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The Thanks for Typing Podcast is part of Ros Edwards’ and Val Gillies’ research journey uncovering the hidden impact of social researchers’ wives. In this 6 episode podcast series, they explore how wives helped to shape classic works that set foundations for how modern sociology was thought of and carried out including investigations of communities, class and family life.
I am Professor of Sociology and a Visiting Fellow of the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Southampton. I’m also a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. My research focuses on family lives and policies, and on qualitative research methods and decolonising research approaches.
I am Professor of Social Policy at the University of Westminster. My PhD thesis published in 2006 explored the experiences of disadvantaged, working class mothers. Since then I have researched and published widely in the area of family, social class, marginalised children and young people and historical comparative analysis.