Norman Riley
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- Consumption, Veganism, Class and Masculinity
- Non-human Animals and Speciesism
- Football (soccer) and social class
Biography
I am interested in perceptions of veganism and Nonhuman animals in working-class communities. I am from such a community. I have a multi-disciplinary background in languages, international relations, human rights, and sociology. My MSc dissertation explored Thatcherite social housing policy through a human rights framework and my MA dissertation looked at representations of vegans/veganism in UK national newspapers. An edited version of the MA dissertation has subsequently been published as an article in the Journal for Critical Animal Studies. I have worked in a voluntary capacity with The Refugee Council, Helen Bamber Foundation, Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, and Detention Action. I give cookery demos and talks on veganism at state comprehensive schools for Animal Aid and produce the Football and Society podcast. Publication: Riley NG (2022) PC-ravaged clowns or plant-powered pioneers? UK newspaper portrayals of veganism in 2020. Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 19(2): 53-83.
Qualifications
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MA Sociological Research Methods University of Essex (2021)
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MSc Human Rights London School of Economics and Political Sciences (2018)
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Postgraduate Certificate International Relations Staffordshire University (2012)
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BA (Hons) Modern Languages University of Essex (2005)
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Potentialities for vegan transitions in a UK working-class community [working title]
A transition to a plant-based diet has been described by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as major opportunity for reducing the severity of and adapting to climate change. I explore to what extent such statements resonate in a working-class community in the United Kingdom and whether there is an appetite for and realistic chance of such demands being met. I am attempting to gain an understanding of people's knowledge of, and feelings toward, plant-based lifestyles and
Supervisor: Dr Katy Wheeler , Professor Sean Nixon
