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Caroline Oliver

Position/Status
Research Associate

E-mail Address: co269@cam.ac.uk

Phone: 01223 767541

Qualifications
BA(Hons) Sociology and Social Anthropology with Development Studies
PhD (Hull, 2002) Sociology and Social Anthropology
PGCAP (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
British Educational Research Association
British Sociological Association
American Anthropological Association

Profile

Caroline Oliver joined the Faculty of Education in 2006 as a Research Associate, having worked previously as a lecturer in Sociology and Social Anthropology in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2002-2005). She gained her doctorate in 2002 in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Hull University based an ethnographic analysis of retirement migration, which has recently been developed into a monograph. She is currently working on an evaluation of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme, and previously worked on a DfES-funded national project on the status of teachers and the teaching profession.

Research Topics

  • Sociological and anthropological approaches to identities and identity-transitions (with particular reference to migration, life course and professional identities)
  • The status of teachers and the teaching profession
  • Widening participation in higher education and the impact of financial assistance to the recruitment, experience and subsequent lives of students
  • Qualitative research including ethnography, narrative and life-histories

Current Research Projects

Evaluation of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme

Publications

Books

Oliver, C. (2007) Retirement Migration: Paradoxes of Ageing. New York: Routledge.

Journal articles

Oliver, C. and O'Reilly, K. (forthcoming) 'A Bourdieusian Analysis of Class and Migration. Habitus and the Individualising Process'. Sociology (accepted May 2009)

Oliver, C. 2004. 'Cultural Influence in Migrants' Negotiation of Death: The Case of Retired Migrants in Spain'. Mortality Vol. 9 (3). August.

Oliver, C. 2003. 'The Junior, the Transient and the Real. Challenges of Pre and Post Appointment Teaching'. In Anthropology Matters. http:www.anthropologymatters.com

Oliver, C. 2002. 'Killing the Golden Goose? Debates about tradition in an Andalucían village'. In Journal of Mediterranean Studies. Special edition on 'Modernity in the Mediterranean' ed. Mitchell, J. Vol. 12, no. 1.pp169-190.

Oliver, C, Heller, D and Jansen, S 2000. 'Up-routing: a Critical Engagement with Identity and/in Movement' (editorial paper) in 'Identity and/in Movement' edition of Anthropology in Action. Summer edition. Vol. 7, nos. 1 and 2. pp2-11.

Oliver, C, Heller, D and Jansen, S 2000. Editorial in 'Identity and/in Movement' edition of Intergraph. Journal of Dialogic Anthropology. www.intergraphjournal.com.

Oliver, C. 2000. 'We've Got the Style it Takes. British National Identities in Andalucía' in Identity and/in Movement edition of Intergraph. Journal of Dialogic Anthropology. www.intergraphjournal.com.

Oliver, C. 1999. 'Ordering the Disorderly' in Education and Ageing special issue on 'identity' edited by Phillipson, C. Vol. 14. no.2 pp171-185.

Chapters in books

Oliver, C. (2007) Imagined Communitas: Older Migrants and Aspirational Mobility in Amit, V. ed. Going First Class? New Approaches towards Privileged Movement and Travel. Oxford: Berghahn, EASA series.

Oliver, C. (2006) 'El consumo de patrimonio cultural: migración norte Europea en Andalucía'. In Patrimonio Inmaterial, Multiculturalidad y Gestion de la Diversidad. (eds.) Carrera, G and Dietz, G. Cuadernos del IAPH.

Oliver, C. (2006) 'More than just a tourist: Distinction, old age and the selective consumption of tourist space in Meethan, K., Anderson, A., Miles, S. (eds.) Tourism, Consumption and Representation. Wallingford: CAB International.

Verlot, M. and Oliver, C. (2005) 'European Consciousness Amongst Expatriates in Belgium and Spain,' in Wildemeersch, D. Bron, M. and Stroobants, V. (eds) Active Citizenship and Multiple Identities in Europe. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag.

Oliver, C. (2004) 'Part of the Furniture? Implications of Institutional Culture and Embeddedness on New Lecturing' in Mills, D. and Harris, M. Teaching Rites of Passage. Birmingham: C-SAP (LTSN) monographs series (ed: D. Jary).

Research Reports

Hargreaves, L., Cunningham, M., Hansen, A., McIntyre, D., Oliver, C., and Pell, T. (2007) The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession in England: Views from Inside and Outside the Profession. Final Report of the Teacher Status Project. DfES Research Report, 831A.

Hargreaves, L., Cunningham, M., Everton, T. Hansen, A., Hopper, B. McIntyre, D., Oliver, C., Pell, T., Rouse, M. and Turner, P. (2007) The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession in England: Views from Inside and Outside the Profession. Evidence Base for the Final Report. DfES Research Report, 831B.