Episode 20 features Dr Fiona Bloomer, a Lecturer in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University. Dr Bloomer has centred her research on gender issues, with a particular focus on abortion including: abortion policy, abortion stigma,
Episode 19 features Dr Lesley Hoggart of the Open University. Lesley is Associate Head of School (research excellence) in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care. She specialises in qualitative research, with research interests focused on reproductive health, abortion policy and
In episode 18, Karen talks to Dr Carrie Purcell, a Research Associate, in the Social Relationships & Health Improvement Programme at the MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Carrie talks about a recent publication in the British
In Episode 17, Rachael Eastham, a doctoral student at University of Lancaster in the Division of Health Research, talks to Karen about her study on ‘The negotiation of the fertile body: women’s life history experiences of using contraception and managing
In Episode 16 Karen talks to Rebecca MacGilleEathain (Maclean), a doctoral student at the University of the West of Scotland. Rebecca’s work is on young people’s experiences of sex education and their knowledge. In the podcast I talk to Rebecca about her
In Episode 15 karen talks to Dr Britta Wigginton, an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, at The University of Queensland. She is first author of a paper entitled ‘A qualitative analysis of women’s explanations for changing contraception: the importance of non-contraceptive effects‘, published in the Journal
