Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance
The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence
Projects in 2003
Governing the Subjects and Spaces of Ethical Consumption
This research project, funded under the ESRC/ AHRC Cultures of Consumption programme, examines the pragmatics of getting people to adopt 'ethical' consumption behaviour.
Ethnicities, Identities and Social Organisations in Contemporary Rural England
This recently completed Leverhulme Trust funded research examined questions of attachment, inclusion, nation and locality through an examination of the nature of the relationship between the contemporary English countryside and the 'rurally included'. The category 'rurally included' was defined as those rural populations who are 'accounted for' in dominant rural narratives i.e.
Creating Citizen-Consumers: Changing Relationships and Identifications
This recently completed project, funded by the ESRC and AHRB under the 'Cultures of Consumption' research programme, explored changing relationships and identifications in the intersection between the public and public services.
Children's Understanding of their Sibling Relationships
Children's relationships with their brothers and sisters are an important part of their everyday lives. Most research on siblings examines predetermined topics, rather than starting from children's own perspectives.
Young People, Loss and Bereavement
Bereavement is a common - and sometimes life-defining - experience for young people. One study has found that as many as 92 per cent of young people in the UK will experience what they see as a 'significant' bereavement before the age of 16. Between 4 and 7 per cent will lose a parent.