Lily is a DPhil student on the Internet, Communication, and Social Sciences programme at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research focuses on gender inequality and remote work, exploring the experience of working remotely, the perception of remote workers in general, as well as the specific experiences of women in remote work.
Lily’s background is in anthropology. She holds a BA in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies and an MSc in Digital Anthropology from University College London. Her research is generously funded by the OII and Calligo.
The anthropology of labour and employment, digital and hybrid ethnography, feminist theory.
16 March 2026
Study finds digital care technologies could both support and strain unpaid carers, with benefits and risks to loved ones.
1 October 2025
OII doctoral researcher Lily Rodel explores what lockdown revealed about how we could all achieve the perfect work-life balance.
