Dr Philippa Carr

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Philippa Carr is a senior lecturer in qualitative research methods in the Department of Applied Sciences at the University of the West of England. Dr Carr’s research interests are in how the media presents wealth inequality and how public arguments for extreme wealth are used to legitimise inequality. Some of Dr Carr’s recent publications include '‘You come back fighting. That’s what gives you the drive to achieve’: The extraordinary psychological construction of the super-rich in entertainment documentaries' (2021) and 'Getting what you deserve?' (2022).