My PhD research ~ Fathers juggling work family and home in contemporary London

[robstephenson]

Hi!

I am doing a PhD at Queen Mary, University of London, in collaboration with the Geffrye

Museum of the Home.

http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/stephensonr.html]

I wonder whether you would be interested [or anyone else you know in your position]in helping me with my research study on Men Juggling Home, Family and Work in contemporary London?

I have just entered my 2nd fieldwork year and am actively seeking participants who are male primary carers, looking after their children at home. These need not be full-time carers; they may be engaged in other work such as part-time employment or perhaps are self-employed or volunteer. I was a primary carer myself in the 1980s and now co-parent my 2 year-old son with my wife, a Children's Geographer at London South Bank University, so am anxious to explore the hidden voices of these 'pioneering men and use any appropriate means to try and contact these hard-to-find fathers. I am particularly interested in young fathers and any fathers from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds as they are definitely under-represented in current research globally but all participants are welcomed

The outcome of my research will be presented at a small exhibition at the Geffrye Museum of the Home, Hoxton and be disseminated to a wider audience academically and, hopefully, to support organisations and policymakers and practitioners.

I hope this may be of interest and feel free to email me or phone me on 07758 366632 at any time for more detailed information about the Project. I can also be reached via Facebook .. Robert Stephenson ... or on Twitter ... @canalboathome ...

I will be delighted to hear from you.

Very best wishes,

Robert Stephenson BSc (Hons) FRGS

Room 218

School of Geography

Queen Mary

University of London

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