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

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 comparative study between the UK, Sweden and France.