Research publications
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Language Guide on HomelessnessDrawing on real world language, we show how everyday communication shapes homelessness stigma. The guide offers offers practical guidance for careful communication that helps reduce the stigma of homelessness.
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Journal of Community & Applied Social PsychologyThis paper theorises stigma’s communicative architecture through UK Twitter posts, identifying symbolic shorthands and negative labelling. We propose Performative Invocation and Boundary Policing as processes enabling stigma’s passive perpetuation in everyday discourse.
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Perspectives in Public HealthThis article considers why sociology and public health do not collaborate more frequently and what sociologists might need to do to enhance their contributions to public health. It highlights a group of sociologists who have worked alongside public health practitioners that suggest ways to enhance sociology’s accessibility and use within public health, deriving from a workshop conducted in 2022.
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Journal of Social Distress and HomelessnessThis paper helps explain why homelessness appears in the news more at some times and in some places than others. It shows that media attention is not simply driven by how serious the problem is, but by cultural moments like Christmas that heighten sympathy towards disadvantaged people.
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Frontiers in PsychologyThis study shows how large-scale social media data can reveal shifts in collective emotion during major social events. By tracking emotional change over time across countries, it demonstrates a practical way to monitor public mood. The method offers potential applications in public health, policy planning, and early detection of societal stress.
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Qualitative PsychologyThis article critiques universal use of qualitative research guidelines, showing risks of ethnocentrism. Using FGDs as an example, it proposes a tripartite framework for research context to better align methods with sociocultural settings.
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AJOB Empirical BioethicsThis paper reports the results of a democratic deliberation on childhood vaccination policy in Ontario, Canada. The public forum revealed strong support for mandatory vaccination and educational outreach, alongside contested views on exemptions and consequences for non-compliance
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Sociology of Health & IllnessThis paper examines how patients in an Indian village navigate choices between informal healthcare providers and qualified practitioners. Findings show decisions are shaped by structural constraints of access and affordability, with trust (relational or competence-based) used to negotiate risks across sectors.
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University of GuelphThis booklet summarises information on vaccines for a public deliberation event in Ontario, Canada on vaccines.
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Journal of Community & Applied Social PsychologyThis paper investigates how urban Chinese men conceptualise mental health. Drawing on interviews, it reveals the role of beliefs around emotional control, Confucian ideals, and social conformity, alongside tensions between family support and pressures of modernity.
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International Journal of Education DevelopmentThis paper examines how India’s Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) alters community perceptions of schools. Interviews in a village show how MDMS contributed to a shift from viewing schools as educational spaces to seeing them primarily as providers of free meals.
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Journal of Community & Applied Social PsychologyThe study examined how British newspapers represented poverty. UK poverty was portrayed as affecting vulnerable groups, with little discussion of causes. Foreign poverty was linked to systemic failures. Media shaped public understanding and distanced society from poverty.