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Overview
I am a research assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), with knowledge of masculinities related research and qualitative research methods.
Publication
2024
- Gater, R. 2024. Amalgamated masculinities: The masculine identity of contemporary marginalised working-class young men. Sociology 58(2), pp. 312-329. (10.1177/00380385231172121)
2022
- Gater, R. 2022. 'Dirty, dirty job. Not good for your health?: working-class men and their experiences and relationships with employment. In: Simmons, R. and Simpson, K. eds. Education, Work and Social Change in Britain’s Former Coalfield Communities. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 107-126., (10.1007/978-3-031-10792-4_6)
- Gater, R. 2022. The 21st Century Ladz: The school-to-work transition and masculine identity of marginalised working-class young men from the South Wales Valleys. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Gater, R. 2024. Amalgamated masculinities: The masculine identity of contemporary marginalised working-class young men. Sociology 58(2), pp. 312-329. (10.1177/00380385231172121)
Book sections
- Gater, R. 2022. 'Dirty, dirty job. Not good for your health?: working-class men and their experiences and relationships with employment. In: Simmons, R. and Simpson, K. eds. Education, Work and Social Change in Britain’s Former Coalfield Communities. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 107-126., (10.1007/978-3-031-10792-4_6)
Thesis
- Gater, R. 2022. The 21st Century Ladz: The school-to-work transition and masculine identity of marginalised working-class young men from the South Wales Valleys. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Biography
I am a research assistant at the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), with knowledge of masculinities related research and qualitative research methods.
My PhD was an ethnographic study conducted in the south Wales Valleys in collaboration with a youth centre organisation and explored the school-to-work transition and masculine identity of a group of marginalised working-class young men aged 12–21, alongside interviews with youth workers and a schoolteacher.
Honours and awards
2017: School of Humanities and Social Sciences prize for: Best Undergraduate Dissertation by a Sociology Student, University of South Wales
Professional memberships
Member of the British Sociological Association
Academic positions
2022 - 2023: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Cardiff University
Speaking engagements
Gater, R. (2004). Social Class and Masculinities. Hay Festival. Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
Research themes
Specialisms
- Studies of men and masculinities
- Gender, health and well-being
- Gender, sexuality and education