Dr Lauren Wilks
Senior Research Officer
Lauren joined the Poverty Alliance as a Senior Research Officer in January 2025 following posts at the Scottish Government and the University of Edinburgh.
She is passionate about participatory and creative qualitative research and about working with others to tackle inequality. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of Edinburgh and has worked on a range of research projects, including ethnographic research on paid domestic/care work in India and qualitative research on gig work in Scotland.
When she is not working, Lauren can be found running around after her two young children and, if she’s lucky, faffing with her plants.
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