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”?

 

Publications