Kirsten Morris
Kirsten is a PhD candidate at the Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research. Her research adopts a feminist post-structural approach to examine how pregnant service women in the British Army make sense of and negotiate pregnancy during active service.
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- Background
This is complemented by a critical analysis of pregnancy-related military policies using Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ framework, exploring how pregnancy is problematised within the British Army.
Alongside her doctoral studies, Kirsten is a Public Health Registrar in the British Army. Her research interests include women’s health, the social determinants of health, health inequalities, and policy analysis.
PHD Thesis Title: Pregnancy in the British Army: A Feminist Post-Structural Analysis of Lived Experience and Policy.
Funding: Ministry of Defence/Veterans and Families Institute of Military Social research, ARU
PHD Supervisors:
- Dr Claire Hooks
- Dr Lauren Godier