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Rachel Holmes is Professor of Cultural Studies of Childhood at the Education and Social Research Institute, MMU.

Research Interests
Her research interests lie across the interstices of applied educational research, social science research and arts-based research within cultures of childhood. Her interests are located around notions of 'childhood territories' such as ways childhood becomes imag(in)ed through fictional, documentary and ethnographic film; children's child(self)hood, identities and objects and ways to (left)field childhood via opening up off-centre research methodologies.

Research Projects
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series Award: Un-easy childhoods: innovating theory, practices and ethics through interdisciplinary research. Principal Investigator (2010-2011)

ESRC Follow-on Funding Scheme Award: Addressing 'problem behaviour' in the early years: an innovative film resource. Principal Investigator (2010-2011)

ESRC Grant Scheme Award: Becoming a Problem: How Children Acquire a Reputation as 'Naughty' in the Earliest Years at School 0.5fte Researcher (Principal Investigators Professor Maggie MacLure and Professor Liz Jones) (2006-2008)

Action for Children: Evaluation of the Mother and Baby Unit, HMP Styal Project Researcher (2009-2010)

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and SureStart Fatherhood Project. Project Co-Director (2009-10)

The Manchester Museum: Alchemy Enquire Project Co-Director (2007-2008)

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: consultancy to undertake strand 8/2 Primary Schools and Other Agencies Primary Review Research Briefing, Director Professor Robin Alexander, Cambridge University - Research Consultant (2007-2008)

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Imaginative Journeys Project Director (2006) The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: The Lion's Story Project Director (2004) The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Birth to Three Training Matters Project Research team member (2002-2006)

DfES/SureStart: Birth to Three Matters Project Core research team member (2001-2002)

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Playgroup Project - Comparative study of UK and Northern Ireland Research team member (2001)
Phone: 01612472059
Address: Education and Social Research Institute
Manchester Metropolitan University
Birley
53 Bonsall Street
Manchester
M15 6GX

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