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Rosie Read

Bournemouth University


Rosie Read

I am Principal Lecturer Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University, UK. I am a social anthropologist and my research spans social anthropology and sociology, using a range oof qualitative and ethnographic research methods.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Czech Republic; England (UK); Europe;
Topics Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Autonomy; Care economy; Care in rural and other non-urban settings; Care integration/ coordination; Co-production in LTC; Community-based LTC; COVID-19 and other infectious diseases and LTC; Economics of LTC; Employment education and family carers; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Gender and care; Home/domiciliary care; Housing and care; Living arrangements; Local care ecosystems; Loneliness among older people; Long term care subsidies; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Systems; LTC Workforce; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Pensions; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Social connection; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Case studies; Co-production methods; Creative research methods; Document analysis; Ethnography; Focus groups; Literature reviews and synthesis; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Thematic analysis;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Economics of Long-Term Care; Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care Policy;
Websitehttps://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/rread
ORC.ID0000-0002-7378-0496
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rosie-read-876385207/
Research interests

My research explores care, work, volunteering, community, gender, class, feminism, social reproduction and the state. I’m especially engaged with feminist scholarship on the undervaluing of caring work (waged and unwaged) within health and social care systems.