Miss Emma Cooke
PhD Candidate & Research Assistant
Institute for Social Science Research
Researcher Biography
Emma is a PhD Candidate (Sociology) and a Research Assistant in the Child Development, Education and Care Group (Thorpe) at the Institute for Social Science Research. Her Honours thesis investigated children’s experiences of well-being in childcare. Her PhD thesis examines the relaxation and spiritual well-being experiences of young children who attend Early Childhood Education and Care. As a research assistant in the Thorpe Group with expertise in qualitative research she has worked across a range of projects, assisting with study design, ethics applications, recruitment, data collection and analyses, research and writing publications.
PhD Topic:
Children’s experiences of spiritual wellbeing and relaxation in Early Childhood Education and Care
Advisors:
- Dr Sally Staton (Principal)
- Dr Andrew Clarke (Associate)
- Professor Karen Thorpe (Associate)
Research interests:
- Sociology of childhood
- Sociology of health and illness
- Childcare
- Relaxation
- Well-being
- Qualitative and visual participatory methodologies