Prospective PhD researchers
I am
available to
supervise PhD candidates at the Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences and the
Centre for Human/Animal Studies at Edge Hill University (Lancashire, UK) in
the
following areas:
- Sociological
approaches
to
understanding climate change,
especially in relation to
food practices, gender and/or childhood. I would also be very
interested in supervising work in relation to the concept of the
Capitalocene.
- Gender studies
- broadly construed, but especially environmental dimensions
(ecofeminism), and
projects related to a critical/feminist focus on (eco)masculinities. Also
gendered dimensions of bodily aesthetics e.g. intersections of the
sociology of the body and gender studies.
- Critical
Animal Studies e.g. sociology of human/animal
relations, especially the political economy of the animal
agri industries, examinations of the animal-industrial complex and the
sociology of veganism / vegan studies. I am also interested in environmental education, climate
and animals ethics education for children.
Completed PhD students
- Carmel Nolan
'Xenotransplantation ‘Politics’ from the Perspective of Lay Publics in
Ireland’ (Lancaster University, 2012)
- Donelle Gadenne 'Veganism
and the Veterinary Profession: An Incongruous Union? The Experiences of
Vegan Veterinary Professionals Working in Small Animal Veterinary
Practice in England' (Edge Hill University 2018-2021) DoS
Current PhD students
- Abi Masefield
'FEEDing
the World and the Right to not be Food' (Edge Hill
University, 2016 - p-t) DoS
- Katherine Jones
'Transition to a Vegan diet: motives and challenges to achieving a
healthful diet' (Edge Hill University, 2021-) 2nd Supervisor
- Kerri Waters
'Agriculture Beyond the Animal: Justice in a contested and changing
landscape' (Edge Hill University, 2021-) DoS
- Cameron Dunnett
'Vegan
Men, Activism, and Ecomasculinities: Possibilities for masculine
transformation among vegan activists' (Edge Hill University 2022-)
DoS
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