I am a PhD student on the POLINEQUAL project   interested in how reduced platforms of expression lead to citizens having fewer opportunities to organise and oppose hegemony; how legislation, the accompanying elitist discourse and/or Media play a role in shaping citizen heuristics.

Furthermore, the role of Moral Underclass Discourse is a domain I want explore using qualitative data.  In order to better define how perceptions and value judgements are shaped in relation to concepts of equality and entitlement, I will oversee the research conducted by POLINEQUAL within the UK using focus groups, then use this information to contribute to a comparitive study between the UK, Sweden and France.