Episode 5: The visible invisibility of mothers in social policy on domestic violence; women’s experiences of Far-right radicalisation

In this episode, I interview Dr Amy Holmes. Amy is a lecturer in Social Sciences at York St John University. I ask Amy about her experiences in higher education both previously, as a student, and now as a lecturer. Amy explains she has become mindful of the gaps in official and institutional knowledge, and describes a need to be as creative, flexible and critical when it comes to quantitative data, as we are with qualitative data. She explains that despite its status as the objective gold standard, quantitative data is complex and contradictory and only tells part of the story. We also talk about Amy’s research collaboration for Kyra Women’s project, about women’s experiences of domestic abuse in the perinatal period and we then discuss Amy’s new research collaboration on women’s experiences of Far-right radicalisation.Links to Amy’s book & film recommendations:

For Space - Doreen Massey

Feminist City: A Field Guide - Leslie Kern

Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing by Miranda Fricker | Goodreads

Behind The Research: Conversations in Sex, Gender and Feminist research was created, produced and hosted by Holly Murphy with audio production by Samantha Goddard. This podcast was made possible by QR funding from York St John University School of Humanities.