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Jennie Bristow

Dr Jennie Bristow

I am Reader in Sociology, and Strategic Lead for Learning and Teaching Enhancement for the School of Law, Policing and Social Sciences.

I joined CCCU in 2015, following a previous career in journalism and communications.

My research and teaching focuses on generations, education, policy, and parenting culture.

I convene a number of undergraduate modules focused on social policy, and the module 'Growing Up In Society', which employs a generational lens to engage with developments in the sociology of education and family life.  I am also engaged in postgraduate supervision.

My principal area of research investigates the development of rhetoric of generational conflict in cultural, political, and policy discourse. In 2019 I gained funding from the Wellcome Trust to co-convene the Generations Network, an interdisciplinary network of academics and Third Sector organisations actively working with the concept of generation.

I also research developments in education and parenting culture. From 2017-2019, I led a study of the academic-student relationship and the meaning of the university experience, funded by a BA/Leverhulme grant. During Covid-19 pandemic, I delivered a number of articles, public talks and videos reflecting on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on young people. 

Research Projects

  • 'A Qualitative Exploration of Parents’ Experiences of using Food Charity Projects.'. Researcher(s): Mrs Daisy Skirton. Supervisor(s): Dr Jennie Bristow, Dr Jennifer Dvorak. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Assessing the Impact of Participatory Action Research on Police Perceptions and Engagement with Homeless People – The Homelessness Project. Researcher(s): Ms Cassandra Unger. Supervisor(s): Professor Steve Tong, Dr Jennie Bristow, Dr Sarah Lieberman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Miss Cissie Catherine Buxton. Supervisor(s): Dr Jennie Bristow, Professor Shane Blackman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Severed Threads, Enduring Ties. An Anthropological Exploration of the Competing Imaginaries of Inter-Country Adoption from Ethiopia. Researcher(s): Mrs CHIARA COSTA. Supervisor(s): Dr Ruth Rogers, Dr Jennie Bristow, Professor Adrian Holliday. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • UK CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY POLICY UNDER THE CONSERVATIVES SINCE 2010:MULTIPLE-ELITISM OR NEO-PLURALISM?. Researcher(s): Dr ASMAA KADDOUR-TREA. Supervisor(s): Dr Matthew Ogilvie, Professor Peter Vujakovic, Dr Jennie Bristow. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Under the folds of masculinity: A study of young fathers’ parenting identities in London and Kent, in the context of intergenerational relations.. Researcher(s): Miss Cissie Catherine Buxton. Supervisor(s): Dr Jennie Bristow, Professor Shane Blackman. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies
  • Co-convener, Generations Network
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy 

Academia.edu - https://canterbury.academia.edu/JennieBristow    

Personal website - http://jbristow.co.uk/