Garry Kelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 326841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Garry Kelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Garry |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelly |
| SIGNATURE | KELLY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1664-5375 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Throw a Stone, You Hit One of Your Own
This paper draws on findings from the first wave of a 3‐year qualitative longitudinal study focused on the lived experience of residents of the Market community in inner‐city Belfast who are facing challenges connected with disadvantage, inequality and the legacy of conflict. Interviews were conducted with an overall sample of 61 children, young people and parents/guardians ( n = 61). This cross‐sectional analysis focuses on data from the adult c…
Exploring an innovative method for objectively assessing the social value of university-community engagement and research
There is increasing recognition regarding the potential of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to be significant Anchor institutions capable of impacting the wellbeing of the local communities where they are situated. Subsequently, more universities are prioritising their social and civic responsibility by embedding a research ethos based on closer engagement with their locality, within their key institutional processes. However, demonstrating t…
Constructing the “good” mother
Purpose This paper aims to explore how lone mothers define “good” mothering and outlines the extent to which feelings of pride and shame permeate their narratives. Design/methodology/approach The empirical data on which the paper is based is drawn from semi-structured interviews with 32 lone mothers from Northern Ireland. All the lone mothers resided in low-income households. Findings Lone mothers experienced shame on three levels: at the level o…
Mams, moms, mums
Management strategies are typically associated with economic goals and neglect how women’s daily lives incorporate non-economic goals. To illustrate this point, the paper draws on the narratives of 32 lone mothers who have to confront various constraints in terms of how they manage the resources at their disposal paying particular attention to how their subjective accounts impact on their conceptions of the mothering role. Mothers continually str…
Equality and Devolution in the United Kingdom
Within the United Kingdom (UK), many of the arguments driving devolution and Brexit focused on equality. This article assesses how notions of equality have been shaped over the past two decades. Using a chronology of theoretical, political and public interpretations of equality between 1998 and 2018, the article highlights the shifting positions of Northern Ireland (NI) and the rest of the UK. NI once led the way in relation to equality legislati…
Re-contacting participants from the longitudinal Belfast youth development study (Byds) after a decade using electronic tracing
The longitudinal Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS) followed a group of young people from age 11 to 21 years (from 2001 to 2011), charting their experiences of substance use, offending, education, and peer and family relationships. This allowed the investigation of risk and protective factors associated with different types of behavioural patterns and outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood. A feasibility study was carried out from 201…
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
Lost in translation? The challenges of measuring informal care among children and young people
This article uses data from the 2015 Young Life and Times and Kids’ Life and Times surveys to discuss the methodological challenges of identifying young carers in surveys. The article considers how children’s interpretation of ‘caring’ might not correspond with the definition of ‘young carer’ that adults wish to capture. This article discusses how prior consultation with young carers to improve understanding did not have the outcome anticipated. …
Mobile Phones and Contact Arrangements for Children Living in Care
This paper reports the findings from the first UK study to examine the use of mobile phones by looked after children. Contact with family and friends is important, but it has sometimes to be carefully managed to avoid unintended consequences such as placement instability. The study examined the ways in which mobile phone technology impacts on contact, drawing on the experiences of children and young people in foster-care and residential care, and…
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
Some Useful Sources on Equality and Inequality
Contributors to this themed section of Social Policy and Society have referred to a range of published sources within the sphere of equality studies research. The sources below provide additional useful information for those interested in further research on equality and inequality
A report of TRUSTNET on risk governance--lessons learned
During the 1990s, the current regulatory frameworks and decision making processes in the European Union for hazardous activities such as nuclear and chemical waste management, hazardous industrial facilities, food production, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and health care, were confronted at both national and local levels with significant difficulties in trying to meet the different concerns of the various categories of …
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
A report of TRUSTNET on risk governance--lessons learned
During the 1990s, the current regulatory frameworks and decision making processes in the European Union for hazardous activities such as nuclear and chemical waste management, hazardous industrial facilities, food production, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and health care, were confronted at both national and local levels with significant difficulties in trying to meet the different concerns of the various categories of …
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
Lost in translation? The challenges of measuring informal care among children and young people
This article uses data from the 2015 Young Life and Times and Kids’ Life and Times surveys to discuss the methodological challenges of identifying young carers in surveys. The article considers how children’s interpretation of ‘caring’ might not correspond with the definition of ‘young carer’ that adults wish to capture. This article discusses how prior consultation with young carers to improve understanding did not have the outcome anticipated. …
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
A report of TRUSTNET on risk governance--lessons learned
During the 1990s, the current regulatory frameworks and decision making processes in the European Union for hazardous activities such as nuclear and chemical waste management, hazardous industrial facilities, food production, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture and health care, were confronted at both national and local levels with significant difficulties in trying to meet the different concerns of the various categories of …
Some Useful Sources on Equality and Inequality
Contributors to this themed section of Social Policy and Society have referred to a range of published sources within the sphere of equality studies research. The sources below provide additional useful information for those interested in further research on equality and inequality
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
Lost in translation? The challenges of measuring informal care among children and young people
This article uses data from the 2015 Young Life and Times and Kids’ Life and Times surveys to discuss the methodological challenges of identifying young carers in surveys. The article considers how children’s interpretation of ‘caring’ might not correspond with the definition of ‘young carer’ that adults wish to capture. This article discusses how prior consultation with young carers to improve understanding did not have the outcome anticipated. …
Mobile Phones and Contact Arrangements for Children Living in Care
This paper reports the findings from the first UK study to examine the use of mobile phones by looked after children. Contact with family and friends is important, but it has sometimes to be carefully managed to avoid unintended consequences such as placement instability. The study examined the ways in which mobile phone technology impacts on contact, drawing on the experiences of children and young people in foster-care and residential care, and…
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture
This article highlights the need for greater understanding of the role that historical, socio-cultural and political context play in shaping perceptions of culture and cultural value. Findings draw on the annual attitudinal survey of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Young Life and Times (2016), and four follow-up focus group discussions. Results complement existing cultural participation research, which relates forms of engagement with intersect…
Mams, moms, mums
Management strategies are typically associated with economic goals and neglect how women’s daily lives incorporate non-economic goals. To illustrate this point, the paper draws on the narratives of 32 lone mothers who have to confront various constraints in terms of how they manage the resources at their disposal paying particular attention to how their subjective accounts impact on their conceptions of the mothering role. Mothers continually str…
Equality and Devolution in the United Kingdom
Within the United Kingdom (UK), many of the arguments driving devolution and Brexit focused on equality. This article assesses how notions of equality have been shaped over the past two decades. Using a chronology of theoretical, political and public interpretations of equality between 1998 and 2018, the article highlights the shifting positions of Northern Ireland (NI) and the rest of the UK. NI once led the way in relation to equality legislati…
Re-contacting participants from the longitudinal Belfast youth development study (Byds) after a decade using electronic tracing
The longitudinal Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS) followed a group of young people from age 11 to 21 years (from 2001 to 2011), charting their experiences of substance use, offending, education, and peer and family relationships. This allowed the investigation of risk and protective factors associated with different types of behavioural patterns and outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood. A feasibility study was carried out from 201…
Constructing the “good” mother
Purpose This paper aims to explore how lone mothers define “good” mothering and outlines the extent to which feelings of pride and shame permeate their narratives. Design/methodology/approach The empirical data on which the paper is based is drawn from semi-structured interviews with 32 lone mothers from Northern Ireland. All the lone mothers resided in low-income households. Findings Lone mothers experienced shame on three levels: at the level o…
Exploring an innovative method for objectively assessing the social value of university-community engagement and research
There is increasing recognition regarding the potential of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to be significant Anchor institutions capable of impacting the wellbeing of the local communities where they are situated. Subsequently, more universities are prioritising their social and civic responsibility by embedding a research ethos based on closer engagement with their locality, within their key institutional processes. However, demonstrating t…
Throw a Stone, You Hit One of Your Own
This paper draws on findings from the first wave of a 3‐year qualitative longitudinal study focused on the lived experience of residents of the Market community in inner‐city Belfast who are facing challenges connected with disadvantage, inequality and the legacy of conflict. Interviews were conducted with an overall sample of 61 children, young people and parents/guardians ( n = 61). This cross‐sectional analysis focuses on data from the adult c…
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