Dr Robin Mann

Job Title: WISERD Research Fellow (Localities team)

Institution: Bangor University

Email: r.mann@bangor.ac.uk

Telephone: 01248 388879

Role: Robin is a member of the WISERD localities team

 

Biography

Prior to joining WISERD in 2009 Robin has previously held positions at the Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, where he is now an associate fellow, and before that at the Department of Sociology, University of Bristol.

Research Interests

Robin’s main research interests are in the field of ethnicity and nationalism, with a particular focus on understanding the way concepts of nation, identity, state and ‘the national’ relate to the lived experiences of ordinary people. Other specific interests include: forms of activism, participation and conflict in relation to community, place and locality; intergenerational relationships; and the lived experiences of migrants and minorities.

Current Research

Robin is a member of the “Localities” research team. Other currently projects include ‘Public sentiments towards immigrants and minorities’ (Principal applicant, funded by the Welsh Government, 2010) and ‘Grandparenthood in bilingual families in Wales’ (Co-applicant funded by the Leverhulme Trust, 2010-12) which is a comparative study of intergenerational cultural transmissions within Welsh-speaking and Italian families in Wales. He is also currently working on a book and articles (with Steve Fenton) on national identity, class and resentment in England.

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Recent Publications

Journals

Mann R, Plows A, Patterson C, 2011, ‘Civilising community? A critical exploration of civil society in North West Wales’ Voluntary Sector Review 2(3) pp 317-335 (Available here)

Mann R, 2011, ‘’It just feels English rather than multicultural’ Local interpretations of Englishness and non-Englishness’, The Sociological Review 59(1) 109-128 (Available here)

Mann R, Leeson GW, 2010, ‘Grandfathers in contemporary families: Evidence from qualitative research’ Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 8(3) pp 234-248 (Available here)

Mann R, Fenton S, 2009, ‘The personal contexts of national sentiments’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 35(4) pp 517-534 (Available here)

Mann R, 2007, ‘Negotiating the politics of language: Civic identity and language learning in Wales’ Ethnicities 7(2) pp 208-224 (Available here)

Mann R, 2007 ‘Out of the shadows? Grandfatherhood, age and masculinities’ Journal of Aging Studies 21(4) pp 281-291 (Available here)

Book Chapters

Mann R, Fenton S, 2011, ‘Our own people: Ethnic majority orientations to nation and country’ in Migration and Citizenship: The UK Experience Ed(s) T Modood, J Salt (In press)

Fenton S, Mann R, 2009, ‘Introducing the majority to ethnicity: Do they like what they see?’ in Citizenship Acquisition and National Belonging: Migration, Membership and the Liberal Demo Ed(s) G Calder, J Seglow, P Cole (Houndmills, Palgrave) (Available here) 

Reports 

Coffey A, et al, 2012, ‘Anonymisation in Social Research‘ WISERD/MBS/003 (Available here)

Plows A, Mann R, 2011, ‘East, West and the Bit in the Middle: Localities in North Wales’ The Menai Paper 2011/01(Available here)

Mann R, 2011, ‘Welsh speakers and Welsh Language provision within the public sector’ WISERD/RRS/004 (Available here)

Mann R, 2010, ‘Interview: In praise of grandfathers’ Ageing Horizons Bulletin March/April Issue (Available here)

Mann R, 2009, ‘Evolving family structures, roles and relationships in light of ethnic and social change’ Generations and Lifecourse (A report to the Future Lab on Behalf of the Department of Children, Schools and Families) (Available here)

Reviews 

Mann R, 2009, ‘Book Review: Craig Calhoun Nations Matter: Culture, History and the Cosmopolitan Dream, Routeledge, London, 2007′ Sociology 43(6) pp 1208-1210 (Available here) 

Working Papers

Mann R, Khan HTA, Leeson GW, 2009, ‘Age and gender differences in grandchildren’s relationships with maternal grandfathers and grandmothers’ Oxford Institute of Ageing Working Paper Series 209

Conference Papers

Mann R, 2010, ‘Research civil society networks in a North Wales locality’ paper presented at 4th ESRC Research Methods Festival, 5 – 8 July, Oxford, UK

Mann R, 2010, ‘Emergent hybridization? A case study of grassroots civil society in a North Wales locality’ paper presented at British Sociology Association Annual Conference, ‘Inequalities and Social Justice‘, 7 – 8 April, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Mann R, 2010, ”Why can’t we be English?’ Nation, identity and political correctness’ paper presented at School of Social Science Seminar Series, Bangor University, UK

Mann R, 2009, ‘Making sense of grandfatherhood’ paper presented at Faculty of Health Sciences Seminar Series, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK