Natalie Richardson
BA (Hons), MA
Department of Sociological Studies
PhD Student
nrichardson1@sheffield.ac.uk
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Natalie Richardson
Department of Sociological Studies
Department of Sociological Studies
- Research interests
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- Social suffering
- Death and dying
- Illness narratives
- Qualitative research
Thesis: Experiencing Suffering: An Ethnography of Palliative Care Work
My PhD research adopts an ethnographic approach within a hospice, to explore suffering through the perspectives and experiences of palliative care workers. The study looks at the social relationships and interactions between hospice staff and with patients. Moreover, the research hopes to understand and engage with how palliative care workers experience as well as understand suffering in their day-to-day work.
- Research group
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Supervisors
- Teaching activities
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I have supported teaching on the following modules:
- SCS1002: The Sociological Imagination (Level One)
- SCS1012: Classical Social Thought (Level One)
- SCS6048: Intimacy and Personal Relationships (MA level)
- Professional activities
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- Co-convene the Sheffield Death Group
- John Westergaard Prize for Best Undergraduate Dissertation in Sociology (2016)
- ESRC White Rose DTC 1+3 Scholarship (2016)
- Publications
- Natalie Richardson & Jenny Hockey (2020) Reflections on ‘doing’ death: a conversation with Jenny Hockey on her life and work, Mortality, DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2020.1729711
- Richardson, N. (2018) "'Av a Little Chat, 'Av a Cuppa Tea, Then Go Back to us Job": Balancing Emotions in a Palliative Care Work Setting, The Sheffield Student Journal for Sociology, 2nd edition, pp. 66-86.