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Gill Chitty Editor & Author

Gill Chitty is Director of the Conservation Studies programme and Centre for Conservation Studies in the Department of Archaeology, University of York. She was Head of Conservation at the Council for British Archaeology from 2005–12 and her professional experience in heritage conservation and public archaeology has been in local government, English Heritage (now Historic England) and as a consultant. Her doctoral research explored the influence of John Ruskin’s work in shaping British conservation practice and her research interests continue around the political economy of heritage.