- ‘I had to take control’: gendered finance rationality in the UK Agunsoye, Ariane and James, Hayley. 2022. ‘I had to take control’: gendered finance rationality in the UK. Review of International Political Economy, 30(4), pp. 1486-1509. ISSN 0969-2290
- How gender, marital status, and gender norms affect savings goals Agunsoye, Ariane; Monne, Jerome; Rutterford, Janette and Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P.. 2022. How gender, marital status, and gender norms affect savings goals. Kyklos, 75(2), pp. 157-183. ISSN 0023-5962
- 'Locked in the Rat Race': Variegated financial subjectivities in the United Kingdom Agunsoye, Ariane. 2021. 'Locked in the Rat Race': Variegated financial subjectivities in the United Kingdom. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(7), pp. 1828-1848. ISSN 0308-518X
- Ekaterina Svetlova, Financial Models and Society: Villains or Scapegoats? Agunsoye, Ariane. 2021. Ekaterina Svetlova, Financial Models and Society: Villains or Scapegoats? Œconomia, 11(2), pp. 365-371. ISSN 2269-8450
- Everyday Financialization: The Case of UK Households Hillig, Ariane. 2019. Everyday Financialization: The Case of UK Households. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51(7), pp. 1460-1478. ISSN 0308-518X
Dr Ariane Agunsoye
Staff details

Position
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Department
Institute of Management Studies
A.Agunsoye (@gold.ac.uk)
Ariane’s research focuses on the impact of financialization on everyday life.
Prior to joining Goldsmiths in 2018, I was a visiting lecturer in Germany and worked several years in the private sector. My current research interests are centred on the intersection between political economy and personal finance, exploring how people across a variety of social and demographic backgrounds respond to the rising pressure to manage financial risk. In addition to my interest in everyday financialization, I research the impact of EDI initiatives on knowledge production and dissemination. In line with these interests, I am an Associate Member of the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston University, I am on the steering committee of D-Econ, a network of economists who aim to promote inclusiveness in economics, and on the management committee of the Association for Heterodox Economics.
Research interests
Economic Methodology
Economic Sociology
Finance and Social Theory
Gender Studies
Income and Wealth Inequality
Political Economy
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life Agunsoye, Ariane. 2024. Rethinking Financial Behaviour: Rationality and Resistance in the Financialization of Everyday Life. Bristol: Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529232257
Edited Book
- Heterodox Economics and Global Emergencies: Voices from around the World Agunsoye, Ariane; Dassler, Thoralf; Fotopoulou, Eurydice and Mulberg, Jon, eds. 2023. Heterodox Economics and Global Emergencies: Voices from around the World. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032582818
Book Section
- Undiverse and uninclusive Agunsoye, Ariane; Amber, Lucy; Earle, Joe; Groenewald, Michelle; Guizzo, Danielle; Roberts-Dear, Bruno and Scott, Nicola. 2022. Undiverse and uninclusive. In: Lucy Ambler; Joe Earle and Nicola Scott, eds. Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526159861
- Harmful Hierarchies Agunsoye, Ariane; Amber, Lucy; Earle, Joe; Groenewald, Michelle; Guizzo, Danielle and Scott, Nicola. 2022. Harmful Hierarchies. In: Lucy Amber; Joe Earle and Nicola Scott, eds. Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526159861
- Reforming Academia Agunsoye, Ariane; Amber, Lucy; Earle, Joe; Groenewald, Michelle; Guizzo, Danielle; Ramburuth-Hurt, Kamal and Scott, Nicola. 2022. Reforming Academia. In: Lucy Amber; Joe Earle and Nicola Scott, eds. Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526159861
Article
- Lived experiences of everyday financialization: A layered performativity approach Agunsoye, Ariane. 2024. Lived experiences of everyday financialization: A layered performativity approach. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 100, 102756. ISSN 1045-2354
- Irrational or Rational? Time to Rethink our Understanding of Financially Responsible Behavior Agunsoye, Ariane and James, Hayley. 2024. Irrational or Rational? Time to Rethink our Understanding of Financially Responsible Behavior. Economic Geography, 100(2), pp. 191-212. ISSN 0013-0095
- The gendered construction of risk in asset accumulation for retirement James, Hayley and Agunsoye, Ariane. 2023. The gendered construction of risk in asset accumulation for retirement. New Political Economy, 28(4), pp. 574-591. ISSN 1356-3467
Digital
- Being in a couple can leave women with less savings – here’s how to make nest eggs more equal Monne, Jerome; Agunsoye, Ariane; Sotiropoulos, Dimitris P. and Rutterford, Janette. 2022. Being in a couple can leave women with less savings – here’s how to make nest eggs more equal.
- Decolonising Economics Teaching, Part 2: Some Thoughts on Pedagogy Agunsoye, Ariane; Groenewald, Michelle and Harvold Kvangraven, Ingrid. 2022. Decolonising Economics Teaching, Part 2: Some Thoughts on Pedagogy.
- Decolonising Economics Teaching, Part 1: Some Thoughts on the Curriculum Agunsoye, Ariane; Groenewald, Michelle and Harvold Kvangraven, Ingrid. 2022. Decolonising Economics Teaching, Part 1: Some Thoughts on the Curriculum.