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Dear PhD Students, We’re excited to invite you to a Families, Life Course, and Generations Research Centre (FLaG) Postgraduate Research (PGR) get-together! This is a great opportunity to meet other PhD students with similar research interests and explore potential connections across our projects. Food will be provided, making it a casual and welcoming event for everyone....
We are excited to host a book launch with Bren Neale and Anna Tarrant to celebrate the publication of 'The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood: Understanding the parenting journeys and support needs of young fathers' (Policy Press). Bren and Anna will be joined by a panel of discussants.
Sarah Irwin and Katy Wright have written a blog for the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures discussing some of the issues addressed in their paper, 'Acting on climate change concerns: lay perceptions of possibility, complexity and constraint', recently published with Environmental Sociology
New work on women's working lives; and on perceptions of climate change and of climate-relevant policies: FLaG member news about conference presentations, recently published papers and updates on research projects. Kim Allen attended the Journal of Youth Studies conference which took place at Ulster University, Belfast, in September. Kim presented two papers from her current...
We are delighted to have been awarded a fully funded ESRC PhD Collaborative studentship, led by Sarah Irwin. In partnership with Born in Bradford and its Age of Wonder qualitative longitudinal study with young people, we welcome applications to: Shaping the Future: Bradford young people's engagement with the future through action in the present Click...
We are delighted to invite you to a seminar where Prof. Bren Neale (Leeds) and Dr. Jonas Masdonati (Lausanne, and FLaG Visiting Fellow) will present and be ‘In Conversation’ about the value of Qualitative Longitudinal research methodology for capturing and interrogating social processes as they unfold over time
With SSP, FLaG is co-hosting a research seminar: 'Vocational pathways, inequalities and the meanings of (decent) work', a mini symposium with Jonas Masdonati (Lausanne), Kim Allen and Karen Tatham (Leeds): abstracts and details here. All welcome
We are delighted to host Jonas Masdonati, University of Lausanne, through February and March. Jonas will be 'In Conversation' with Prof Bren Neale in an expert session on Qualitative Longitudinal Research and he will be contributing to a mini research symposium on vocational pathways, inequalities and work as part of the SSP seminar series. He...
Each year we publish blogs written by students who undertook exemplary research on our Masters Applied Research projects. These are research dissertations undertaken with a non-academic partner. This year two students write about their work here. Accompanying Xiangruo's work is his poster which won the Lillian McDermott Award in Physics Education Research from the Institute...
The cost-of-living crisis is pulling low-income communities deeper into poverty. For those most vulnerable, support from family, friends, charities, and community groups is proving a crucial lifeline. Yet, new research demonstrates how these networks of “goodwill” are being depleted, carrying significant social and emotional costs, explain Emma Hyde, Thomas Adnan-Smith and Daniel Edmiston. see the...