Dr. Eve Pennington

Biography

Eve Pennington is a Lecturer in Global Economic History at the University of Manchester. She is a historian specializing in modern Britain with a focus on gender history, urban history, and oral history. Her research particularly explores how women's lives intersected with urban change processes in the twentieth century and the social relations that produced the built environment. In 2025, she was appointed as a Lecturer and is also contributing to Dr. Anna Muggeridge’s 'Voices of Motherhood' project, examining the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914. Eve completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, and has also received support from the Royal Historical Society Centenary Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research. She holds both a BA and MA from the University of Manchester and possesses expertise related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals established in 2015.

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