- Research Assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research, Cardiff University
Dr Richard Gater is a research assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), with knowledge of masculinities related research and qualitative research methods.
His PhD was an ethnographic study conducted in the south Wales Valleys in collaboration with a youth centre organisation and explored the school-to-work transition and masculine identity of a group of marginalised working-class young men aged 12–21, alongside interviews with youth workers and a schoolteacher.
Experience
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2023–presentResearch assistant, Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE)
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2022–2023Postdoctoral research fellow, Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data
Education
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2023Cardiff University, PhD Social Science
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2018Cardiff University, Msc Social Science Research Methods
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2017University of South Wales, BA (hons) Sociology with Criminology
Publications
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2023Amalgamated Masculinities: The Masculine Identity of Contemporary Marginalised Working-Class Young Men, Sociology
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2022‘Dirty, dirty job. Not good for your health’: Working-Class Men and their Experiences and Relationships with Employment, Palgrave Macmillan
Professional Memberships
- British Sociological Association
Contact Richard for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Location: Cardiff
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @Richard_Gater
- Article Feed
- ORCID
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