Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance

The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence

Media: Video

'Fathers and Fatherhood': videos now available

CCIG Psychosocial and Families, Relationships and Communities Research Programmes organised the CCIG forum 31 dedicated to 'Fathers and fatherhood: policy, representation and experience', the 18th of June, 2013.

Contemporary politics and policies of governing the social in the age of ‘austerity’: Wendy Larner and Sarah Neal discuss John Clarke

CCIG launched on the 21st of May a lecture Series: ‘Being on the line: citizenship, identities and governance in times of crises’.

Family Troubles?

In this video clip, Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Brigid Featherstone and Umut Erel from The Open University present a new book: Family Troubles? changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people (published by Policy Press, April 2013).

Kath Woodward on 'Being in the Zone': a social sciences perspective

'Being in the Zone' explores the theme of 'peak experience' or 'being in the zone' in music, sport and work. This project is an AHRC funded Research Network, co-investigated by Kath Woodward (OU) and Tim Jordan (King's College London).

Kath Woodward is the author of the following publications:

John Holmwood: Education, Neoliberalism and Democracy

Markets, Expertise and the Public University: A crisis in knowledge for democracy?

Lawrence Grossberg: Publicly engaged social science

What kind of publicly engaged social science work is needed to meet the demands of the contemporary world?

FaRComm Event March 2012 part 6: the video now available

this part features the Launch of “Understanding Family meanings” (presented by Megan Doolittle)

FaRComm Event March 2012 part 5: the video now available

This part is featuring the Launch of the journal Families, Relationships and Society (presented Brid Featherstone)

FaRComm Event March 2012 part 4: the video now available

this part presents the following strands within the FaRComm research programme:

Social relations of neighbourhood (introduced by Janet Fink and presented by Helen Lomax and Ellie Jupp)

Gender, households and work (presented by Alison Andrew and Sue Himmelweit) - @20.30