Sue Scott is a British sociologist and feminist whose research has focused primarily on sexuality, gender and risk.
From 2013–2019 she was honorary professor in the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of York.
She is a co-founder and managing editor of the Social Science Research Magazine Discover Society.
She has previously served as dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Keele University And postgraduate dean at Durham University.
[1] She is managing editor since 2013 (with Professor John Holmwood and Professor Ghurminder Bhambra) of Discover Society, an online magazine for sociological and social policy research,[1] an endeavour inspired by New Society, which published social research and social and cultural commentary from 1962 to 1988.