Start date:
January 2020Research Topic:
Precarity and social mobilityResearch pathway:
Social PolicyResearch Supervisor:
Prof Valerie WalkerdineSupervising school:
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff UniversityPrimary funding source:
ESRCResearch keywords:
constructions; coproduction; Precariat; Precarity; psychosocial research; social mobilityASPIRING TO SURVIVE: PRECARIAT CONSTRUCTIONS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
This qualitative, emancipatory research project will utilise psychosocial interviewing and discourse analysis to explore precariat workers perspectives on social mobility policy, comparing and contrasting these with dominant neoliberal discourses and examining the impact of these discourses on participants’ lived experiences. The research will also incorporate co-designed elements.
Email:
jonesjp5@cardiff.ac.uk