Research projects

For biographies and contact details of the research teams please click on their names. To download the key findings for each project please click on the project title or view the complete list of key findings.

Project title	Name	Institution
Identity conflicts of people with learning disabilities and their carers	Prof C Antaki Dr W M Finlay	Loughborough University University of Surrey
Identities and regeneration in the former coalfields of East Durham	Dr K J Bennett	University of Leicester
Identities in transition: A longitudinal study of immigrant children	Prof R J Brown Dr A Rutland Prof C Watters	University of Sussex University of Kent University of Kent
Social identity and tolerance in mixed and segregated areas of N. Ireland	Prof E Cairns Prof M Hewstone Prof J Hughes Prof R Jenkins	University of Ulster University of Oxford Queen's University Belfast University of Sheffield
Mobility and unsettlement: New identity construction in contemporary Britain	Prof S Clarke Dr S Garner	University of the West of England, Bristol Aston University
Imagining Belfast : Political ritual, symbols and crowds	Prof S Connolly Dr D Bryan	Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast
Branded consumption and social identification: Young people and alcohol	Prof C E Griffin Prof C Hackley Dr I Szmigin Dr W Mistral	University of Bath Royal Holloway, London University of Birmingham University of Bath
Are traditional identities in decline?	Prof A F Heath Prof J Curtice M Phillips Prof R Andersen	University of Oxford University of Strathclyde NatCen McMaster University, Canada
Identities in process: Becoming Bangladeshi, African Caribbean and White mothers	Prof W Hollway Prof A A Phoenix	The Open University Institute of Education
Intersecting identities: Women's spaces of sociality in postcolonial London	Prof S Jackson Dr Rosie Cox Dr Yasmeen Narayan Dr Dina Kiwan	Birkbeck College London
Being in public: The multiple childhoods of Mexican 'street' children	Dr G A Jones Ms S Thomas de Benitez	London School of Economics London School of Economics
Ethnicity, identity and social relations in prison	Dr C Phillips	London School of Economics
Urban classroom culture and interaction	Prof B Rampton Dr C Dover Dr R Harris Dr A Georgakopoulou Dr C Leung	King's College London University of Westminster King's College London King's College London King's College London
Identities, educational choice and the white urban middle-classes	Prof D Reay Prof G Crozier Prof D James	University of Cambridge Roehampton University University of the West of England, Bristol
'Deprived white community'? Social action in three Norwich estates, 1940- 2005	Dr B Rogaly Dr R Taylor	University of Sussex Birkbeck, University of London
Making class and self through televised ethical scenarios	Prof B E Skeggs Dr H Wood	Goldsmith's College London De Montfort University
Social identity and social action in Wales: The role of group emotions	Prof R Spears Prof A S R Manstead	Cardiff University Cardiff University
Transsexual identities: Constructions of gender in an NHS gender identity clinic	Dr S Speer Prof R Green	University of Manchester Claybrook Centre Charing Cross Hospital
Post-conflict identities: Practices and affiliations of Somali refugee children	Dr D Sporton Prof G Valentine	University of Sheffield University of Leeds
Identities in neighbour discourse: Community, conflict and exclusion	Dr E H Stokoe Prof D Edwards	Loughborough University Loughborough University
Does work still shape social identities and action?	Dr T E Strangleman Prof S Jefferys Dr J Martin	University of Kent London Metropolitan University Institute of Education
The making of modern motherhoods: Memories, identities and practices	Prof R Thomson Dr M J Kehily	The Open University The Open University
Regenerating identities: Subjectivity in transition in a South Wales workforce	Prof V Walkerdine Prof P Fairbrother	Cardiff University Cardiff University
Work, identity and new forms of political mobilisation: An assessment of broad-based organising and London's living wage campaign	Prof J Wills	Queen Mary, University of London
Identity, performance and social action: Participatory theatre among refugees	Prof N Yuval-Davis Ms E Kaptani	University of East London University of East London