Sociology research project to explore Russian policy risks to older people
Dr Charlie Walker has been awarded, together with colleagues from Oxford and UCL, a new Nuffield Foundation grant.
This project explores the differential impact of the recent economic crisis in Russia on the well-being of children and the elderly, and the extent to which these two groups have been the target of state concern and social policy measures.
The project aims to establish the degree to which demographic and health policy in Russia has shifted towards a pro-natalist approach at the expense of the older population.
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Dr Charlie Walker BA, MA, MSocSc, PhD
Dr Charlie Walker is Associate Professor in Sociology within Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Southampton.
Charlie’s primary research interests concern the impact of postsocialist transformation in Russia and the former Soviet Union on identities and inequalities rooted in social class and gender, and are located within the sociologies of class, gender, youth, work and education.
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