The moral habitus of fatherhood: A study of how men negotiate the moral demands of becomming a father
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Health and Population Sciences
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Jonathan Ives (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Ives J
(2014)
Men, maternity and moral residue: negotiating the moral demands of the transition to first time fatherhood.
in Sociology of health & illness
Ives J
(2015)
Theorising the 'deliberative father': compromise, progress and striving to do fatherhood well
in Families, Relationships and Societies
Ives J
(2014)
A method of reflexive balancing in a pragmatic, interdisciplinary and reflexive bioethics.
in Bioethics
| Description | Brigstow Institute Seedcorn funding |
| Amount | £4,965 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Collaborative award |
| Amount | £1,532,442 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 209841/Z/17/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | ONEFaR |
| Organisation | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart |
| Department | Department of Sociology |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ONEFaR, the Oxford Network of European Fatherhood researchers, was set up by Tina Miller and Esther Dermot, with founding members from the UK, Italy, Sweden and Denmark. I was invited to join this network as a founding member, based on the work conducted on this ESRC grant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Participation in network meetings; Participation in Panel session at and the European Society of Family Research conference 2014; Contribution to a special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies'; |
| Impact | Special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies' (details forthcoming); |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | ONEFaR |
| Organisation | Malmö University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ONEFaR, the Oxford Network of European Fatherhood researchers, was set up by Tina Miller and Esther Dermot, with founding members from the UK, Italy, Sweden and Denmark. I was invited to join this network as a founding member, based on the work conducted on this ESRC grant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Participation in network meetings; Participation in Panel session at and the European Society of Family Research conference 2014; Contribution to a special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies'; |
| Impact | Special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies' (details forthcoming); |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | ONEFaR |
| Organisation | Oxford Brookes University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ONEFaR, the Oxford Network of European Fatherhood researchers, was set up by Tina Miller and Esther Dermot, with founding members from the UK, Italy, Sweden and Denmark. I was invited to join this network as a founding member, based on the work conducted on this ESRC grant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Participation in network meetings; Participation in Panel session at and the European Society of Family Research conference 2014; Contribution to a special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies'; |
| Impact | Special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies' (details forthcoming); |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | ONEFaR |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ONEFaR, the Oxford Network of European Fatherhood researchers, was set up by Tina Miller and Esther Dermot, with founding members from the UK, Italy, Sweden and Denmark. I was invited to join this network as a founding member, based on the work conducted on this ESRC grant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Participation in network meetings; Participation in Panel session at and the European Society of Family Research conference 2014; Contribution to a special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies'; |
| Impact | Special edition of the journal 'Family, Relationships and Societies' (details forthcoming); |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Empirical ethics and the moral habitus of fatherhood |
| 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 | Presentation given to the Wellcome Trust funded Interdisciplinary and Empirical Ethics Network, outlining methodological insights developed during the project. A successful book proposal for en edited collection on Empirical Bioethics - co edited by myself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Funded workshop for academics and regulators |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The workshop, funded by the Brocher Foundation, was designed to put academics and regulators in conversation about the ways the empirical research data are and can be used to inform reproductive policy. My talked was directly informed by the methodology I used and developed during the ESRC project. The workshop led to special issue of Monash Bioethics review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://link.springer.com/journal/40592/33/1/page/1 |
| Description | Morals, medicine and masculinities : moral sense and partner support in the transition to first time fatherhood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker to the National Council of Women annual Health Committee Seminar 'THE XY FACTOR - Men's Health and the Impact on Women's Health' Lecturers on the Midwifery course at Birmingham City University told me that they would be changing what they teach about fathers on the basis of my talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2012 |
| Description | Presentation and Discussion with local Home Birth Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sparked a great deal of discussion and questions, with professionals seeking advice about how best to engage with men. Working towards further collaborative research looking at men and home birth decisions. Advising on information material aimed at men about home birth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Taking about the 'F' words: Fatherhood and Feminism |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to a group of fathers at a local playgroup encouraging discussion and reflection about fatherhood and fathering practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The moral habitus of fatherhood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A presentation of the project's preliminary finding to a closed workshop, organised by Prof Tina Miller, to disseminate the findings of her 'Men, Work and Family life' project. Mixed audience of academics, NGO's and practitioners and policy makers. The formation of a European network on fatherhood research (ONEFaR) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The moral habitus of fatherhood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A Special session of the AHRC network 'Post-separation families and shared residence: setting the interdisciplinary research agenda for the future' A project dissemination event organised as a special (non-parellell) session of an AHRC shared parenting network meeting, devoted to obstacles and barriers to shared parenting. The audience was academic, lay and professional. Requests for more information, and an invitation to be a founding member of an academic network of European fatherhood researchers (ONEFaR) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/mds/projects/HaPS/PCCS/MESH/AHRC/meeting-4.aspx |