Dr Kristina Saunders

  • Lecturer in Sociology (Sociological & Cultural Studies)
  • Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

Biography

I was recently awarded my doctorate from the University of Glasgow (2019). My thesis qualitatively explored the contradictions of reproductive choice in the context of neoliberalism and postfeminism. Prior to my PhD, in 2014 I completed an MRes in Sociology and Research Methods (with Distinction) and in 2013 completed an MA (Hons) in Sociology (First Class), both at the University of Glasgow. During my time at the university I have worked as a graduate teaching assistant and lecturer, and have held research roles in sexual and reproductive health. 

Research interests

  • Gender
  • Reproduction 
  • Class
  • Relationships
  • Feminist Theory
  • Social Theory
  • Qualitative Methods 

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

2025

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2025) Imagining the future of contraceptive coil care in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)

2024

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2024) ‘It almost felt a bit barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users speak out about pain. [Website]

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2024) Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal. Culture, Health and Sexuality, (doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2362292) (PMID:38847793) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2022) Taking matters into your own hands? Thinking through the social and political logics of IUC self-removal. Feminist Theory,

Brooks-Hay, Oona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-322X, Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 and Burman, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3155-5194 (2022) A toxic mix: the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the post-separation experiences of domestic abuse survivors. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 6(3), pp. 426-441. (doi: 10.1332/239868021X16536613142067)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2022) Doing the work of the state? Class inequalities and motherhood in neoliberal times. In: Morison, Tracy and Mavuso, Jabulile M.J. (eds.) Sexual and Reproductive Justice: From the Margins to the Centre. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Queer Studies. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793644206

Patterson, S. et al. (2022) Improving effective contraception uptake through provision of bridging contraception within community pharmacies: findings from the Bridge-it Study process evaluation. BMJ Open, 12(2), e057348. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057348) (PMID:35149574) (PMCID:PMC8845311)

2021

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2021) Researching relationality: reflections on the use of concept cards during in-depth interviews. Methodological Innovations, 14(2), p. 20597991211035525. (doi: 10.1177/20597991211035525)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2021) ‘I think I stick out a bit’: the classification of reproductive decision-making. Sociological Research Online, 26(1), pp. 75-91. (doi: 10.1177/1360780420909139)

2020

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2020) Experiences of sex workers during lockdown. [Website]

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

2019

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2019) 'I think a lot of people will judge me' the Classification of Women's Reproductive Decision Making. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019.

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2019) Rethinking responsibility. Contraception Zine, 7 Apr.

Jani, B. et al. (2019) Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland: Lanarkshire Case Study. Project Report. Scottish School of Primary Care.

2018

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2018) Teenage Pregnancy, Parenting and Intergenerational Relations By Sally Brown London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9781137495389; £49.99 (hbk). Social Policy and Administration, 52(7), pp. 1456-1457. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12451)[Book Review]

2017

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2017) Having it All or Doing it All? 'Successful' Femininity in a Neoliberal Age. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA 2017), Athens, Greece, 29 Aug - 01 Sep 2017.

2016

Saunders, K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2016) Reproduction, Neoliberalism, and Individualization: the Case of Abortion. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships 5th International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 13-15 Jun 2016.

This list was generated on Thu Jul 3 22:27:17 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 17.

Articles

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2024) Taking matters into our own hands? Hierarchies of power and knowledge in online framings of IUD self-removal. Culture, Health and Sexuality, (doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2362292) (PMID:38847793) (Early Online Publication)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2022) Taking matters into your own hands? Thinking through the social and political logics of IUC self-removal. Feminist Theory,

Brooks-Hay, Oona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-322X, Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 and Burman, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3155-5194 (2022) A toxic mix: the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the post-separation experiences of domestic abuse survivors. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 6(3), pp. 426-441. (doi: 10.1332/239868021X16536613142067)

Patterson, S. et al. (2022) Improving effective contraception uptake through provision of bridging contraception within community pharmacies: findings from the Bridge-it Study process evaluation. BMJ Open, 12(2), e057348. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057348) (PMID:35149574) (PMCID:PMC8845311)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2021) Researching relationality: reflections on the use of concept cards during in-depth interviews. Methodological Innovations, 14(2), p. 20597991211035525. (doi: 10.1177/20597991211035525)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2021) ‘I think I stick out a bit’: the classification of reproductive decision-making. Sociological Research Online, 26(1), pp. 75-91. (doi: 10.1177/1360780420909139)

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2019) Rethinking responsibility. Contraception Zine, 7 Apr.

Book Sections

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2022) Doing the work of the state? Class inequalities and motherhood in neoliberal times. In: Morison, Tracy and Mavuso, Jabulile M.J. (eds.) Sexual and Reproductive Justice: From the Margins to the Centre. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Queer Studies. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793644206

Book Reviews

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2018) Teenage Pregnancy, Parenting and Intergenerational Relations By Sally Brown London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9781137495389; £49.99 (hbk). Social Policy and Administration, 52(7), pp. 1456-1457. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12451)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2025) Imagining the future of contraceptive coil care in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

Jani, B. et al. (2019) Evaluation of New Models of Primary Care in Scotland: Lanarkshire Case Study. Project Report. Scottish School of Primary Care.

Conference or Workshop Item

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2019) 'I think a lot of people will judge me' the Classification of Women's Reproductive Decision Making. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019.

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2017) Having it All or Doing it All? 'Successful' Femininity in a Neoliberal Age. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA 2017), Athens, Greece, 29 Aug - 01 Sep 2017.

Saunders, K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2016) Reproduction, Neoliberalism, and Individualization: the Case of Abortion. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships 5th International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 13-15 Jun 2016.

Website

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2024) ‘It almost felt a bit barbaric’: Scottish contraceptive coil users speak out about pain. [Website]

Saunders, Kristina ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9040 (2020) Experiences of sex workers during lockdown. [Website]

This list was generated on Thu Jul 3 22:27:17 2025 BST.

Grants

ESRC (+3) Families, Relationships, and Demographic Change Pathway. 

Teaching

Undergraduate 

Sociology of Gender, Lecturer and Course Convenor (2019)

Sociology 1A and 1B

Qualitative Methods 

Quantitative Methods (2014)

Postgraduate

Gender Relations, Lecturer 

Qualitative Methods 

Widening Participation Summer School

Sociology, Lecturer