sociology) and Winchester (Professor of Sociology and Animal Studies). After completing my PhD (Surrey) on women and pensions, I worked on an ESRC-funded project on couple relationships.
My current research addresses the persistence of complex inequalities associated with species. I centre on how animals are central to the study of society. My publications on this theme include Animals and Sociology (Palgrave 2012). Forthcoming publications include Experiments, Animal Bodies and Human Values (Routledge) and the co-authored (Not) Consuming Animals: Ethics, Environment and Lifestyle Choices (Routledge), which is based on the research project I led on veganism and consumption. I am also a research methods specialist, have an MSc in Social Research Methods and am co-editor of two major four-volume sets, Observation Methods (SAGE 2013) and Critical Social Research Ethics (SAGE 2018).
Qualifications
- 1996 – 1997: P.G.C.E.A in Higher Education, University of Surrey.
- 1991 – 1995: PhD Sociology. Thesis ‘Women and Pensions', University of Surrey
- 1990 – 1991: MSc Social Research Methods, University of Surrey
- 1983 – 1986: BSc (Hons) Sociology, Portsmouth Polytechnic.
Domains
Courses taught
Currently, I am working 3 projects;
- Veganism, ethics and lifestyle - which investigates perspectives on veganism. Around 200 vegans participated in the study and a co-authored book (with Barry Smart and Joseph Burridge – Portsmouth University) ‘(Not) Consuming Animals: Environment, Ethics and Lifestyle Choices' (Routledge) is forthcoming.
- A sole-authored book titled ‘Experiments, Animal Bodies and Human Values' (Routledge) that offers a critical sociological reflection on the ethics of using nonhuman animals in biomedical experiments. This book expands on my previous work, which has been published in a range of journals.
- Sociology and animals - which seeks to show how the acceptance of nonhuman animals in sociology enhances the richness of the discipline.
Publications
Multi-species sociology of the body
Peggs, Kay, 2018, Journal of Sociology (54), 4pp 504-519, Published
Nonhuman animal suffering: critical pedagogy and practical animal ethics
Peggs, Kay and Smart, Barry, 2017, Society and Animals (25), 2pp 181-198, Published
What have animals to do with social work?: a sociological reflection on species and social work : Review essay of "Animals in social work : why and how they matter" by Thomas Ryan
Peggs, Kay, 2017, Journal of Animal Ethics (7), 1pp 96-108, Published
An insufferable business: ethics, nonhuman animals and biomedical experiments
Peggs, Kay, 2015, Animals (5), 3pp 624-642, Published
The 'animal-advocacy agenda': exploring sociology for nonhuman animals
Peggs, Kay, 2013, The Sociological Review (61), 3pp 591-606, Published
Transgenic animals, biomedical experiments and "progress"
Peggs, Kay, 2013, Journal of Animal Ethics (3), 1pp 41-56, Published
Risk, human health and the oppression of nonhuman animals: the development of transgenic nonhuman animals for human use
Peggs, Kay, 2011, Humanimalia : A Journal of Human/Animal Interface Studies (2), 2pp 49-69, Published
Nonhuman animal experiments in the European Community: human values and rational choice
Peggs, Kay, 2010, Society and Animals (18), 1pp 1-20, Published
The social constructionist challenge to primacy identity and the emancipation of oppressed groups: human primacy identity politics and the human/'animal' dualism
Peggs, Key, 2009, Sociological Research Online (14), 1, Published
A hostile world for nonhuman animals: human identification and the oppression of nonhuman animals for human good
Peggs, Kay, 2009, Sociology (43), 1pp 85-102, Published
Which pension?: women, risk and pension choice
Peggs, Kay, 2000, The Sociological Review (48), 3pp 349-364, Published
Researching women and pensions: empowerment and sharing 'expert' knowledge
Peggs, Kay, 2000, Research, Policy and Planning (18), 3pp 3-12, Published
Repartnering: the relevance of parenthood and gender to cohabitation and remarriage among the formerly married
Lampard, Richard and Peggs, Kay, 1999, British Journal of Sociology (50), 3pp 443-465, Published
Gendering green criminology
Milne, Emma, Davies, Pamela, Heydon, James, Peggs, Kay and Wyatt, Tanya (2023). Bristol, U.K.: [Published]
Critical social research ethics
(2018). London, U.K.: [Published]
Observation methods
(2013). Los Angeles, U.S.: (SAGE) [Published]
Animals and sociology
Peggs, Kay (2012). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan) [Published]
Identity and repartnering after separation
Lampard, Richard and Peggs, Kay (2007). Basingstoke, U.K.: [Published]
'Beasts of burden‘: an ethical vegan perspective on 'biodiesel‘
Peggs, Kay (2024). In: Athanassakis, Yanoula, Larue, Renan, O‘Donohue, William, (eds.), Cham, Switzerland:pp 273-292 [Published]
Eating animals: a critical criminology of the domestic
Peggs, Kay (2023). In: Davies, Pamela, Rowe, Michael, (eds.), London, U.K.: [Published]
New directions please! Veganising green criminology
Peggs, Kay (2023). In: Milne, Emma, Davies, Pam, Heydon, James, Peggs, Kay, Wyatt, Tanya, (eds.)[Published]
Why gendering green criminology matters
Milne, Emma, Davies, Pamela, Heydon, James, Peggs, Kay and Wyatt, Tanya (2023). In: Milne, Emma, Davies, Pam, Heydon, James, Peggs, Kay, Wyatt, Tanya, (eds.)[Published]
McVeg*n: a critical analysis of vegetarianism, business ethics and animals as food
Peggs, Kay (2022). In: Thomas, Natalie, (eds.), Houndsmills, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillanpp 157-177 [Published]
Veganism
Peggs, Kay (2020). In: Rojek, Chris, (eds.)[Published]
Animal Rights Movement
Peggs, Kay (2020). In: Rojek, Chris, (eds.)[Published]
Keith Tester (1960-2019)
Peggs, Kay and Smart, Barry (2020). In: Rojek, Chris, (eds.)[Published]
Foucault's bio-power
Peggs, Kay and Smart, Barry (2018). In: Downing, Lisa, (eds.), Cambridge, U.K.:pp 61-78 [Published]
Animal suffering matters
Peggs, Kay (2018). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillanpp 373-393 [Published]
Introduction: critical reflections on ethics in social research
Smart, Barry and Peggs, Kay (2018). In: Smart, Barry, Peggs, Kay, Burridge, Joseph, (eds.), London, U.K.: [Published]
Introduction: The ethics of causing suffering
Peggs, Kay (2018). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillanpp 365-371 [Accepted/In press]
Religion, ethics, and vegetarianism: the case of McDonald's in India
Peggs, Kay (2018). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), London, U.K.: Routledgepp 232-244 [Published]
Science fiction and science fact: ethics and nonhuman animal experiments
Peggs, Kay (2018). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), Urbana-Champaign, U.S.:pp 137-147 [Published]
Suffering existence: nonhuman animals and ethics
Peggs, Kay and Smart, Barry (2018). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 419-443 [Published]
Transgenic animals, biomedical experiments and "progress"
Peggs, Kay (2017). In: Linzey, Andrew, Linzey, Clair, (eds.), Champaign, Illinois:pp 232-250 [Published]
From centre to margins and back again: critical animal studies and the reflexive human self
Peggs, Kay (2014). In: Taylor, Nik, Twine, Richard, (eds.), Abingdon, UK: Routledgepp 36-51 [Published]
Observation methods and social research
Peggs, Kay, Burridge, Joseph and Smart, Barry (2013). In: Peggs, Kay, Smart, Barry, Burridge, Joseph, (eds.), Los Angeles, U.S.: SAGEpp xxv-xlv [Published]
Human primacy identity politics, nonhuman animal experiments and the oppression of nonhuman animals
Peggs, Kay (2011). In: Carter, Bob, Charles, Nickie, (eds.)pp 133-152 [Published]
Change, pensions and ageing in Europe: discourses of risk and security
Peggs, Kay (2006). In: Carr, Fergus, Massey, Andrew, (eds.), Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgarpp 346-360 [Published]
The beauty of health: locating young women‘s health and appearance
Litva, Andrea, Peggs, Kay and Moon, Graham (2001). In: Dyck, Isabel, Davis Lewis, Nancy, McLafferty, Sara, (eds.), London, U.K.: Routledgepp 248-264 [Published]
Women and pensions: perspectives, motivations and choices
Peggs, Kay and Davis, Mary (2001). In: Ginn, Jay, Street, Debra, Arber, Sara, (eds.), Buckingham, U.K.:pp 86-102 [Published]
(Ir)rational choice: a multidimensional approach to choice and constraint in decisions about marriage, divorce and remarriage
Peggs, Kay and Lampard, Richard (2000). In: Archer, Margaret S, Tritter, Jonathan Q, (eds.), London, U.K.: Routledgepp 93-110 [Published]
McVeg: a critical analysis of vegetarianism, business ethics and animals as food
Peggs, Kay(2019). [Published]