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<p>My research interests broadly include; the social worlds of older and ageing men;
grandparenting (including their roles in providing formal and informal exchanges of
care); gender and gender relations (with a specific interest in how age and gender
relations intersect); and sociologies of family, kinship and intergenerational relations.</p><p>I
completed my PhD thesis in March 2011 but am now actively writing up the findings
into journal articles and book chapters. My thesis is entitled‘Exploring
the influence of intergenerational relations on the construction and performance of
contemporary grandfather identities’. It examines men’s experiences of being
a grandfather and how this influences the diverse constructions of their identities
as older men. Key contextual factors including the men’s intergenerational
relationships with grandchildren, re-configurations of family and men’s personal
biographies evidently influence how men construct their identities in the family as
they get older, complicating the concept of grandparent and what it means to be an
older man in contemporary British society. It also reveals more about how older men
engage in relationships in later life and how this benefits them; a topic very little
is known about. The analysis for the research is framed by a conceptual framework
that views grandfather identities as performative, relational and intersected by often
contradictory relations of masculinities and age.</p><p>I am currently working
on a project with Professor Brid Featherstone, Dr Lindsay O'Dell and Clare Fraser
to evaluate the impact of the Family Rights Group Advice Line which is predominantly
used by individuals involved with Children's Services.</p><p>I am also involved
in a mutidisciplinary research group aiming to develop funding for projects around
themes of fathering and children's health and wellbeing. This is led by Dr
Ruth Davies (Swansea University) and Dr Sue Higham (Open University).</p><p> </p> |
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<p> </p><p>My research interests broadly include; the social worlds of older
men, grandparenting (including their roles in informal and formal exchanges of care),
gender and gender relations and the sociologies of family, relationality and kinship.
I currently work at the Open University as a Research Associate where I am developing
project ideas relating to these research interests. Working predominantly with
Professor Brid Featherstone, so far I have contributed to the analysis of the Family
Rights Group Advice and Advocacy Service and have become a project member of the ESRC
funded‘<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/beyondmalerolemodels/">Beyond Male
Role Models</a>‘ research.</p> |
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<p> </p><p>My research interests broadly include; the social worlds of older
men, grandparenting (including their roles in informal and formal exchanges of care),
gender and gender relations and the sociologies of family, relationality and kinship.
I currently work at the Open University as a Research Associate where I am developing
project ideas relating to these research interests. Working predominantly with
Professor Brid Featherstone, so far I have contributed to the analysis of the Family
Rights Group Advice and Advocacy Service and have become a project member of the ESRC
funded‘<a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/beyondmalerolemodels/">Beyond Male
Role Models</a>‘ research.</p> |
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