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CRFR PhD Students |
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list consists of CRFR PhD students who are conducting research
on families and relationships |
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Andrew
Bell
The University of Edinburgh |
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Andrew
previously worked at Children in Scotland, where he was
employed as a research
assistant for a year and a half. Andrew is a graduate
of the University of Edinburgh's
psychology programme. |
| Current
project |
Staying
Together: an exploration of longer term married relationships
Staying Together: an exploration of longer term married
relationships, is an ESRC CASE
funded project, being undertaken in collaboration with
Care for the Family, an organisation
that aims to strengthen family life. |
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s9745126@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Emma Davidson
The University of Edinburgh
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Prior
to starting her PhD study Emma was a research associate
at Heriot Watt University and worked
on a number of projects examining current policy and practice
in relation to antisocial behaviour.
She recently completed an MSc in Childhood Studies and
will proceed with her PhD fieldwork
in Spring 2009. |
| Current
project |
Antisocial
behaviour and children: their spaces, relationships and
interactions with formal policy
The aim of the research is to explore how ASB is defined
and given meaning by young people.
Through an ethnographic case study, the research will
explore ASB within a particular spatial context
and examine whether policies in this area have affected
young people’s relationships with peers,
family members and the wider community.
Specifically, it will consider:
• What and who is ASB? Does this definition vary
according to place, space and people involved?
• How are these definitions constructed, elaborated
and focused on and by whom?
• How has ASB affected the everyday lives of young
people – their places, spaces and relationships
– and how do these experiences vary across different
young people?
• How and to what extent do young people exercise
agency in these processes? |
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e.c.davidson-1@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk |
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Emma
Doyle
The University of Edinburgh |
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Emma graduated
from NUI, Galway in 2006 with a BA(International) in Sociology
& Political Science
and French. She completed an MSc in Anthropology of Health
and Illness at the University of Edinburgh
in 2008 and then spent two years working for NHS Lothian
in the field of mental health information.
She has now started a PhD in Public Health Sciences. |
| Current
project |
Calling
NHS 24: An exploration of illness behaviour amongst patients
using the service
NHS 24 receives over 1.5 million calls per year and over
750,000 hits to its website. The service is
likely to be transforming aspects of illness behaviour
as options for patients increase and they interact
in different ways with service providers. This project
aims to explore illness behaviour amongst patients
using NHS 24 for self-limiting conditions.
This research is funded through an ESRC CASE studentship,
in association with NHS 24. |
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| NHS 24, unscheduled
care, health and illness behaviour, self-limiting conditions,
popular and professional sectors of healthcare. |
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e.a.doyle@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Helen
Graham |
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Helen began
her postgraduate study in 2006, after graduating from
the University of Edinburgh
with a degree in Economics and Politics. Having completed
her masters by research, she is now
pursuing a PhD in Social Policy. |
| Current
project |
Effect
of family policies on the household division of paid work
and care
The research is an investigation of the effect of family
policies on the household division
of paid work and care, through secondary analysis of large
scale survey data.
The research is funded by an ESRC quota studentship held
by CRFR.
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care and caring
practices, employment, gender issues, household divisions
of labour
household economy, work and families / relationships |
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0131 651 3214 |
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h.m.graham@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool |
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Stephen
Hinchliffe
The University of Edinburgh |
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| Stephen graduated
from the University of Cambridge in 1992 with a degree
in Mathematics, and holds a post-graduate diploma in Land
Economics from the University of Aberdeen and a masters
by research in Social Policy from the University of Edinburgh.
He subsequently worked for a number of years in the provision
of support to vulnerable adults. More recently, he has
spent six years in the Government Statistical Service,
including a period as manager of the Scottish Household
Survey. |
| Current
project |
Growing
up in Scotland within an international context
Collaboration within households: an analysis of birth
cohort studies
This studentship aims to enhance knowledge of parenting
in the early years in Scotland. It will explore
the concept of collaborative parenting, using birth cohort
data, including that from the Growing Up in
Scotland study, from Scotland, England, Australia and
Denmark, set within the national policy contexts.
The aims of the project include understanding how the
ability of co-resident parents to work together
is influenced by both micro- and macro- level factors,
and to determine how collaborative parenting in
turn affects the welfare and development of young children.
The research is funded through an ESRC CASE studentship,
in association with the
Scottish Government. |
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parents and
parenting; service provision & families / relationships;
family policy and law;
work and families / relationships |
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s.hinchliffe-2@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Caroline
King
The University of Edinburgh |
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Caroline King
is a Researcher who has a background in nursing and health
promotion.
She has been involved in research on children's health
and well-being since 2001.
She is currently a third year PhD student undertaking
a study on child health surveillance
and promotion. |
| Current
project |
Health
for All Children: How professionals and parents experience
the implementation of Hall 4
The project is a qualitative study exploring the implementation
of Hall 4 (the current policy
on child health surveillance) in Lothian, from the perspectives
of health professionals
and parents. |
| Keywords |
| children and
young people; health services; parents and parenting |
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0131 650 3199 |
| Email |
caroline.king@ed.ac.uk |
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Aoife
McKenna
The University of Edinburgh |
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Aoife
graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a TSM
degree in Italian and Classical Civilisations.
Having recently completed both a taught MSc and
an MSc by Research in Social Anthropology at the
University of Edinburgh, she has now started a PhD
in Public Health Sciences. |
| Current
project |
A
sociological study of health-related enhancement
technologies in the context of reproduction
Centre for Population Health Studies
Aoife was awarded a Wellcome Trust funded studentship
under a Biomedical Ethics Strategic programme, "The
Human Body, its Scope, Limits and Future".
The project will investigate sterilization in Brazil
and the U.K., particularly focusing on conceptions
of parenthood and family, constructions of the human
body and its capabilities, and issues of regulation.
The project will link with some of the other core
themes of the wider programme, especially enhancement
and methods in bioethics. |
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| The
body, health, kinship, reproduction, enhancement,
technology, sterilization, Brazil, U.K. |
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A.McKenna@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Christina
McMellon |
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Christina
has a professional background in Community Education and
ten years experience of work
with young people exploring together ways for them to
become actively involved in their lives and
communities.
In 2008 she completed an MSc (with distinction) in Childhood
Studies and was subsequented awarded an ESRC studentship with CRFR, which she began in 2009. |
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Christina's
current research uses collaborative ethnography to explore
young Laotian’s experiences
and understandings of their subjective wellbeing and how
these experiences and assessments are
informed by Lao culture and changing global cultures.
This research emerged from fieldwork completed with young
people in Northern Laos for Christina's
MSc. dissertation which explored young people's perceptions
of the impact of tourism upon their
wellbeing, and is born from a belief that a deep cultural
understanding of young people’s subjective
wellbeing is necessary for those who seek to develop policy
that promotes young people’s wellbeing. |
| Keywords |
| Subjective
wellbeing, Laos, Collaborative ethnography |
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Contactable
by skype: username christina.mcmellon |
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C.A.McMellon@ed.ac.uk |
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http://christinainlaos.wordpress.com/ |
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Fiona
McQueen |
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Currently
studying for a MSc by research in Sociology, Fiona recently
completed an undergraduate
degree at Edinburgh and is planning her PhD at present.
Following on from her undergraduate
dissertation on female sexual pleasure, Fiona is planning
to study sexual communication over
the next four years. |
| Current
project |
Sexual
Communication between heterosexual couples in Scotland
This two stage mixed methods research will first involve
an on-line survey containing questions
on how couples communicate about sexual issues, and potential
barriers between cross-gender understanding. The second
stage will involve in-depth qualitative interviews following
on from
key themes identified in stage one. The main aim of this
research is to question how differing
masculinities and femininities compliment and conflict
with each other in creating an understanding
of gender hierarchies. |
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| Keywords |
| Sexuality,
heterosexuality, power, communication, emotions |
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fiona.mcqueen@ed.ac.uk |
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Fiona
Morrison
The University of Edinburgh |
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Fiona has
an undergraduate degree in Community Education from the
University of Dundee and an MSc in Childhood Studies from
the University
of Edinburgh. She has held a variety of posts in the voluntary
sector.
Prior to undertaking her studentship, she worked at Scottish
Women’s Aid
as a Children’s Policy Worker. |
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project |
Children’s
perspectives of contact with non-resident fathers when
there is a history of domestic abuse
Fiona was awarded a CASE ESRC studentship with Scottish
Women’s Aid and the Centre
for Research in Families and Relationships (CRFR). Her
research focuses on children’s
views and experiences of contact when there is history
of domestic abuse, and their views
of contact policy and legislation. |
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0131 651 3844 |
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F.Morrison-5@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Sarah
Morton
The University of Edinburgh |
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Sarah has
an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology
from the University
of Stirling and an MSc in Community Education from the
University of Edinburgh.
Sarah has been working at CRFR for seven years, taking
a lead on making research more
accessible, and in building networks of academics, policy
makers and practitioners to improve
knowledge exchange. Prior to working at CRFR, she held
a variety of research and networking
posts in the voluntary sector, and taught and conducted
research for the Open University. At CRFR,
her responsibilities for the communication of research
findings enabled her to interact with
external audiences including policy makers and practitioners
from a range of sectors.
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| Current
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Exploring
and assessing research impact in the social sciences
Sarah Morton was awarded an ESRC Competition Studentship
and, having completed an
MSc by Research in Social Policy, she is working with
Sandra Nutley (Management School) on how
research is used in policy making, with a particular focus
on the issue of impact and how it could be
said that research has had an impact on a policy or practice
area. This will draw on some of the work
she has done at CRFR, as well as developing new work using
an action research model.
Sarah is currently surveying local authorities about their
use of research. You can complete the survey
using this link http://tiny.cc/xf6ca
or by downloading copy here.
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| Family policy, knowledge
exchange |
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0131 651 1939 |
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s.morton@ed.ac.uk |
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www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk |
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Kate
Norman
The University of Edinburgh |
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Kate
is a retired Social Worker who worked with people
with learning disabilities, physical disabilities
and people with mental health problems before becoming
involved in supporting and monitoring private sector
provision of social care services. She set up a
consultancy business in 2004 and ran this for five
years, working with a wide range of services and
client groups. She devised and
implemented a monitoring system to provide detailed feedback on quality of
service provision,
at over thirty service locations,
prior to beginning an ESRC 1+ 3 studentship in September
2009.
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Transgender
people's experiences of health and social care provision
in Scotland
Kate's PhD will clarify how the health and social
care needs of transgender people are met in Scotland,
according to their perceived and/or preferred gender
identity, their adaptation, transference or new
learning
of gender based interpersonal behaviours, and the
attitudes and discrimination which they encounter.
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K.Norman@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Sharani
Osborn
The University of Edinburgh |
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| Sharani studied English and French at the University of Otago in New Zealand before moving into the social sciences through a Masters in Social Research from the Open University, completed in 2009. She came to The University of Edinburgh (CRFR) in 2011 to work towards a PhD in Sociology. |
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Becoming a Father: Men’s orientations and decisions in relation to having children
The studentship, funded by the ESRC through the Centre for Population Change (CPC) comprises
a qualitative interview project in Edinburgh with men who are fathers, and a smaller sample of men
who are not fathers. The aim of the research is to explore how men understand the place of
fatherhood in the life course and in relation to other life domains, as well as the factors shaping
decisions around having children for men who are and are not fathers. |
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Men and fertility; fatherhood; new fatherhood |
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S.E.Osborn@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Sarah
Rogers
The University of Edinburgh |
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Sarah
graduated from Edinburgh University in 2007 with
an Honours degree in Law (1st Class) and subsequently
completed the Diploma in Legal Practice in 2009.
She is currently studying for an MSc by research
in Social Policy upon completion of which she will
undertake a PhD in Social Policy.
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Exploring
the lives of families with young children over time
using the Growing up in Scotland study
The specific subject area of this project is yet
to be confirmed but it is intended to exploit the
longitudinal nature of GUS.
The research is funded by an ESRC quota studentship
held by CRFR. |
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S.L.Rogers@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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Scott
Tindal
The University of Edinburgh |
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Having completed his undergraduate degree in 2009 in Human Geography (hons, 1st class), Scott
developed a specific interest in international migration, fertility and family formation and dynamics.
He pursued this interest by undertaking an MSc in Population and Welfare Geography (distinction)
at the University of Dundee. Having completed several research projects using both quantitative
and qualitative methodologies, Scott has joined the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research
on Families and Relationships (CRFR) on an ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) PhD
scholarship in the area of knowledge exchange.
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This studentship aims to contribute to the body of research concerned with knowledge exchange.
This project explores the processes of non-academic engagement at the interface between researchers and non-academic research-users, for example; policymakers, charities, private
companies, and other stakeholders including the wider public. This study uses the case study
of the CPC to explore how demography and population research is disseminated across a wide
range of different research-using audiences.
Drawing on critical theoretical perspectives, this study seeks to understand how the construction
and diffusion of knowledge changes in accordance to the social networks in which that knowledge
is produced by using concepts such as power, influence, legitimisation and connections.
The research uses observational methods, interviews and document analysis. The data collected will
be used as the basis of a Social Network Analysis (SNA) as well as a more qualitative narrative of the
knowledge exchange processes at the CPC. The results from the research will not produce ‘answers’,
but reflections on how academics and non-academic users can better communicate their findings,
needs and requirements to each other by mapping both the networks of research-users, and the
process of knowledge exchange.
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Population research use, non-academic dissemination, knowledge exchange. |
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S.R.Tindal-2@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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http://www.cpc.ac.uk/ |
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Morag
Treanor
The University of Edinburgh |
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Since completing
an MSc in Social Research Methods in 2001, Morag has worked
as a researcher
in the private, academic and voluntary
sectors. She is an experienced social researcher and project
manager with a wide range of research skills, particularly in
relation to children and young people,
education, voluntary service users and evaluation. She is also a
qualified teacher with experience
in the primary and secondary sectors. |
| Current
project |
Exploring
the impact of assets and vulnerabilities of families living
in poverty, and persistent
poverty, on children's early cognitive, social, emotional
and behavioural outcomes, as a predictor of future educational attainment.
There is a strong association between children's early
cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural (CSEB) outcomes
on school readiness and future educational attainment.
Living in poverty, and persistent poverty, is a known risk factor of poor early outcomes and future
educational achievement.
The principal aim of this PhD is to explore the impact
of assets and vulnerabilities, including family circumstances
and change in circumstances, across time, of families
living in poverty, and persistent
poverty in Scotland, on children's early CSEB outcomes,
as a predictor of future educational attainment, using the Growing up in Scotland (GUS) data. |
| Keywords |
| Children
and young people, inequality, poverty in the UK, persistent
poverty, education,
sustainable livelihoods. |
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morag.c.treanor@ed.ac.uk |
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Julie
Watson
The University of Edinburgh |
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Julie Watson
has a background in Palliative Care Nursing and has been
involved in research projects developing end of life care
in Care Homes. These were specifically on the evaluation
of two end of life care tools; the Gold Standards Framework
for Care Homes and the Liverpool Care Pathway for the
Last Days of Life. More recently she worked as a Research
Fellow at the Cancer Care Research Centre at the University
of Stirling.
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Living
and Dying with Dementia: Supporting Families and Relationships
Julie is currently doing a Masters by Research as part
of a 1+3 ESRC Studentship held at CRFR.
She hopes to conduct an action research project in care
homes for her PhD. |
| Keywords |
| End of Life
Care, Dementia, Families, Action Research |
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J.E.Watson-1@sms.ed.ac.uk |
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