½ûÂþÌìÌÃ

Dr Kate  Steward

Dr Kate Steward

Project Manager

International Inequalities Institute

Languages
English
Key Expertise
Criminology, gender justice

About me

Kate Steward is a Project Manager at the International Inequalities Institute at the ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, working with Professor Naila Kabeer on the Gender Justice and the Wellbeing Economy programme.  

Kate holds a PhD in Criminology from the ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. She worked as a practitioner and researcher with women in the criminal justice system, alongside lecturing at City, University of London. More recently, Kate was Programmes Manager at the Department of Gender Studies, ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. 

Expertise Details

Criminology; gender justice

Recent Publications

  • Trevisan, F., Vaughan, M. & Vromen, A. (2025). Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy. University of Michigan Press. 
  • Vaughan, M. & Schieferdecker, D. (2025), 'Seeing a New Type of Economic Inequality Discourse: Inequality as Spectacle in the “Billionaire Space Race”', International Journal of Communication, 19 (1), 348-369 
  • Vaughan, M., & Kerr, S. (2025). Visual representations of wealth inequality in political communication. Visual Communication.
  • Vaughan, M., Gruber, J. B., & Langer, A. I. (2025). The tension between connective action and platformisation: Disconnected action in the GameStop short squeeze. New Media & Society, 27(2), 632-654.