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Details for Dr Paul Higate
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Paul Higate |
| Job title | Reader in Gender and Security |
| Department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | MA(Glas), DPhil(York) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Fellow of Inter University Seminar Series on the Armed Forces and Society |
| Keywords | military gender culture peacekeepers |
| Areas of expertise | My area of expertise is the gendered culture of the armed forces, in particular masculinities. I have also carried out research on the links between military service and homelessness and the general question of what happens to people when they leave the armed forces. My current work is looking at the United Nations, peacekeepers and gendered relations in peace missions. |
| Media experience | Interviewed for BBC News at Six Interviewed for CNN programme, 'Diplomatic Licence' Liaised with media informally for 'Dispatches' and 'Woman's Hour' |