Naomi Holford's OpenLearn Profile

Dr Naomi Holford is a Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at The Open University. Her interests fall within sociology,in the area of gender, sexuality and class in childhood and youth, across different age ranges from the early years to teenagers. My broad research interests fall within sociology, in the area of gender, sexuality and class in childhood and youth, across different age ranges from the early years to teenagers. I work with queer and feminist perspectives to explore young people's identities and relationships, with a particular focus on relations of power, conflict and violence, in their broader institutional and social contexts. At the OU, I teach on the Childhood and Youth qualifications. Most recently I developed the new module "Exploring childhood and youth" (E232), which looks at young people’s everyday lives across the world, covering issues like disability, climate change and food practices.