Research profile
I am a Reader in Family and Cultural Dynamics at Leeds Trinity University (UK). My longstanding research interests and achievements centre on the lives of children, young people, and families. My particular interests revolve around ethnic childhoods, young fatherhood, and lockdown family experiences and I am well experienced with qualitative research approaches.
Contact details C.clayton@leedstrinity.ac.uk
Specialisation and expertise
Lockdown Family Experiences
Wider effects of Covid-19
Young Fatherhood
Ethnic Childhoods and Family Lives
- Home country
- United Kingdom
- Member type
-
Higher education
- Type of research activities
- Applied research, Basic research
- Fields of research
- Education, Sociology, Other social sciences
- Language(s)
- English
Research projects (1)
United Kingdom - Higher education
- 30 Mar 2020
- Coordinating country
- United Kingdom
- Field(s) of research
- Sociology
- Funding programme
- NA
British Families in Lockdown/BFiL’ is a qualitative study which has spoken to diverse families across each of the three UK lockdowns with regards to family dynamics, family relationships, children’s education, parental employment, health and well-being, social connectedness, technology use, and adherence to government restrictions. Sixty parents participated in semi-structured online/telephone interviews in the first lockdown and our participants have continued to share their experiences with us via an online survey and follow-up interviews.
We have several briefing papers that have been published by UK Parliament, have contributed towards various reports by international and national organisations and received media interest in our study (such as BBC News, The Guardian, The Observer). Full details on our focus of inquiries, key findings, and publications to date can be found here: British Families in Lockdown study - Research - Leeds Trinity University
We are interested in connecting with international researchers who have looked at the wider effects of Covid-19 as part of our ongoing study to broaden current knowledge and understanding around the pandemic and its impact on children and parents. We are interested in sharing findings, creating