Research interests
Sexual orientation and gender identity
- What role does parental support play in adolescents coming out as transgender?
- How does social discrimination against LGBT people affect their mental health?
- Why do gay footballers still avoid bringing their partners to the stadium?
Body image and objectification
- How do men experience baldness, and how is it perceived by others?
- How does objectification by one’s partner affect body image and self-image?
- Why do we find fat people likeable yet incompetent?
Age and intergenerational relationships
- Can negative age stereotypes be changed through intergenerational encounters?
- How can older people contribute to young people’s identity formation?
- Is there not only a generation of “new fathers,” but also “new grandfathers”?