Prof Candida Yates
I am an interdisciplinary researcher, author and teacher. I have a background in Psychosocial Studies and its application to politics, culture, emotion and society, and I have published many books and articles in that field. If you are interested in discussing your plans for a PhD research project, do please get in touch: [email protected].
- Supervision topics: Brexit and emotion amongst leavers and remainers, emotional responses to women as political leaders, a psycho-political analysis of positive psychology and society, therapy culture and reality TV, psychoanalysis and the culture of conspiracy theories, violence and the history of group identity in Turkey, narcissism, shame and social media
- Current PhD students: Callum Blades: “A Psychosocial Analysis of Conspiracy Theories”, Mustafa Selek: “A Psychosocial Inquiry into the Development of Violent Behaviour That is Politically Oriented”, Begum Elcin Ulucan: “Identity Transformation and Violence in Turkey”, Burak Uzunova: “Euroscepticism and Nationalism: A Comparison between the United Kingdom and Turkey”, “An Exploration through Animation Practice into the Familial Bond Between Mothers and Daughters.”
Other PhD Students of CESJ Members:
Phillip Barber: Exploring the aesthetic platforms of radicalisation, counter-culture and conspiracy - supervisors: Julian McDougall, Catalin Brylla
Mark Bond: Digital visions: a study examining the interplay of new digital technologies, agile working and craft knowledge in cinematographic practice - supervisors: Trevor Hearing, Sue Sudbury
Emanuele Bussa: The evolution of the role of stringers and citizen journalists in reporting wars and conflicts: the case of the Syrian civil war
Elcin Begum: Identity transformation and violence
Michael George: Social Movements for Change in Africa: Digital Dissent in Hashtag Activism - supervisors: Darren Lilleker, Catalin Brylla,
Xue Han: An exploration through animation practice of the familial bond between mothers and daughters - supervisors: Sue Sudbury, Candida Yates
Yixing Huang: Exploring approaches to the interview within contemporary Chinese documentary practice
Areerut Jaipadub: An examination of the relationship between filmmaker and subject in Thai context of documentary filmmaking - supervisors: Sue Sudbruy, Trevor Hearing
Michael Koufalitakis (MRes): From ideological politics to the politics of emotions in Greece
Siobhan Lennon Patience: What does it mean to flourish? A psychosocial investigation
Searchmore Muridzo: Broadcast over Zimbabwe - 1980-2020
Luke Nwibo Eda: Missing Migrants: legal obligations and psychosocial implications for families
Liting Qiao: Chinese Animation Documentary: Culture, Soft-power and Classification - supervisors: Paula Callus, Catalin Brylla
Jess Ruddock: Voices from Behind Closed Doors: participatory film-making inside a refuge for survivors of domestic abuse - supervisors: Sue Sudbury, Lee-Ann Fenge
Martin Sharp: Film direction incorporating a constructed theory of emotions: an auto-ethnographic inquiry into the implications for psychologically realistic acting - supervisors: Catalin Brylla, Changhong Liu
Amy Tatum: A psycho-political study of the responses to women as political leaders in the United Kingdom - supervisors: Candida Yates
Jo Tyler: Investigating the process of adaptation and concept as curation, through the key relationships in production of a graphic novel for radio - supervisors: Julia Round, Richard Berger
Elcin Ulucan: Identity transformation and violence
Zaineh al-Zoubi: Aljazeera's role in the Syrian uprising