Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Social role analysis in relation to gendered family life
- Studies of the emotional quality of social politics, including abortion, breastfeeding, and motherhood
- Interactionist analyses of emotions, roles and social change.
Public outreach & key achievements
- BBC Radio 4, Thinking Allowed: Maternal Situations: Sectarianism and Civility in a Divided City
- My work has led to new ways of thinking about agency/structure tensions in everyday social life, through a
focus on normative complexity, interpretation and social esteem.
Research students
| PhD Title | Narratives of persistent poverty: The case of lone mothers in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Bronagh Boyle |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Gender and Career Progression in India’s IT Sector: Experiences and Perceptions of Women Employees |
| Name | Gerard Gallagher |
| Country | India |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | 'A different kind of girl': young women's experiences of growing up and 'coming out' in Northern Ireland. |
| Name | Gail Neil |
| Year of Study | 2013 - 2017 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Lecturer in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University |
| PhD Title | Abortion and Northern Ireland 1921-2002 |
| Name | Mark Benson |
| Year of Study | 2013 - 2017 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | AHRC Creative Economy Engagement Research Fellow, School of History, Anthropology, Politics and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast |
| PhD Title | Early Motherhood and the Transition to Adulthood: Discourses of Youth and the Struggle for Authority |
| Name | Jennifer McIlwaine |
| Year of Study | 2008 - 2013 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Corporate Services Officer, Controlled Schools Support Council |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work