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Professor Beverley Skeggs | Sociology | 22 April 2013
There has been a great deal of interest in how capital has intervened in almost every area of life, leading some to propose new forms of capital eg ‘emotional capitalism’, and others to suggest that processes of valuation are now the majo ...
Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013
Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...
Professor Lucinda Platt | Education | 01 April 2013
The millennium cohort study (mcs) is a unique, multidisciplinary research resource. Following the lives of over 19,000 children born across the uk around the turn of the millennium, it has collected information about and from them at ages nine months ...
Mr Mark Smith | Social Work | 04 February 2013
Child protection systems across the english-speaking world have been subject to damning critique in recent years, to the extent that some commentators conclude that they may be doing more harm than good. Against this backdrop, the recent munro review ...
Professor Phil Scraton | Human Rights | 01 February 2013
Northern ireland is in transition from three decades of conflict. Devolution of powers to the northern ireland assembly has brought gradual progress towards the normalisation of policing and justice. Yet the legacy of conflict persists, its manifesta ...
Professor Yvette Taylor | Sociology | 18 January 2013
The overall aim of the critical diversities@ the intersection: policies, practices, perspectives seminar series is to stimulate discussion and critical thinking around the construction, debates and enduring divisions in ‘diversity’ as a c ...
Miss Mairead Enright | Socio Legal Studies | 17 January 2013
Our series explores the role of private law in shaping political struggle. We are interested in mapping the ways in which engagement with private law might by turns enhance and restrict political engagement between opposing groups and between the cit ...
Professor Michael Lamb | Psychology | 02 January 2013
The study will explore the early social experiences and development of infants raised from birth by gay fathers in the uk, france, and the netherlands. Infants and parents will be observed interacting when the infants are four months old, and the par ...
Dr Paul Lambert | Sociology | 01 January 2013
This project measures, and investigates trends in, ‘social distance’ in the uk. using secondary survey datasets that feature information of social connections held by people (eg the uk’s british household panel survey and und ...
Dr Katherine Smith | Social Policy | 01 January 2013
This project will explore: how individuals involved in developing uk public health policies are experiencing efforts to increase/improve the use of evidence (eg what policymakers think about ‘research impact’ agendas and guidelines for in ...
Outputs
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David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Organised event
Second project event held at the university of manchester - presentation of research findings from phase 2 of the from boys to men project, other speakers from edinburgh napier university, keele university and university of linköping, sweden.
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Organised event
First project event held at keele university - presentation of research findings from phase 1 of the from boys to men project. Other speakers included representatives from: arch north staffs, tender, barnardos, nidas and respond.
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Interview schedule
In-depth interviews are a powerful means of generating data that better help us address ‘why’ questions about violence and were used in the from boys to men research project to explore young men’s accounts of violence: what had happened to them? what ...
David Gadd | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Interview schedule
The topics for focus group discussion were broadly centred around the causes of domestic abuse: the nature of abuse according to different couple types (as a result of age, ethnicity, sexual orientation); abuse in teenage relationships; domestic abus ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Claire Fox | 18 May 2013 | Socio Legal Studies | Questionnaire
The attitudes towards domestic violence (adv) questionnaire was specifically designed to assess children’s attitudes to domestic abuse and was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a six week educational prevention programme, called ‘relationship ...
Rachel Condry | 14 May 2013 | Sociology | Dissemination / Communication
Invited presentation to the london parenting practitioners forum, youth justice board, london.
Rachel Condry | 14 May 2013 | Sociology | Conference paper/presentation
Adolescent to parent violence is a largely ‘invisible’ form of family violence which remains unarticulated within the fields of youth justice, policing, domestic violence, and criminology. This is despite limited research evidence to suggest that it ...
Features
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Feature | 05 October 2012 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Stable, nurturing relationships may help you stay fit and healthy, according to new esrc-funded research. The study found that being in supportive relationships with low levels of conflicts and stress may help some individuals keep slim and physicall ...
Feature | 22 May 2012 | General public, Press/media, Schools
Financial problems, marital difficulties, job loss and personal illness can trigger episodes of bipolar depression and mania, according to new research findings.
Feature | 21 February 2012 | General public, International, Press/media
Migrant women maintain their emotional and parenting bond with left-behind children through frequent use of new media - including mobile phone, texting, email, webcam calls and instant messaging.
Press Releases
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Press Release | 12 February 2013 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
As international criminal gangs increasingly target online dating and social networking sites, as a means of extorting money from unwary victims, research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc) suggests that new strategies are need ...
Press Release | 29 October 2012 | Academic, Further education, General public, Higher education, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Introducing abstinence education into uk schools could be a less effective substitute for comprehensive sex and relationship education (sre) aimed at children and young adults, say a research team led by sheffield hallam university.
Press Release | 05 March 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Higher education, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
Do your parents know where you are at night? according to 36 per cent of 15 year old boys and nearly a quarter of 15 year old girls the answer to that question, at least once a month, is no
Press Release | 02 March 2012 | Academic, Business, Further education, General public, Partnerships, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools, Voluntary sector
Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers.
Press Release | 27 October 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Schools, Voluntary sector
Parents who joke and pretend with their toddlers are giving their children a head start in terms of life skills. Most parents are naturals at playing the fool with their kids, says a new research project funded by the economic and social research cou ...
Press Release | 03 April 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Young people's satisfaction with their family situation is clearly related to the quality of relationships with parents and especially their mother’s happiness. The research findings come from the first findings from understanding society, the world’ ...
Press Release | 01 April 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Just in time for mother’s day teens have spoken out on what they consider makes a good mother. The project young lives and times, part of the timescapes study and funded by the economic and social research council (esrc), reveals how teens view their ...
Press Release | 02 March 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Young people in the uk are very satisfied with their lives with 70 per cent rating themselves as happy or very happy. These are the first findings from understanding society, the world’s largest household panel study managed by the institute of socia ...
Press Release | 28 February 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
The first findings from the world’s largest study of households are now published. With data on our working lives, relationships, health, finances and neighbourhoods the understanding society publication gives an early taste of the social landscape o ...
Press Release | 14 February 2011 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Whether you are married or cohabiting with your partner, the vast majority of couples in the uk are happy in their relationship. Initial findings from understanding society show that around 90 per cent of individuals who are living with a partner are ...
