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Dr Charlotte Bates
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Charlotte Bates
Senior Lecturer
Overview
Charlotte's work explores the entanglements and connections between the body, everyday life and place, with a particular focus on belonging and our relationships with the worlds around us. She has researched and written about swimming and wellbeing, inclusive design and care, and illness and everyday life. Charlotte is interested in developing more 'artful and crafty' approaches to research, and works with live, sensory and mobile methods including video and walking. She is especially interested in interdisciplinary and creative collaborations.
Publication
2026
- Bates, C. 2026. Walking into the current. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking. A sociological field guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Jackson, E. and Bates, C. 2026. Introduction: A sociological field guide. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking. A sociological field guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press
2024
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Bobbing in the park: wild swimming, conviviality and belonging. Leisure Studies 43 (6), pp.887-899. (10.1080/02614367.2022.2085774)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Drawn together by the sea: Swimming, waves, and well-being. In: Brown, M. ed. The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning. London: Routledge. , pp.66-76. (10.4324/9781003272496-6)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Outdoor swimming: water, wellbeing, and wildness. In: Picken, F. and Waterton, E. eds. Shores, Surfaces and Depths. Oceanic Cultures of Tourism and Leisure. Routledge Studies in Cultural History Routledge. , pp.177-191. (10.4324/9781003248231-13)
2023
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2023. Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing. Visual Studies 38 (1), pp.69-80. (10.1080/1472586X.2021.1884499)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2023. Submerging bodies in cold waters. In: Bates, C. and Moles, K. eds. Living with Water. Everyday Encounters and Liquid Connections. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.217-234. (10.7765/9781526161734.00028)
- Bates, C. , Moles, K. and Kroese, L. M. 2023. Animating sociology. Sociological Review 71 (5), pp.976-991. (10.1177/00380261231156688)
- Moles, K. and Bates, C. 2023. Living with water. In: Bates, C. and Moles, K. eds. Living with Water. Everyday encounters and liquid connections. Manchester University Press. , pp.n/a.
2022
- Bates, C. , Hancock, R. and Truong, A. H. 2022. Bodies, with Charlotte Bates [audio podcast episode]. Uncommon Sense 2022-09-22Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.cltk5976.
- Bates, C. , Jackson, E. and Sharma, P. 2022. Introduction to August's theme: Water. [Online].(10.51428/tsr.pnwb3923)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.pnwb3923.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2022. My cold hug and confidante. [Online].Online: The Outdoor Swimming Society. Available at: https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/my-cold-hug-and-confidante/.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2022. Swimming without water: Buckets, bins and bathtubs. [Online].(10.51428/tsr.arsq2915)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.arsq2915.
2021
- Bates, C. , Moles, K. and Kroese, L. M. 2021. The water holds me/the water binds us. Vimeo.com: Vimeo. Available at: https://vimeo.com/596662522.
- Moles, K. and Bates, C. 2021. Laughter, trust and friendship in the water. [Online].Vol. JuneOrca Community Blog. Available at: https://www.orca.com/gb-en/community/blog/20210617/frienship-water/.
2020
- Bates, C. 2020. Rewilding education? Exploring an imagined and experienced outdoor learning space. Children's Geographies 18 (3), pp.364-374. (10.1080/14733285.2019.1673880)
- Bates, C. 2020. Video diaries. In: Vannini, P. ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video. London and New York: Routledge. , pp.135-154.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2020. Suspended and immersed: video methods and wild swimming. [Online].The Sociological Review. Available at: https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/suspended-and-immersed-video-methods-and-wild-swimming/.
2019
- Bates, C. 2019. Vital bodies: Living with illness. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
2018
- Bates, C. 2018. Conviviality, disability and design in the city. The Sociological Review 66 (5), pp.984-999. (10.1177/0038026118771291)
2017
- Bates, C. 2017. Desire lines: walking in Woolwich. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. London: Routledge. , pp.55-69. (10.4324/9781315561547-5)
- Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. 2017. Finding our feet. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. Routledge
2016
- Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. 2016. Configuring the caring city: ownership, healing, openness. In: Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. eds. Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities. Chichester: Wiley. , pp.95-114.
- Bates, C. and Kullman, K. 2016. Caring urban futures. In: Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. eds. Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities. Chichester: Wiley. , pp.236-240.
2015
- Bates, C. 2015. Intimate encounters: making video diaries about embodied everyday life. In: Bates, C. ed. Video Methods: Social Science Research in Motion. Routledge Advances in Research Methods Abingdon and New York: Routledge. , pp.10-26.
- Bates, C. 2015. Introduction: Putting things in motion. In: Bates, C. ed. Video Methods: Social Science Research in Motion. Routledge Advances in Research Methods Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.1-9.
2013
- Bates, C. 2013. Video diaries: audio-visual research methods and the elusive body. Visual Studies 28 (1), pp.29-37. (10.1080/1472586X.2013.765203)
2011
- Bates, C. 2011. Experimenting with sociology: a view from the outlook tower. Sociological Research Online 16 (3), pp.154-157. (10.5153/sro.2359)
Articles
- Bates, C. 2018. Conviviality, disability and design in the city. The Sociological Review 66 (5), pp.984-999. (10.1177/0038026118771291)
- Bates, C. 2011. Experimenting with sociology: a view from the outlook tower. Sociological Research Online 16 (3), pp.154-157. (10.5153/sro.2359)
- Bates, C. 2020. Rewilding education? Exploring an imagined and experienced outdoor learning space. Children's Geographies 18 (3), pp.364-374. (10.1080/14733285.2019.1673880)
- Bates, C. 2013. Video diaries: audio-visual research methods and the elusive body. Visual Studies 28 (1), pp.29-37. (10.1080/1472586X.2013.765203)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Bobbing in the park: wild swimming, conviviality and belonging. Leisure Studies 43 (6), pp.887-899. (10.1080/02614367.2022.2085774)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2023. Immersive encounters: video, swimming and wellbeing. Visual Studies 38 (1), pp.69-80. (10.1080/1472586X.2021.1884499)
- Bates, C. , Moles, K. and Kroese, L. M. 2023. Animating sociology. Sociological Review 71 (5), pp.976-991. (10.1177/00380261231156688)
Audio
- Bates, C. , Hancock, R. and Truong, A. H. 2022. Bodies, with Charlotte Bates [audio podcast episode]. Uncommon Sense 2022-09-22Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.cltk5976.
Book sections
- Bates, C. 2017. Desire lines: walking in Woolwich. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. London: Routledge. , pp.55-69. (10.4324/9781315561547-5)
- Bates, C. 2015. Intimate encounters: making video diaries about embodied everyday life. In: Bates, C. ed. Video Methods: Social Science Research in Motion. Routledge Advances in Research Methods Abingdon and New York: Routledge. , pp.10-26.
- Bates, C. 2015. Introduction: Putting things in motion. In: Bates, C. ed. Video Methods: Social Science Research in Motion. Routledge Advances in Research Methods Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.1-9.
- Bates, C. 2020. Video diaries. In: Vannini, P. ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video. London and New York: Routledge. , pp.135-154.
- Bates, C. 2026. Walking into the current. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking. A sociological field guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. 2016. Configuring the caring city: ownership, healing, openness. In: Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. eds. Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities. Chichester: Wiley. , pp.95-114.
- Bates, C. and Kullman, K. 2016. Caring urban futures. In: Bates, C. , Imrie, R. and Kullman, K. eds. Care and Design: Bodies, Buildings, Cities. Chichester: Wiley. , pp.236-240.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Drawn together by the sea: Swimming, waves, and well-being. In: Brown, M. ed. The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning. London: Routledge. , pp.66-76. (10.4324/9781003272496-6)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2024. Outdoor swimming: water, wellbeing, and wildness. In: Picken, F. and Waterton, E. eds. Shores, Surfaces and Depths. Oceanic Cultures of Tourism and Leisure. Routledge Studies in Cultural History Routledge. , pp.177-191. (10.4324/9781003248231-13)
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2023. Submerging bodies in cold waters. In: Bates, C. and Moles, K. eds. Living with Water. Everyday Encounters and Liquid Connections. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.217-234. (10.7765/9781526161734.00028)
- Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. 2017. Finding our feet. In: Bates, C. and Rhys-Taylor, A. eds. Walking Through Social Research. Routledge
- Jackson, E. and Bates, C. 2026. Introduction: A sociological field guide. In: Bates, C. and Jackson, E. eds. Walking. A sociological field guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- Moles, K. and Bates, C. 2023. Living with water. In: Bates, C. and Moles, K. eds. Living with Water. Everyday encounters and liquid connections. Manchester University Press. , pp.n/a.
Books
- Bates, C. 2019. Vital bodies: Living with illness. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Videos
- Bates, C. , Moles, K. and Kroese, L. M. 2021. The water holds me/the water binds us. Vimeo.com: Vimeo. Available at: https://vimeo.com/596662522.
Websites
- Bates, C. , Jackson, E. and Sharma, P. 2022. Introduction to August's theme: Water. [Online].(10.51428/tsr.pnwb3923)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.pnwb3923.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2022. My cold hug and confidante. [Online].Online: The Outdoor Swimming Society. Available at: https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/my-cold-hug-and-confidante/.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2020. Suspended and immersed: video methods and wild swimming. [Online].The Sociological Review. Available at: https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/suspended-and-immersed-video-methods-and-wild-swimming/.
- Bates, C. and Moles, K. 2022. Swimming without water: Buckets, bins and bathtubs. [Online].(10.51428/tsr.arsq2915)Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.51428/tsr.arsq2915.
- Moles, K. and Bates, C. 2021. Laughter, trust and friendship in the water. [Online].Vol. JuneOrca Community Blog. Available at: https://www.orca.com/gb-en/community/blog/20210617/frienship-water/.
Teaching
Charlotte currently convenes the modules Qualitative Research Methodologies and Creative Methodologies on the Social Science Research Methods Masters programme.
Biography
Charlotte previously worked at Goldsmiths, University of London as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sociology Department and at the University of Oxford as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Geography and the Environment before joining Cardiff as a Lecturer in 2017.
Academic qualifications
- PhD in Visual Sociology
- Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods
- MA in Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health
- BA in Philosophy
Supervisions
Current projects
- Safi Bailey A year of immersion into the River Thames: Diving into the seasonal social worlds of river swimming (supervised with Kate Moles)
Past projects
- Rhiannon Craft Details of an education: The mechanics of eco-social resilience amongst vehicle dwellers 2024 (supervised with Tom Hall)
