Queer-in(g) Education: mis/uses and matterings
Calling all educators, researchers, and advocates interested in critically exploring how queer theory has come to matter in the field of gender and sexuality education. Join us for an online...
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Sophie Atherton, Dr
Research Fellow at University of Edinburgh
Sophie Atherton is a research fellow in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society in the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She is currently working on an ESRC-funded project entitled ‘Viral Memories: From HIV to Covid-19 and Beyond’ which explores gay men’s experiences of Covid-19 and their memories of HIV in the UK. In 2023 she obtained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester. Her PhD investigated the experiences of transgender secondary school students in the UK. Her interests include the sociology of gender and sexuality, the sociology of education, youth studies and qualitative methods.
Sophie Atherton's contributions
Speaking the unspoken: Teaching and learning about transgender identities
In 2020, guidance published by the Department for Education stated that relationships and sex education (RSE) in England should discuss ‘LGBT content at a timely point’ (DfE, 2019, p. 15)....
Continue reading blog postThe ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact
This ECR Conference celebrated the journey of “becoming” an educational researcher. It was an opportunity to celebrate and disseminate small and big successes in ECRs’ journey from research...
Practical research considerations for PGRs and ECRs: Adaptability, resilience and career transitions
On 7 June 2022 postgraduates (PGRs) and early career researchers (ECRs) with an interest in youth studies met for a virtual event, facilitated by the youth study groups of three UK organisations:...
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Practical research considerations for PGRs and ECRs: Adaptability, resilience, and career transitions
Online registration has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. This fifth session in our Researching Youth Seminar series consists of two one-hour sessions and is geared towards...
Creative Methods – part I
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register The second session in our Researching Youth Seminar series will unpack creative methods, the first of...