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Lynn is a Professor of the Sociology of Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh. She is known for her research on intimacy, identity and social change and has researched a wide range of topics within the field of families and relationships. Her current research interests include the theoretical significance of people living alone and the power of families and relationships to influence responses to climate change and issues of sustainability. Her portfolio of research also includes work on European identity and on gender violence.

Lynn was the President of the British Sociological Association and is co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan series, Families and Intimate Life and Associate Editor of the Policy Press journal, Families Relationships and Societies.  She is a founding-co-director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), a consortium centre established in 2001 to grow capacity for research on families and relationships in Scotland, acting as a hub of a network of knowledge exchange and international collaborations.