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Lecturer in the Department of Sociology.
Current interests include: interactionist and pragmatist perspectives on wellbeing, psychotherapy and therapy culture; not-knowing and uncertainty in everyday life; personal life sociology including sexuality and relationships.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Meaninglessness and Death in the Mass Observation of Everyday Mystery
Hodgson, J., 21 Feb 2026, Existential Selves: Freedom, Chaos and the Search for Meaning. Scott, S. & Hardie-Bick, J. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 217-235 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Sociology of Everyday Life in the Past and Future Uses of the Mass Observation Project: Methodology, Materiality and Personal Life
Balmer, A., Hodgson, J., Holmes, H., May, V. & Pattrick, K., 29 Jan 2025, In: Sociological Research Online. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Therapy talk in narratives of same-sex divorce and civil partnership dissolution
Hodgson, J., 6 Nov 2025, In: Families, Relationships and Societies. p. 1 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Misbehaviour on Retreat: Rule-Breaking and the Labours of the Self
Hodgson, J., 17 Jan 2024, In: Sociological Research Online.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reinvigorating research on divorce: reflexivity, agency and regulation in marriage and civil partnership dissolution
Heaphy, B. (Lead) & Hodgson, J., 1 Feb 2023, In: Families, Relationships and Societies. 12, 1, p. 75–90 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
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Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives
Nordqvist, P. (PI), Woodward, S. (PI), Balmer, A. (PI), Fenton, L. (PI), Hannell, B. (PI), Lewis, C. (PI), Hall, S. M. (PI), Heaphy, B. (PI), Heath, S. (PI), Hicks, S. (PI), Holmes, H. (PI), Mancuso, J. (PI), Mathrani Chakraborty, R. (PI), Meckin, R. (PI), Price, D. (PI), Reed, K. (PI), Tinkler, P. (PI), Tomlinson, M. (PI), Towers, L. (PI), Yates, L. (PI), Hodgson, J. (PI), Finch, J. (PI), Mason, J. (PI) & Smart, C. (PI)
1/09/05 → 30/09/50
Project: Research
Prizes
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Faculty of Humanities Best Outstanding Output by Research Staff 2021-2022
Hodgson, J. (Recipient), 12 Sept 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Other
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Magical Connections and Mystery: Retreat-going and Relationships
Hodgson, J. (Other)
1 Nov 2022Activity: Internal positions, CPD, programme/unit design, other peer review and other › Other › Research
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Press/Media
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‘I did not see them; I saw their soul’: retreats are more about magical encounters than self-exploration
9/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment