Dr Lauren Gurrieri is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University.

Associate Professor Gurrieri's research examines gender, consumption and the marketplace, with a focus on gendered inequalities in consumer and digital cultures. This includes gendered representations in advertising and social media; body norms and beauty ideals in consumer culture; violence against women and marketing; and the strategies used by women to resist and challenge exclusion and marginalisation in the marketplace.

She has authored over 50 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, case studies and commissioned reports and has been awarded over $1 million in external research funding, including from the Australian Research Council. Her scholarship has been published in a range of leading journals, including Gender, Work & Organisation, Journal of Advertising, Consumption, Markets & Culture and Marketing Theory. 

Associate Professor Gurrieri is an Advisory Board Member for GENMAC (Gender, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour) and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social Impact in Business Research. 

She is the recipient of various research and teaching awards and is a regular contributor to the Australian media, particularly regarding issues related to gender, marketing and consumer culture. 

She has provided expert advice and invited presentations on gender equality to the Ministerial Council on Women's Equality (Victorian Government), Australian Association of National Advertisers, City of Melbourne and to various health and women's organisations.

Associate Professor Gurrieri has previously worked in the management consulting and market research industries.