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Author Archives: Martin Robb
Research assistant wanted
In my last post I mentioned our success in attracting ESRC funding for a new research project on gender and young men, to be carried out in partnership with Action for Children. We’re hoping to get started on the project … Continue reading
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Funding success!
Just before Christmas, Brigid Featherstone, Sandy Ruxton and I received the long-awaited news that our funding bid to the Economic and Social Research Council had been successful. This means that we can finally begin work on our research project, tentatively … Continue reading
Posted in Boys and young men, Masculinities, Research
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Thinking aloud about mums and dads
This week’s Thinking Allowed on Radio 4, presented by Laurie Taylor, focused in part on the subject of men and childbirth. I was asked to write a short piece about my research for the linked Open University website. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Boys and young men, Fathers, Media, Mothers, Research
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‘Mummy’s boys’: my interview on BBC Radio Lancashire
Yesterday I was interviewed on the Ted Robbins show on BBC Radio Lancashire, about my research on boys’ relationships with their mothers. At the time of writing, you can still listen to the programme at the station’s website. The programme’s focus … Continue reading
Posted in Boys and young men, Family relationships, Media, Mothers, Research
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Study for a PhD with the OU
Interested in the topics discussed on this blog, or in other issues relating to work with children, young people and families? Want to take it further, perhaps by doing some research of your own? Then why not consider studying for a … Continue reading
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Mothers, sons and masculinities
In this third post in my series on boys’ relationships with their mothers, I want to explain how my interest in the topic came about, and why I made it the focus of a research study. I first became interested … Continue reading
Posted in Boys and young men, Family relationships, Mothers, Research
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Young men, mothers and family relationships
In this second post in my series on boys’ relationships with their mothers, I want to say something about the background to my research on this topic. As I noted in the last post, studies of young masculinity have until … Continue reading
Mummy’s boys? Young men and maternal relationships
This is the first of a new series of posts, exploring boys’ relationships with their mothers, in which I’ll be sharing the findings from a small-scale research study I conducted a little while ago. My interest in this topic is … Continue reading
Fatherhood and faith in wartime letters: 13
(To see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in this series, click on the links.) Conclusions I’ve decided to bring to a close this series of posts, exploring fathering and faith in my great grandfather’s letters to his son during the First World … Continue reading
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Fatherhood and faith in wartime letters: 12
(To see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in this series, click on the links.) Doing fathering at a distance, and re-creating ‘home’ in words In this post I’ll share my first thoughts about the letter from my great grandfather to my grandfather … Continue reading
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