WRDTP Conference 2020: Panel Discussion; Well-being in Research
Kate Reed
Kate Reed is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. She has written and researched extensively on reproductive health. She was the Principal Investigator of the research project: ‘End of or Start of Life’? Visual Technology and the Transformation of Traditional Post-Mortem funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. This project won the ESRC Outstanding Societal Impact Prize in 2019. She has published widely in the areas of reproductive health, gender, visual health technology and social theory. Kate is the co-author of ‘Social Life: Contemporary Social Theory’ (2019, Sage) with Matthias Benzer. She is also single author of several monographs including ‘Gender and Genetics: Sociology of the Prenatal’ (2012, Routledge), New Directions in Social Theory: Race, Gender and the Canon (Sage 2006) and Worlds of Health (Praeger 2003).
Useful reference
Reed, K. (2019). ‘Too sensitive for sociology? Researching the taboo subject of baby loss and post-mortem’ in the British Sociological Association Everyday Society
Ian Bache
Ian Bache is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.
Laura Towers
Laura recently completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield, titled ‘Life After Death: Experiences of Sibling Bereavement Over the Life Course’. For this research, Laura interviewed 36 people who had each lived through the death of a brother and/or sister during early adulthood. A central aim was to generate rich narratives of experience that recognise the long-term, relational complexities of life following a death. Laura will begin an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship In October, during which she will disseminate the findings of this PhD through a series of publications and impact events.
Recommended Readings
Buckle, J., Dwyer, S., & Jackson, M. (2010). Qualitative bereavement research: incongruity between the perspectives of participants and research ethics boards. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 13(2), 111-125.
Dyregrov, K. (2004). Bereaved parents’ experience of research participation. Social Science and Medicine, 58, 391-400.
Reed, K. (2019, October 10). Too sensitive for sociology? Researching the taboo subject of baby loss and post-mortem. Retrieved from British Sociological Association: http://es.britsoc.co.uk/too-sensitive-for-sociology-researching-the-taboo-subject-of-baby-loss-and- post-mortem
Woodthorpe, K. (2009). Reflecting on death: The emotionality of the research encounter. Mortality, 14(1), 70-86.