Rate My Professor Antonia Lyons

Professor Lyons is a critical health psychologist whose research examines the social and cultural contexts of health-related behaviours, with a particular focus on alcohol consumption, drinking cultures, addiction, identities, power dynamics, and inequities across social groups. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and five books, including co-authoring Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction and co-editing the Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness in 2021 with Kerry Chamberlain. She also co-edits the Routledge book series Critical Approaches to Health and co-edited Youth Drinking Cultures in a Digital World in 2017. Her editorial contributions include serving as co-editor for Qualitative Research in Psychology, Associate Editor for Psychology and Health, and as a member of the editorial board for Addiction: Research and Theory. In addition to her research and teaching, she directs the Centre for Addiction Research and has held leadership roles such as Head of School.