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well, this exchange just brightened my day :) On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Gagen M.H. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Alan, > > > > Thank you for your email and for letting me know about your distinguished > career as a sociologist, you’re just the sort of expert I was hoping to > reach out to via this list, not being a social scientist myself. > Fortunately others have pointed me towards some really great background > reading on socio economic status and agency, so I don’t have to devote > months and years to Google. As an Associate Professor working on climate > change I am really looking forward to learning more about this stuff and am > hoping to be able to add my targeted reading to robust statistical analysis > of a type of data I’m just learning to work with, to come up with some > interesting results. > > > > *Kind regards,* > > > > Dr Mary Gagen > > Associate Professor > > Department of Geography > > Swansea University > > Singleton Park > > Swansea, SA2 8PP > > T: +44 1792 602501 <+44%201792%20602501> > > E: [log in to unmask] > > Swansea Science for Schools Scheme: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/ > businessandcommunityengagement/s4/ > > Oriel Science: orielscience.co.uk > > > > > > > > *From:* Alan Rogerson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* 31 January 2017 15:38 > *To:* Gagen M.H. > *Subject:* Re: [PSCI-COM] Literature pointer > > > > *Dear Mary,* > > *There is literally an enormous amount of research on this subject tied in > with the whole field of sociology and socio-economics, enough to occupy > many years of full time research for example. I saw quite a lot of it while > a Research Fellow **in the social sciences **at Oxford University for ten > years . I suggest you Google it and start looking at the 1000s of entries > and pick those you think would be most useful to you. given the limited > time you may have available. If you are serious about looking into it you > would need months and years, it's not something you can just consult a few > articles about - do you have that time and motivation?* > > *Best wishes,* > > *Alan* > > > > On 31/01/2017 16:26, Gagen M.H. wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > > > Whilst evaluating a STEM outreach project we have some results which seem > to suggest pupils from less socio-economically deprived backgrounds feel > they have 'ownership' over their own education and career aspirations, > whilst those from more socio-economically deprived backgrounds see > education and career choice as something that just happens to them. Is > anyone aware of similar findings in the literature, or theorising on this > area? > > > > With thanks in advance for any pointers. > > > > *Kind regards,* > > > > Dr Mary Gagen > > Associate Professor > > Department of Geography > > Swansea University > > Singleton Park > > Swansea, SA2 8PP > > T: +44 1792 602501 <+44%201792%20602501> > > E: [log in to unmask] > > Swansea Science for Schools Scheme: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/ > businessandcommunityengagement/s4/ > > Oriel Science: orielscience.co.uk > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to > [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests > for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any > subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages > (ignoring text in brackets) > > • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop > receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting > messages) > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and > JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/ > pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print > > ********************************************************************** > -- Jon Turney Science writer. Latest*: I, Superorganism* - 2015. www.jonturney.co.uk twitter: jonWturney ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************