Laura Way

Laura is a sociologist with an interest in ageing and gender, creative and participatory methods, marginalised identities, punk pedagogies, and music subcultures. Laura's PhD utilised qualitative methods to explore the construction and maintenance of identities, with a particular focus on ageing and gender, amongst 'older' punk women – this led to her monograph Punk, Gender and Ageing: Just Typical Girls? (published in 2020, Emerald Press). Laura worked at the University of Lincoln (2020-2024) as a Research Fellow on a UKRI funded project titled 'Following Young Fathers Further', and has held a BA innovation fellowship for a collaborative project with a local Travellers' organisation. Laura is currently a senior lecturer and programme leader in sociology at the University of Roehampton (and accepting PhD students). Her publication list can be viewed online at https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/laura-way