Overview
I am a research assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), with knowledge of masculinities related research and qualitative research methods.
Publication
2022
- Gater, R. 2022. The 21st Century Ladz: The school-to-work transition and masculine identity of marginalised working-class young men from the South Wales Valleys. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
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Articles
- Gater, R. . Amalgamated masculinities: The masculine identity of contemporary marginalised working-class young men. Sociology
Thesis
- Gater, R. 2022. The 21st Century Ladz: The school-to-work transition and masculine identity of marginalised working-class young men from the South Wales Valleys. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Biography
I am a research assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), with knowledge of masculinities related research and qualitative research methods.
My 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.
Honours and awards
2017: School of Humanities and Social Sciences prize for: Best Undergraduate Dissertation by a Sociology Student, University of South Wales
Professional memberships
Member of the British Sociological Association
Academic positions
2022 - 2023: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Cardiff University
Research themes
Specialisms
- Studies of men and masculinities
- Gender, health and well-being
- Gender, sexuality and education