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Richard Gater

Dr Richard Gater

Research Assistant

School of Social Sciences

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.

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