Mobilities and the school journey: mothers, children and the negotiation of risk landscapes
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Brighton
Department Name: Sch of Applied Social Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Murray L
(2009)
Looking at and looking back: visualization in mobile research
in Qualitative Research
Murray L
(2011)
Deliberative Research for Deliberative Policy Making: Creating and Recreating Evidence in Transport Policy
in Social Policy and Society
Murray L
(2009)
Making the journey to school: The gendered and generational aspects of risk in constructing everyday mobility
in Health, Risk & Society
Murray, L
(2010)
Mobile methodologies
| Title | Through our eyes |
| Description | This is a short film based on participant footage, which was produced in collaboration with a community film-maker, Marie Lenclos. It aims t communicate issues relating to children's mobilities to policy makers. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Impact | The film was circulated to 40 stakeholders and resulted in engagements with policy-makers and travel planners as follows: 1. Presentation at Regional meeting of South East England School Travel Advisers in Brighton, July 2008 2. Presentation at West Midlands Regional meeting of School Travel Advisers in Worcester, June 2008 3. Organisation of workshop for School Travel Planners from East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove, University of Brighton, May 2008 4. Meeting with Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Transport for London, London, April 2008 5. Meeting with Head of Project Development, Head of Strategy Surface Transport and Strategy and Policy Manager at Transport for London, London, February 2008 6. Meeting with Commercial Manager, Brighton and Hove Buses, Brighton, February 2008 |
| Description | The study found that we need to consider a range of issues in seeking to change children's school travel patterns. Both mothers and children demonstrate complex patterns of decision-making in terms of their journey to school mobilities. It is not only children's mobility but the mobility patterns of mothers that need to be taken into account. Mothers' mobility patterns reflect an increasingly multidimensional mothering role. Everyday risk is important in terms of decision making about children's mobility. Young people take an active part in decision-making about their mobility. They develop their own experiences in public space and risk outlooks. For children the journey to school is about more than getting from A to B; it is an important in-between space, particularly for learning and emotional and social development. Children engage with issues in different ways from adults and visual methods allow them to communicate more effectively. |
| Exploitation Route | In changing perspectives on children's mobilities and the involvement of children in decision-making. |
| Sectors | Education,Transport |
| Description | The fellowship has benefitted me in a number of ways, both professionally and personally. It has provided the opportunity to effectively disseminate the results of my research to my research participants and to a range of policy-makers and practitioners as well as to the wider academic community. In doing so, I feel that I have contributed to knowledge advancement and to academic debate across a number of social science disciplines. I have benefitted personally through developing my skills in research and presentation, and through developing contacts with colleagues in social science from across the UK and in Europe. I have developed an ongoing working relationship with a number of academics and policy-makers through my fellowship. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
| Sector | Education,Transport |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | 40th Annual Conference of the Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Questions and discussion especially about film that produced on project Further research and collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | European Sociological Association Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Conference paper and discussion Asked to submit journal article by journal editor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | RGS with IBG Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Conference paper and discussion Further research and collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Regional travel planners - South east |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of travel planners - questions and discussion Further discussion and research activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Travel planners meeting - Worcester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regional meeting of travel planners - discussion and questions Travel planners asked for film to use to influence mobility practices |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |