Julia Brannen

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Julia Brannen
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Website Institute of Education, University of London

Julia Brannen, FRSA, FAcSS, is Professor of the Sociology of the Family at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has an international reputation for her research on family life, work-life issues, and intergenerational relations. [1]

She is seen as a pioneer of mixed method research [2] and an issue of the journal International Journal of Social Research Methodology was dedicated to a celebration of her contribution to the field. [3] Her 2016 book was praised for the strength of the study's mixed methodology. [4]

She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences [5] and a Visiting Professor at the University of Bergen in Norway. [6]

Selected bibliography

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References

  1. "Julia Brannen profile". ioe.ac.uk. Institute of Education, University of London.
  2. Bryman, Alan (2014). "June 1989 and beyond: Julia Brannen's contribution to mixed methods research". International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 17 (2): 121–131. doi:10.1080/13645579.2014.892653.
  3. Nilsen, Ann (2014). "Introduction: a life in methods". International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2 (2): 93–103. doi:10.1080/13645579.2014.892654.
  4. Timmer, Andria D. (1 November 2017). "Review: Food, Families and Work, by Rebecca O'Connell and Julia Brannen". Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies. 17 (4): 143–144. doi:10.1525/gfc.2017.17.4.143. ISSN   1529-3262.
  5. "Professor Julia Brannen OBE FAcSS - Academy of Social Sciences". Academy of Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. "Social Science". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2018.