
Social Policy
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Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath
Start date: October 2023
Research topic: Death & dying in the queer family
Polly identifies as an overall queer human and social researcher. Their research aims to affirm the queer experience of care, death & dying, with a focus not only on inequities faced by this community but also what wider society can learn from queer approaches. Death & dying in the queer family is a project that explores queer family experiences of caring for a family member at end-of-life. The project aims to make visible the diversity of family forms in our society, the diverse and evolving ways these forms “do” family, and the need for a relational understanding of care at the end-of-life.
Research supervisors: Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Dr Lucy Selman
Email: pem40@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/polly-maxwell-6a5aaa23b/