Professor Cate Watson

Emeritus Professor

Faculty of Social Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Cate Watson

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About me

About me

Cate Watson is Professor of Educational Leadership and Professional Learning within the Faculty of Social Sciences. As well as publishing extensively in these areas she is also interested in humour as a methodology for the social sciences and is the author of 'Comedy and Social Science: towards a methodology of funny' (Routledge).

Research (3)

  Cate Watson's research interests lie mainly in organisation and professional practice.

She is currently PI on an ESRC funded project: 'Processes and practices of governing in further education colleges in the UK: How do governing boards realise the strategic aims of the organisation?'

She also has an interest in the development of innovative methodologies especially in relation to narrative and humour as a methodology for the social sciences.

Projects

Waste Stories
PI:
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust

Processes and practices of governing in further education colleges in the UK:How do governing boards realise the strategic aims of the organisation?
PI: Professor Cate Watson
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

100 years of radical Adult Education in Scotland: building hope for the future
PI: Dr Sarah Galloway
Funded by: Lipman Miliband Trust

Outputs (65)

Outputs

Book Chapter

Watson C (2013) Between diary and memoir: documenting a life in wartime Britain. In: Stanley L (ed.) Documents of Life Revisited: Narrative and Biographical Methodology for a 21st Century Critical Humanism. London: Ashgate, pp. 107-120. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409442899


Book Chapter

Watson C (2012) The pretty story of 'joined-up working': questioning interagency partnership. In: Forbes J & Watson C (eds.) The transformation of children’s services. Examining and debating the complexities of inter/professional working. London: Routledge, pp. 154-168. http://www.guilfordpress.co.uk/books/details/9780415618472/


Book Chapter

Watson C (2012) Analysing narratives: the narrative construction of identity. In: Delamont S S (ed.) Handbook of qualitative research in education. Elgar original reference. London: Edward Elgar, pp. 460-473. http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14185


Book Chapter

Watson C, Shucksmith J, Spratt J & Philip K (2010) 'Part of who we are as a school should include responsibility for well-being’: Links between the school environment, mental health and behaviour. In: Rix J, Nind M, Sheehy K, Simmons K, Parry J & Kumrai R (eds.) Equality, participation and inclusion 2: Diverse contexts. 2nd ed. Abingdon: Routledge/Open University Press, pp. 284-296. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415584241/


Book Chapter

Shucksmith J, Spratt J, Philip K & Watson C (2009) Learning how to collaborate? Promoting young people’s health through professional partnership in schools. In: Forbes J & Watson C (eds.) Service integration in schools: Resaerch and policy discourses, practices and future prospects. Rotterdam: Sense, pp. 5-22. https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/other-books/service-integration-in-schools/


Book Chapter

Watson C (2009) Mythical spaces and social imaginaries: looking for the global in the local in narratives of (inter)professional identification. In: Forbes J & Watson C (eds.) Service integration in schools: Research and policy discourses, practices and future prospects. Rotterdam: Sense, pp. 157-166. https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/other-books/service-integration-in-schools/